finally driving but...

hi there all ,
thanks to all members and threads, i finally managed to strat and drive my 1693 2A. All mjor problems solved but 1. exxecive smoke from exhoust. all, new gaskets, no watter in diesel, no air in pipes, not seen if the head was broken.
Might wanna change to 200tdi. any suggestions?

landy1963 said:

hi there all ,
thanks to all members and threads, i finally managed to strat and drive my 1693 2A. All mjor problems solved but 1. exxecive smoke from exhoust. all, new gaskets, no watter in diesel, no air in pipes, not seen if the head was broken.
Might wanna change to 200tdi. any suggestions?

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man shes an old un

how much do you mean buy excessive as them old motors do like to smoke for a bit on start up then usually clear near enough after a few seconds/minutes other than that not sure

Sorry, 1963,
allot of smoke even after a 1/2 hour drive.

landy1963 said:

Sorry, 1963,
allot of smoke even after a 1/2 hour drive.

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What colour smoke? Blue could indicate bad piston rings or cylinders.

White - ish smoke

landy1963 said:

White - ish smoke

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Hmm, sure it's smoke and not steam?

Well, the famous "cold iron plate behind the exhaust test" concluded a liquid substance, clearly see through. didn't taste it.
But where does/should the steam come from? ever since I took it appart the entire car hes been in the garage.

landy1963 said:

Well, the famous "cold iron plate behind the exhaust test" concluded a liquid substance, clearly see through. didn't taste it.
But where does/should the steam come from? ever since I took it appart the entire car hes been in the garage.

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A few places. I'm sure there are more causes, but the 2 main ones that pop into my thoughts are head gasket and/or water in your fuel.

Well did disconnect the fuel and hooked up to "fresh" diesel from a can, ran for a while, still same smoke, so that would mean no water. leaves the gasket thus?

landy1963 said:

Well did disconnect the fuel and hooked up to "fresh" diesel from a can, ran for a while, still same smoke, so that would mean no water. leaves the gasket thus?

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That's what I would be looking at, although one of the other chaps on here might be able to suggest something else.

If it is the gasket, you'll obviously notice water loss after driving it, and keep your eye on the oil cap and dipstick for any signs of 'mayonnaise', creamy white looking stuff which would indicate that your water has been mixing with your oil in the engine.

Don't lose hope yet, it might still be something simple

I wont lose hope, have waited a long time to get my hands on this. 10 quid for a gasket and e few hours wont break me.

landy1963 said:

I wont lose hope, have waited a long time to get my hands on this. 10 quid for a gasket and e few hours wont break me.

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Aye that's the way ta do it

As I said just keep an eye on it for a while before ya go stripping it down Good luck with it, hope you get it sorted, she looks lovely -- always wanted a proper 2A like that.

nearly done painting as well

Yeah, looking good. Are those lights in the wings original? Or have they been added? If they were added later I'd be tempted to pull them off and get it looking completely original. Nice Safari roof on her, too.

the previous owner added them. Didn't wanna drive with holes in wings so put them back. don't know what to do yet. fisrt sort things out with engine, easy to replace wings, as they have been of once.. roof rack needs to be added, but cannot go into garage any more with one, so that will be the last. first a short hollyday after that new rear springs and rack.

It was not the head gasket.

landy1963 said:

It was not the head gasket.

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Did you find that out by taking the head off?

If the gasket was fine, then it might be the head itself. You could get it pressure tested to see if it's cracked, but I'm not really sure.