john deere 1010 dozer puffing smoke from air cleaner

Whatever you do, DO NOT use ether as it can damage the rings and precombustion chambers. Also having a fresh starter will make a BIG difference- mine starts so much easier because of that alone. Just remember to let the lever back down after starting- you won't be able to use the hydraulics until you do so anyhow if you have the rear mounted Cessna pump. Besides needing good glow plugs, the primer pump on the dash is helpful and if you have the HLR transmission there is a disconnect lever under your left foot that you pull up and lock during starting- it will allow the engine to turn over faster. Here are a number of tips on the hard starting- as Lavoy said they start hard especially in cold weather.

You can check timing with a plastic window which is discussed in these posts. Skip/smoke when cold and not under load sounds like a timing issue on your injection pump but I am not the expert that some others like Jdemaris or Lavoy. Use the keyword and author search together to find them- you will find there are about a dozen of us that routinely discuss 2010s. I don't have time today to link to them, but I know there are posted a number of them on the skip/smoke issue and the hard starting. There is A LOT of good information on these issues in the post archives on here. It does not appear to be loosing coolant, but I really have not put enough hours on it to know for sure. I have new filters but am not sure how confirm the injectors are working correctly. I am thinking its fuel related.pump, injectors or filters. It is not as obvious when under load and warm. Also when idling fast or slow it appears to have a small miss or hiccup that gets worse with no load engine speed. When I am running the machine digging or driving up steeper grades after its nice and warm it will actually clear up significantly even when throttled down and idled, but after a few minutes of idling it will start smoking again. The only time it seems to get better is when you actually run the machine a little harder. It is a little hard to start (likely due to glow plugs and slow cranking) and it smokes a lot when cold (white/grey) and continues to do so pretty much all the time. I have a new set of glow plugs on the way and will test the compression when I have the glow plugs out. The issue I am trying to get all figured out right now is the hard starting and smoking.

I have gotten the track adjusters fixed, put a new exhaust on it, greased up all the fitting and replaced a few grease zirks. I have been working on getting it all adjusted, greased, maintained and ready for some hard work around the house. I picked up this 2010 about a month ago or so.

John deere 1010 dozer puffing smoke from air cleaner