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Warren
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During our recent vacation the port engine started to expel some black smoke at startup and there was some black oil-like film near the port side exhaust.
I wasn't particularly concerned as the smoke would only occur at start-up and it and the black film disappeared within a couple of minutes as the engine warmed. There is no noticible change to the oil level and the engine seems to idle normally and it runs fine. It might be just a tiny bit hotter than the stb. engine after a couple of hours running, but is hardly detectable (if the temp guages can be totally relied upon for such minor variances - ie. 1/16" difference).
Is there anything that I should be checking (ie. port Racor)? Most diesels do smoke a bit and I wouldn't be concerned unless I noticed this as an operational change. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Warren
I wasn't particularly concerned as the smoke would only occur at start-up and it and the black film disappeared within a couple of minutes as the engine warmed. There is no noticible change to the oil level and the engine seems to idle normally and it runs fine. It might be just a tiny bit hotter than the stb. engine after a couple of hours running, but is hardly detectable (if the temp guages can be totally relied upon for such minor variances - ie. 1/16" difference).
Is there anything that I should be checking (ie. port Racor)? Most diesels do smoke a bit and I wouldn't be concerned unless I noticed this as an operational change. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Warren