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My 3.0 3rd Gen is starting to get pretty rough, I think its suffering a multitude of problems and I'm looking for some opinions on my diagnosis and/or a shoulder to cry on.... 
Its suffered the cold start miss fueling problem that I have read about on here for a wee while but its never been more than a few little blips while I've started the car on the drive and then left it idling while go back to pick up the keys/tools/dog/child I've forgotten to load. Now after a weekend of heavy motorway use the miss fueling was so bad I had to stick it in neutral and keep the idle up while in traffic as as soon as the rev's dropped it was dieing... Not so good... The fuel filter is pretty recent, fuel hoses/pipes new at the time of the filter and its not long completed a course of redex.
There are now also a lot of intermittent noises coming from the engine, on the way to work today I got a massive "RRRRRRRRRRRRRRR" from the engine bay (it sounded like and was as loud as the engine running at 4000rpm). This happened as I came over the top of a hill and took my foot off the accelerator. I guess this would be the force of engine braking rev's dropped but the truck whee'd on down the other side of the hill. I've noticed it does this slightly more quietly when coming to a stop. (I do rely on engine braking a lot).
Also I'm getting new vibration from the engine that feels like something is imbalanced and over the regular steady "burrrrrrrrrr" of the engine there is either a "pok pok pok pok" or a clattering that sounds out of sync with the rest of the engine.
To top it off I get a really bad vibration at motorways speeds that appears to be non engine related, (if I coast it still rattles my glasses off).
Oh and after a long hill decent in low 1st gear the truck started blowing blue smoke. I'm pretty certain this would be the forces of engine braking sooking all my engine oil in through my 150k piston rings and turbo seal. The smoke cleared up afterwards though so I don't think there is anything too mahoosive to worry about there.
My planned course of action is: (in no particular order)
Take the prop shafts off and check the UJ's
see if I can get my props balanced/checked
get the wheel alignment and wheel balance checked
Clean the charge air pipework as its black and gungy inside
have a peek under the rocker cover to look for gremlins
have a look at the engine mounts
surf the web while looking out the window at my poorly surf
look at new trucks on ebay
realise I'd be better fixing my own heap than splashing my pennies on someone else's.......
The loud noises and vibration have me a bit concerned, I'm blaming the engine but that's mostly because I don't really know the ins and outs of the gearbox. Do the symptoms ring any alarm bells with anyone?
Its suffered the cold start miss fueling problem that I have read about on here for a wee while but its never been more than a few little blips while I've started the car on the drive and then left it idling while go back to pick up the keys/tools/dog/child I've forgotten to load. Now after a weekend of heavy motorway use the miss fueling was so bad I had to stick it in neutral and keep the idle up while in traffic as as soon as the rev's dropped it was dieing... Not so good... The fuel filter is pretty recent, fuel hoses/pipes new at the time of the filter and its not long completed a course of redex.
There are now also a lot of intermittent noises coming from the engine, on the way to work today I got a massive "RRRRRRRRRRRRRRR" from the engine bay (it sounded like and was as loud as the engine running at 4000rpm). This happened as I came over the top of a hill and took my foot off the accelerator. I guess this would be the force of engine braking rev's dropped but the truck whee'd on down the other side of the hill. I've noticed it does this slightly more quietly when coming to a stop. (I do rely on engine braking a lot).
Also I'm getting new vibration from the engine that feels like something is imbalanced and over the regular steady "burrrrrrrrrr" of the engine there is either a "pok pok pok pok" or a clattering that sounds out of sync with the rest of the engine.
To top it off I get a really bad vibration at motorways speeds that appears to be non engine related, (if I coast it still rattles my glasses off).
Oh and after a long hill decent in low 1st gear the truck started blowing blue smoke. I'm pretty certain this would be the forces of engine braking sooking all my engine oil in through my 150k piston rings and turbo seal. The smoke cleared up afterwards though so I don't think there is anything too mahoosive to worry about there.
My planned course of action is: (in no particular order)
Take the prop shafts off and check the UJ's
see if I can get my props balanced/checked
get the wheel alignment and wheel balance checked
Clean the charge air pipework as its black and gungy inside
have a peek under the rocker cover to look for gremlins
have a look at the engine mounts
surf the web while looking out the window at my poorly surf
look at new trucks on ebay
realise I'd be better fixing my own heap than splashing my pennies on someone else's.......
The loud noises and vibration have me a bit concerned, I'm blaming the engine but that's mostly because I don't really know the ins and outs of the gearbox. Do the symptoms ring any alarm bells with anyone?
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