Truck Repair: n14 cummins celect, n14 cummins, exhaust gasket
QuestionI have a 97 t-800. It just recently developed a miss (it sounds like a blown exhaust gasket on a gas engine). With this miss, it had reduced power. I tried to drive it so get it off the road, and after a long downhill run with the jake brake on the miss got worse. It almost felt like the jake brake was hanging up. It then began to bellow black smoke. I shut it down, checked engine over, and then had to start it up to get it off the highway. When I start the truck, it will blow black smoke, still has the miss, and without applying throttle will gradually idle up on its own to 2000 rpm.
Answer If it has a steady popping soung & a large black puffing cloud out the exhaust then an injector solenoid has stuck overfuelling a cyl.The only way to find it is with a water hose running water over the exhaust manifold to find the hottest cyl & that is the bad one.