2002 TD4 black smoke!!!

my freelander van has always smoed now and aghain on start up i just put that to me sumtimes not letting the glow plugs warm up, but now it wont smoke if i rev the engine when stationary but if moving dow the road when i heare the turbo whistle(just starting to come in) then the is a bit of smoke if i floor the car theres alot more smoke checked oil and levels are ok any idears? altought there was some oil ontop of the engine but this coulda happend when it had an oil change 3months ago, many thanks JP

When was the last time the air filter was changed?

have you checked/changed crankcase breather filter on top of engine in front of injectors, under plastic cover ?

do as OP says and change your crankcase breather quick smart. with your engine idleing pull the dipstick out, does oil come out the tube?

ok wil check in a min any pics of where the breather is? will trhis starve the engine of air?

JPM646 said:

ok wil check in a min any pics of where the breather is? will trhis starve the engine of air?

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i have changed the filtre it is still smoking though any more idears there was some oil by the air casing that you have to take off (the big plastic one) to get to theinjectors?? any more idears thanks

Have you looked for splits in the turbo pipes?

yep they all seam ok?, and there is no loss of power

Just to clear up a point here, if your smoke is black it is not oil related. Burning oil in an engine will produce blue smoke. If your smoke is definately black then there is a combustion problem where the fuel is not burning completely causing partialy burnt fuel to be emmited in the exhaust. This could be due to many faults ie, blocked air filter or restricted air flow (not enough air to burn all the fuel injected) faulty injector timing, faulty injector pump, dirty (carboned up) engine/exhaust, engine overloaded, incorrect valve timing, damaged valves/seats. This list is not exhaustive, can be caused by anything that will effect combustion.