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Hello there folks dexta has been running great still is but started smoking tank is spotless fuel going into pump clean fuel coming out at injector dirty colour. I have changed hand primer pump heater primer stopcock underneath tank tractor is running fine no issues apart from the smoke is greyish/whitesh no leaks no water in oil and no oil in water all levels ok oil droplets coming out exhaust manifold engine oil level is spot on as a thought I put new oil in tractor pulls great been ploughing with it never mist a beat iam at a loss if anyone has any suggestions iam all ears the only thing I have changed since getting the tractor is. Red to white I know that can’t do anything !!! sorry for the long explanation. Thanks john m

How hard have you been ploughing? It sounds like you're suffering from lack of work, although dirty fuel in the injection side is of concern, its effect would be missing cylinders, drop in power and black smoke. Try some hard ploughing, if the smoke clears quickly you should be fine, it will come back if you don't keep the hard work on, the slobber is sometimes an extra feature of lack of work, it will come slower but go faster, the healthy exhaust will only show dry carbon and very faint black smoke at full power. Not all engines slobber, but all will smoke badly if not worked hard.
Sandy