Brand new motor, blueish smoke ???????

[X JBM X]

Originally Posted by 907dave

Check ALL your ground connections.

Especially the body ground that attaches to the rear of the passenger side head and is routed to above the heater box.

Also be sure the chassis ground is good, it is spliced into the ground cable at the end (driver side?) then bolts to the frame.

If they appear OK but problem still persists you can temporarily add your own by using a set of jumper cables from the engine to the battery negative, and from the frame to battery negative. This will prove that there is (or isn't) a ground issue.

Good Luck

This.

It sounds like you have a grounding problem or a short somewhere to me...

[stroker342gt]

Thanks yall. ill try anything at the moment. Ill update soon as i try it.

[stroker342gt]

checked all the grounds, none loose, went ahead and hooked jumper cables to everthing i could get my hands on(block, body, frame, radiator support) and back to the negatives on the batteries. still nothing. Truck went to a local 7.3 guru shop this am, waiting on an a answer.

[stroker342gt]

IPR..... used the old one in my new adrenaline cause it was working fine before and i was trying to save a lil money. Bit me in the ***. Thanks yall for all the info though.

[907DAVE]

Strange.

Glad to hear it is running again.

[X JBM X]