smokey......

why is my series smoking so much!!!!
2.25d
and drinking so much oil please say its not that ****ed ......

bsl739 said:

why is my series smoking so much!!!!
2.25d
and drinking so much oil please say its not that ****ed ......

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OK. wont say it but work def. needed

piston oil rings and new liners? and head gasket or worse?

if the pistons are not worn, and no cracks on the cyl. head it might be easier to fix and willbe cheaper

all the pistons are okay and no warn and everything pressures up okay...

what could the problem be?

wot color smoke?

mind if nowts worn,probly timing chain stretched an throwin yer timin out,
usin oil? summits worn or yer gorra good leak or blocked breather

whitish blue but its drank a lot of oil in a sort space of time

bsl739 said:

all the pistons are okay and no warn and everything pressures up okay...

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how have you inspected/tested ?

borrowed from sumwheres on the net cus i cudnt be arsed ta search like most folks

oh an wot sean says


The Answer is in the Smoke

We can generally understand what is wrong with a diesel engine by the colour of smoke emitted from the exhaust. There are three basic colours - black, white and blue.
Black Smoke

This is due to a air to fuel ratio imbalance, either the fuel system is delivering too much fuel into the engine or there is not enough clean air (oxygen ) a few things to look for :

• Faulty injectors (injectors need attention at about 100.000 to 120 000 miles)
• Faulty injector pump
• Dirty air cleaner
• Turbocharger or intercooler faulty
• Problems within cylinder head, valves clogged up due to faulty EGR (exhaust gas recycling unit)

White Smoke

Normally means that the fuel injected into the cylinder is not burning correctly. The smoke will burn your eyes.

• Engine/pump timing out
• Fuel starvation to the pump causing the pumps timing not to operate correctly
• Low engine compression
• Water/petrol in the fuel

Blue Smoke

The engine is burning engine oil

• Worn cylinders or piston rings
• Faulty valves or valve stem seals
• Engine over full with engine oil
• Faulty injector pump/lift pump allowing engine oil to be mixed with the diesel

took an injector out in turn and presure tested them alls good in that department....

regards on the looking and checking front i had a guy a friend of a friend who working on aphce helicopters use camera tec to looking side the bores ....... i happened to be telling him my problem and he said what he did and offered. i have never seen such a clever bit or kit ......

so i am guessing its leading towards the timing being out?

I think you have 2 issues
first, timing
second, leaking oil
check the oil under the landy
if in the middle check the isolation between engine and gearbox

I think you have 2 issues
first, timing
second, leaking oil
check the oil under the landy
if in the middle check the isolation between engine and gearbox

is there any way to check to see if its the timing or do i just time it up and see if it make a difference

bsl739 said:

all the pistons are okay and no warn and everything pressures up okay...

what could the problem be?

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how do you check the oil control rings?