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Oops I missed your question drooling over pictures... I can't tell a difference at all in sound. Still nice and loud haha! Here's how it looked before - all ripped up from taking the valve cover off. It took me a whopping 5 min to get it out. The above picture is WAY brighter too due to the black being gone.

Get the exhaust hotter and burn it off Just kidding!

You would probably be better off using one of the products diesel4life suggested. It would also be cheaper!

We are arguing something that neither of us is going to win. I know a ton of people who do run 2 stroke in their CR, vp and 7.3 trucks. No one has had any problems and neither have I. If my injection pump blows up in 10,000 miles and Industrial Injection says it's gummed up with 2 stroke (What do ya think Ed ) then I might switch. Until then each to their own

Yes I understand this. Read what I wrote again and you will see that I completely agree. Mike's at nearly 200,000 miles on 2 stroke. I think if it was going to hurt something it would have by now. I do understand what your saying.... but come on tons of people run it. Heck people even run it in CR trucks at 25k+ psi and haven't seen any ill effects.

Quite simply price. Even though it may cost less to put 1oz per 3 gallons of diesel of one of the additives you mentioned, the bottle price can be intimidating for some. I agree I'm not sure why some question using the additives you mentioned before but they don't question 2 stroke because it's 2 stroke. It's an oil that isn't going to hurt anything.

I think it's more of not wanting to replace vp's because we didn't run some sort of treatment that keeps the pump lubed. I went through 3 pumps in less than a month... It gets pretty scary when you're taking that kind of money.

The problem we now face is the vp44 requires more lube than today's injection pumps. Thus the companies are working toward the newer engine's standards. Heck regular ulsd doesn't even provide the proper lubercation

Good thoughts here, but I know that isn't the case for a couple reasons. 1. I've had 3 sets of injectors in it and on every one of them the copper washers look good and sealed to the head. No black streaks where the compression could be blowing by. 2. That leak would actually push compression into the fuel return system inside the head and back into the tank. I would have high pressures in the tank when i take the cap off. 3. I actually had a copper seal go bad a year or two ago and push compression into the tank. These symptoms are not that.

Hey Mike do you know how to do the 0-60 times or 60-0 times? Tried google can't seem to find it

Not unless there is a kink or one of the tips is smashed. I don't know but either way I'm going to run the snot out of it until I pull the head.

I haven't. I'm currently looking for a set to try.......

I've tried brand new crossover tubes, drilled out tubes, old tubes you name it. I don't think I'm going to find this anytime soon... Maybe this weekend I'll pull all of the lines again just to make sure they are clear and the ends look good. Over the summer I do plan to pull the head, so I guess that's the next step.

I do it. PS keeps the fuel from gelling while the 2stroke keeps the pump lubed. No ill side effects either.

I don't take this truck to anyone. I do everything myself as you can see by this thread. I also won't spend money on parts unless I know something is wrong. I went out and started it as you suggested. It sounds like it starts missing as soon as it fires. Also how would a single crossover tube make such a difference?

CSM I don't know how you bought that thing that way... Holy cow those rims. Looking good now though!! Great pics guys keep it up I ripped my insulation out today... I think it looks much cleaner.

Don't tell me I have a cracked pistion Will do.

No compressed air up here (college apartment), but I can pull it off and see if it's clogged at all. Maybe just the tip is screwed up I'm not sure. I'll check the temp after starting in a couple hours. I'll make sure to feel all of em to see if multiple are bad.

Ok I put the normal crossover tube back into number 1 cyl and the miss is half of what it was before, so at least I've got it narrowed down to that cylinder. Any thoughts on what it could be? I'm thinking the line might be bad?

This was 20-30 seconds after a cold start. Really thinking it's cylinder #1. I could hold my hand on it while I couldn't on the others. I'll swap out that crossover tube tomorrow and report back.

I have to put the white bottle of PS every time I fill up thanks to the big city not treating their fuel properly. In 2 years I've gelled 4 times. Back home in my little country town I don't add any PS. It gets down to -20 and no one gels.

Definitely a miss! Some people say they lope - maybe with bigger injectors but not with my setup. I can hear this thing missing from 800rpm 2500 rpm+ when freewheeling. It also has a distinct "knock" like a cylinder is missing. Maybe I have an injection line that the outlet got smashed somehow?? I think I can replace the drilled out tubes 1 at a time with an "original" crossover tube and find which cylinder it is that way though. Come on over! I could always use some company

Come on guys 200 views and 10 pictures! I know we can do better than that. This doesn't have to be a whole truck shot, it can be really anything that has to do with the pickup. Post em up! I like to see engine bays too....

I'm going to bump this back up and pick your guys's brains a bit. I put the drilled out crossover tubes back in just to see if it would change anything (The last time I only had them in for a day or so) Well it seems to have amplified the "miss" making it 3 or 4 times worse. Now it's REALLY noticeable. Wouldn't that mean it's something to do with fuel delivery if only crossover tubes made it this much worse?

All looking good guys! Keep the pictures coming