MX5000 Engine Question

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mikeg135

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Really 2 questions.

I have a 2001 mx5000dt w 221 hours. When under a heavy load or if I quickly hit the floor throttle it will blow bluefish/white smoke. It will do this even at full operating temperature. Is this normal? Otherwise, it seems to run and sound fine.

Also, I noticed this weekend it blows a little smoke on the back side of the engine on the brake side and in a downward direction. I believe it stops after several minutes. I was only moving some brush after the ice storm so not under any type of load. It was doing this at idle when I noticed it. Any idea is this also normal?

Now a little history on the engine. It had a rebuild done by a qualified diesel mechanic about 50 hours ago due to a lower radiator hose blowing off while bush hogging.
 
   / MX5000 Engine Question #2  
Are you using any oil?
 
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#3  
Nope, not using any oil.
 
   / MX5000 Engine Question #4  
How about coolant?
 
   / MX5000 Engine Question #5  
Your injection pump may need to be timed.
The smoke at the back of the engine could be coming from a blow bye pipe, if it has one.
 
   / MX5000 Engine Question #6  
Has the smoke been there since the rebuild? How many hours since rebuild?
 

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