John
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It sounds like what is called a "drooling nozzle" and that will cause in a short amount of time more piston problems if not fixed. When I bought my 8050 the previous owner had that problem and didn't fix it and it burned a large scar in the piston wall. He paid for most of the overhaul on my 8050 when I bought it from the dealer I paid to finish the OH up totally as it was a JD dealer. I have also had the 649I on my 7020 with those symtoms and that was the problem. I hope it is no deeper than the nozzles yet, that will cause the smoke and miss, because the fuel is not being atomized properly by one or more nozzles, aka drooling or streaming at the piston wall. The stream on the piston wall will kill rings and burn holes through the sleeves.