current situation - bus is parked in a truck stop - my regular mechanic is coming out tomorrow morning bringing injectors and tools
1. drove bus out to minneapolis from central wisconsin - everything went fine
2. parked for a week
3. left sunday morning (checked fuel, oil, coolant levels - all good)
a. started bus
b. noticed a bit more white smoke than normal as it aired up (figured the cool morning 50F was the issue)
4. drove away (noticed more white/grey smoke as pulled out)
5. amount of smoke was increasing and getting darker grey with accelleration
6. thought getting engine up to temp would help - kept driving - smoke continued
7. stopped to re-check oil, coolant levels (engine slowly came to a stop 5 seconds or so - usually it stops pretty quick 2 sec)
a. oil stick came out dry (oil stick was popped out 1/2in or so)
b. coolant level was fine
c. went to get oil to add - rechecked before adding and level was fine (i thought this was weird but never checked the oil level just after running)
8. started back up to get somewhere safer - the smoke got bad enough that i parked at a truck stop
9. handfull of trucker guys came to check out the 8v71 (they love the sound)
a. junior (trucker) said - you got fuel and oil mixed coming out of the left exhaust manifold union
b. probably broke an injector tip
c. said to get a mechanic out there - if thats the issue its an easy fix with the right tools
you can see the fuel/oil pouring out of the union (connection between the left manifold and exhaust)
I have a video of the fuel/oil spraying out -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXS799Y4-Ek