Hi,
I am failry new to the Landrover world having bought a 110 300TDi Defender for my wife a couple of years ago. It is her pride and joy and my job to keep it running. I can do most jobs myself but get a bit lost when it comes to trouble shooting. I currently have a probelm with white smoke. The probelm is that it doesn't appear all the time. On start up the, exhaust gives out a good black cloud which clears. If you travel somewhere and then stop the engine but restart in a short time, say 5 minutes, it belches out white smoke which carries on for some distance then clears. If you park up for half hour then there is no white smoke on start.
I did think it was perhaps head gasket type probelms but thought that it would smoke all the time if this was the case. Last week I changed the radiator due to a leak and the smoking has got worse even occurring mid trip though not all the time, might be unrelated, could be more pressure in the system with the good rad ......any thoughts??
I am failry new to the Landrover world having bought a 110 300TDi Defender for my wife a couple of years ago. It is her pride and joy and my job to keep it running. I can do most jobs myself but get a bit lost when it comes to trouble shooting. I currently have a probelm with white smoke. The probelm is that it doesn't appear all the time. On start up the, exhaust gives out a good black cloud which clears. If you travel somewhere and then stop the engine but restart in a short time, say 5 minutes, it belches out white smoke which carries on for some distance then clears. If you park up for half hour then there is no white smoke on start.
I did think it was perhaps head gasket type probelms but thought that it would smoke all the time if this was the case. Last week I changed the radiator due to a leak and the smoking has got worse even occurring mid trip though not all the time, might be unrelated, could be more pressure in the system with the good rad ......any thoughts??