divetheworld
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OK, this tortured me for a few weeks. I thought I would put this up as a seperate thread for others.
A couple of weeks after I got my 2004-2006 Freelander TD-4 I took it to a local garage for an oil change. Routine, matter of course stuff. They gave it the once over and got a clean bill of health. Sorted.
Soon after, it put out a puff of smoke on startup. This was in the middle of the bad weather so it could have been anything. I paid little attention but it got worse, much worse.
The smoke was now a billowing cloud with a lumpy/rough first spin up. Once it "cleared its throat" it seemed fine. Quite embarrassing.
This smoke seemed to only be cold start in the morning but soon became anytime the car stood for any period of time.
Now most of you who have encountered this or read about it will get the 'blue smoke - white smoke' question and what it means for each. In practicality, I didnt think it was so easy to tell if it fell into each category. Even the white smoke has a blueish tinge IMHO.
So, to eliminate all the possibilities that don't cost an arm and a leg, I did the EGR bypass and the BMW PCV. No joy, still smokes.
So, off to get professional help. I went to a guy local called the "Landyman" in the North West. Paul did a leakback test as he figured it was injectors. His conclusion was 2 & 3 needed changing. A week later he changed No. 1 aswell. I asked him to swap out the glow plugs (as they are cheap and he is in there anyway) just to be sure.
This morning it cranked over with no smoke and no lumpy running. So I'm chuffed, it's running spot on and plenty of grunt.
I've stuck up a video of the smoke, hope it might be of help in the future.
TD4 smoking engine
A couple of weeks after I got my 2004-2006 Freelander TD-4 I took it to a local garage for an oil change. Routine, matter of course stuff. They gave it the once over and got a clean bill of health. Sorted.
Soon after, it put out a puff of smoke on startup. This was in the middle of the bad weather so it could have been anything. I paid little attention but it got worse, much worse.
The smoke was now a billowing cloud with a lumpy/rough first spin up. Once it "cleared its throat" it seemed fine. Quite embarrassing.
This smoke seemed to only be cold start in the morning but soon became anytime the car stood for any period of time.
Now most of you who have encountered this or read about it will get the 'blue smoke - white smoke' question and what it means for each. In practicality, I didnt think it was so easy to tell if it fell into each category. Even the white smoke has a blueish tinge IMHO.
So, to eliminate all the possibilities that don't cost an arm and a leg, I did the EGR bypass and the BMW PCV. No joy, still smokes.
So, off to get professional help. I went to a guy local called the "Landyman" in the North West. Paul did a leakback test as he figured it was injectors. His conclusion was 2 & 3 needed changing. A week later he changed No. 1 aswell. I asked him to swap out the glow plugs (as they are cheap and he is in there anyway) just to be sure.
This morning it cranked over with no smoke and no lumpy running. So I'm chuffed, it's running spot on and plenty of grunt.
I've stuck up a video of the smoke, hope it might be of help in the future.
TD4 smoking engine
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