02 Dakota electrical problem; please help.

From : Annonymous

Q: a week or 2 ago my 2006 dodge ram 2500 megacab with the cummins 5.9l and 6 speed manual started to cough and lose power/rpms and lots of white smoke or smoke looking substance like water vapor came out. it had an unknown percentage of bio-diesel in it -- small repeated fillups of various percents of bio with intermittentent straight dino diesel -- truck is 4 months old but only had 600-700 miles on it. this coughing and loss of power lasted a few minutes and then it seemed to work fine for a while. then it happened again. i added 10 gallons of dino diesel and was able to drive home 4 miles without incident. next day went out and had similar episodes. when it drives fine there is no smoke. when it starts to cough and lag and power loss occurs lots of white smoke comes out. a ton of it. i drained the water filter a few times thinking that maybe there was a high water content in the fuel. i also added some power service additive that is supposed to displace water. i was able to drive 50-70 miles without incident when it started again tonight. it would idle fine but when i pushed the accelerator it was like there was a regulator on it. it would rev up a little and then just totally lose power. i added another 7 or so gallons of dino tonight and some more power service additive. we are now up close to 800 miles on the odometer. i went and got some howes lubricator diesel treat which claims to eliminate water and added some of that. after that i was able to drive 5 or 6 miles when it started to happen again but the symptoms are now a lot less severe. i dont see as much smoke or any when it power losses and it does not lose as much power though it is still very noticable. it is like a governor is on the engine. it will idle and i can slowly increase the throttle and then between 1800 and 2500 not always at the same point the power loss happens and the rpms will drop. i was able to keep it going at up to 2000 rpm without loss sometimes but then get above that and it happens. any ideas i started to think that maybe the fuel filter was getting clogged and it was allowing enough fuel through for lower power use but as the throttle is increased it cannot get enough fuel to the engine. but everything is new and there should not be all sorts of deposits to come loose and clog the filter... thanks chad .

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