How can I make my diesel smoke more?

Install a dirty air filter, clogged fuel filter, and old fuel injectors. You'll have to turn up fuel delivery somehow to get black smoke or starve the air intake.
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How do I get my diesel to roll coal?

According to the website Truck of Mine, another way to modify a diesel truck to roll coal is by aggressively custom-tuning the truck and installing bigger injectors. Injectors pump large amounts of fuel into the engine during each injection cycle, while the tuning fools your engine into wanting more fuel.
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How do I make my diesel exhaust black smoke?

Over-fueling is the primary cause of black smoke from the exhaust of a heavy duty diesel engine. Over-fueling can be caused by diesel fuel injector wear that enlarges the nozzle hole or erodes the injector needle and allows excess fuel to flow into the combustion chamber.
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What makes a diesel puff white smoke?

White smoke coming from the exhaust usually points to one point of failure: the injectors. Usually, white smoke indicates that the diesel fuel is not burning correctly. Unburned diesel fuel will make its way through the exhaust completely unused. Be careful of white smoke as it will irritate your eyes and skin.
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How much smoke is normal for a diesel?

Normally, diesel engines should not produce almost any smoke while working, however, it's normal for some older diesels to release some smoke when accelerating under load.
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Does EGR delete make more smoke?

Registered. Your truck will not smoke more with a blocked off EGR. If anything it should be almost clean exhaust (with good tuning).
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Is black smoke bad for a diesel?

Black smoke is partially-burned fuel. An engine that's running properly will burn all of the diesel fuel completely, making CO2 and water. So black smoke means something is causing the fuel to not burn completely.
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What does blue smoke mean in a diesel?

Blue exhaust smoke in a diesel vehicle could still mean oil is being burned, but it could also mean the engine oil is being atomized. This could be caused by: High engine oil levels. Worn out piston rings. Old valves or cylinders.
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How do I get blue smoke out of my exhaust?

How to Fix Blue Smoke from Exhaust
  1. Remove Excess Oil. The simplest fix is to remove some oil from the system. ...
  2. Clean Engine. If the engine hasn't been cleaned in a while, it's time to take a look at it. ...
  3. Replace Piston Rings. ...
  4. Fix Turbocharger. ...
  5. Replace PCV Valve. ...
  6. Repair Valve Seals.
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Why do tuned diesels smoke?

Usually this is due to one of two reasons - not enough air to burn the fuel, or not enough time for it to burn. In a tuned vehicle, fuelling is increased to make sure all of the air available is used up for maximum power.
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What causes diesel knock?

Unlike spark-ignition knock, diesel knock occurs when injected fuel auto-ignites and combusts in the premixed stage of combustion. Whilst this process is a normal part of diesel engine operation, various circumstances can lead to excess quantities of fuel combusting in a premixed fashion.
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Can Turbo cause black smoke?

Most common causes of black smoke are faulty injectors, a faulty injector pump, a bad air filter (causing not enough oxygen to be supplied), a bad EGR valve (causing the valves to clog) or even a bad turbocharger. Some of these are easy fixes.
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Is rolling coal bad for a diesel engine?

While we recognize diesel enthusiast's love for diesel engines and the performance of their vehicles, the practice of tampering with engines and emissions controls for the purpose of generating excess emissions on demand - 'known as rolling coal' - is offensive, unsafe and harmful to the environment.
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Can a stock diesel Roll coal?

The smoke is the result of unburned fuel particles, and only diesel will do. Gasoline isn't dark or thick or offensive enough. But not just any diesel truck can roll coal. As the truck pulling crowd knows, such an achievement requires some modifications.
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Does rolling coal increase power?

The Birth of Rolling Coal

Rolling coal has origins in truck pulls, in which pickups compete to pull a heavy sled the farthest. Drivers modify their trucks to pump excessive fuel into the engines, increasing horsepower and torque. Stripped of emissions controls, the trucks also bellow thick, black smoke.
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What does grey smoke mean?

Blue or Grey Smoke

If the smoke from the exhaust pipe is either grey or bluish-tinged, it generally means that your engine is burning oil inside the combustion chamber. Burning oil could be due to a number of causes, from leaky valve seals to bad piston rings.
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What does grey smoke from a diesel mean?

Jammed turbocharger – Burning excessive amounts of oil, slow acceleration and excessive grey coloured smoke are the typical signs of a worn-out turbo. The longer your drive your vehicle with a failing turbo, the more damage you cause to your engine and therefore the most costly it will be to fix.
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Why do diesels smoke when cold?

A plume of white smoke is generally most noticeable at diesel startup, particularly when it's cold. This is due to the fact that colder air, which is more dense than warm air, lowers temperatures in engine cylinders at the end of the compression stroke.
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What does a tuner do to a diesel?

It essentially involves plugging into a diesel engine's ECU and reprogramming the settings so that it performs the way that a driver or fleet manager wants it to. Tuning can be done so that fuel economy is maximized. It can be done so that engine performance is maximized.
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How do you clean diesel injectors?

The best way to clean fuel injectors on a regular basis is to use a diesel fuel cleaner additive. This can be added to the fuel tank periodically to cycle through your engine. If done regularly, maybe once or twice a month, it can keep gunk and debris from building up in your fuel injection system.
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Why is rolling coal a thing?

Rolling coal is a form of conspicuous air pollution, used for entertainment or as protest. Some drivers intentionally trigger coal rolling in the presence of hybrid vehicles (when it is nicknamed "Prius repellent") to cause their drivers to lose sight of the road and inhale harmful air pollution.
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Is it illegal to delete EGR?

An EGR delete is NOT the end all solution that most claim it to be. An EGR delete is ILLEGAL in ALL 50 STATES. All vehicles are required to meet federal emissions standards. The penalty for an emissions component alteration can be in the thousands of dollars.
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Will EGR delete hurt engine?

EGR Systems Have Improved But The Bad Reputation Remains

What some people don't realize is that yes, deleting an EGR system can help prevent some expensive repairs. But they can also cause major problems in other parts of your engine.
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Is it good to delete a diesel?

To put it bluntly, no, you should not remove the emissions equipment from any diesel pickup. Regardless of local and state testing requirements, it is a federal crime to remove any factory installed emissions equipment. Removing emissions equipment also voids the vehicle's factory warranty.
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