smoky diesel = dirty boat
 

hey guys,... any ideas or tips for keeping the soot of your boat and trailer. we just bought a dodge diesel with a 12 valve for a tow rig and its turned up and runs great, but everytime we pull with it the boat is covered in soot, and its a pain to get off!

what do some of you other diesel guys do?

tune it down so it's not blowing smoke. Sorry but I have my D-Max tuned but blowing a crap load of black smoke is just throwing $$ out the pipe.

Big, long stack threw the box of the truck. Have the exit up out of the slip stream of the boat.

I ran a stack on my 6.4...screw that..Went to a axle dump that shoots it straight down and also had the truck live tuned so is toesnt smoke like crazy...smoke does not = power...

A good turn down at the stock location does wonders. And when your not towing you can put black spots on the white lines.

Having had a couple of diesel's-- Black smoke is not necessarily a good thing - back on to topic.

I've used Simple Green - to get the soot off-- Wet the surface and then spray on full strength. It should work.

Take care and please get your diesel looked at - it could be something as simple as a bad air filter.

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Its a 12v 6bt they must be turned up a little to get out of their own way. And when you do they smoke. Its just how p pumped diesels run with a little fuel thrown at them.

if you want to get rid of black smoke add more boost! Won't get rid if it but it will tame it down some..

You don't say where your exhaust exits. If you have a stack, it's certainly gonna get all over the boat. My truck is deleted and tuned. You can see the tailpipe exits at about a 45 degree angle out the right rear side. I also run Rocktamer hitch mounted flaps when towing as well which I believe help deflect the soot. At most, I'll get some soot on the trailer tongue. Since I keep everything sprayed down after each use with Boat Candy spray wax, it wipes right off.

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My suggestion would be not to have the soot. A clean boat and a truck with burning all the fuel would be the set up I'd want for my tow rig.