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    Well I have the pilot even off completely and something i have noticed is that when engine is cold, say at the start of your day, start up is rough with lots of white smoke, then given about 60 seconds or so it clears up and runs perfectly fine. When engine is warmed up to operating temp or close it starts fine.

    Seems like timing is in need of adjustment. This occurs with nothing else modified or whether tuning has had a few other modifications. Cant be too hard of an adjustment.

    Truck drives out great otherwise its just when cold cranking then it finally levels out. I was thinking of increasing timing but not sure how to go about it .

    Need some clues!! Thanks in advance!

    PS... Even before i had efi live , when cold i would notice a slight puff of white smoke. This just seems more exagerated version of that. I always thought of a stuck injector.

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    Timing adjustment is needed at idle for a no-pilot cold start to happen. Without pilot your either looking at a 15* main event or if the 20* offset is a factor your looking at a -5* main event. Which would account for the white smoke..

    Try bumping main timing at idle up to 30* and see how it runs.

    ~Les
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2007 5.9 View Post
    Timing adjustment is needed at idle for a no-pilot cold start to happen. Without pilot your either looking at a 15* main event or if the 20* offset is a factor your looking at a -5* main event. Which would account for the white smoke..

    Try bumping main timing at idle up to 30* and see how it runs.

    ~Les
    Are you saying change it in the base table and the 4 tables there after?

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ID:	11374 HERE?? OR in the other tables i asked about?

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    I'm pretty sure when I did mine I just changed the base timing table.... When I get home at my computer, I'll look through my notes and give you a definitive answer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2007 5.9 View Post
    I'm pretty sure when I did mine I just changed the base timing table.... When I get home at my computer, I'll look through my notes and give you a definitive answer.

    ~Les
    Patiently waiting!

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    I just looked at my notes....looks like I set all tables (main,adjust 1,2,3,4) all to 25* with no pilot. Seems that it worked well cold, but driving with my large turbo was impossible.

    i now run a modified pilot, main and post table...

    ~Les
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    the complete table to 25* or??? sorry for my ignorance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2007 5.9 View Post
    I just looked at my notes....looks like I set all tables (main,adjust 1,2,3,4) all to 25* with no pilot. Seems that it worked well cold, but driving with my large turbo was impossible.

    i now run a modified pilot, main and post table...

    ~Les
    the complete table to 25* or??? sorry for my ignorance.

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    Yes, the entire table to 25*

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