2000 F350 Powerstroke low on power and blowing blue smoke. Any ideas???

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A friend of mine called me a little while ago and said his truck felt low on power and started smoking pretty bad under a load. He said he can't really hear the turbo either so he doesnt think it's spooling up. It's a 2000 F350 with around 300k miles on it. I had him pull the turbo to intercooler pipe and he said it wasn't full or anything like that but there was some oil pooled in the hose. I have him checking the play in the compressor wheel right now. It sounds like a bad turbo to me but I'm no diesel mechanic so I thought I'd check for second opinions before we dug too deep. He does not have a boost gauge on the truck so I'm not sure if it's building boost or not.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Darren
 
He just called back and said that he didn't find much play in the wheel and it spun very freely, but he did say that there was some oil in the intake pipe as well.
 
Thanks for the replies.

I just stopped by and took a look at it. Even at idle it's pouring oil smoke and the amount of smoke increases with load. I didn't really feel what I would consider excessive play in the turbo (no end play at all). I looked at his intercooler and air inlet pipes and there was very little oil in any of it, mostly just oily residue or a few drops. The truck is definately down on power. He said it was not a gradual issue that's been getting worse but rather it was fine when he left the house this morning and when he left to run an errand earlier the problem was there. The auto zone delivery guy was here earlier and he hooked his scanner up to it but didn't get anything however I'm not sure what scanner he had or what he could check for. I hate to pull the turbo and rebuild/replace it if that's not the issue, there's really no symptoms pointing that way now that I've had a chance to look at it. Would injector issues be able to diagnose with through diagnostics or do you just have to tear into it and look around?​
 
Thanks for all the input guys. I think he's going to take it to the dealer and have them diagnose it. I do think it's an injector issue but I don't have the experience or equipment to pinpoint where exactly the issue is. It's his only vehicle and he needs to get it back up and running as soon as possible. I'll let everyone know what he finds out.​
 
find a Ford diesel specialists. My experience with dealerships is they are over priced and never really diagnose and fix the issue,just throw parts at the truck and leave you with a huge bill


Tripp Trucks is down in Rock Hill, SC and is very fair on his prices and all he does is Ford diesel work. I know Ron knows someone closer to you that he took his truck to and was reasonably priced as well
 
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