Why Does My Diesel Smoke So Badly Part 4: Injection Pump Timing

Watch my other video explaining the two methods of setting injection pump timing: • Setting Diesel Injecti... I have in my shop a very nice Mercedes W123 turbo diesel station wagon that has recently had a rebuilt engine installed. The engine runs great with fairly good power, but it smokes black smoke to high heaven when accelerating. What could be wrong? The owner who is a friend of mine finally admitted he really does not like driving it because he is embarrassed about the smoke coming out of the tail pipe. Follow along as I chase the cause of the smoke...
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