A newby diesel question. Every time I start my 300tdi I get a cloud of dark smoke from the exhaust. This clears within seconds and the vehicle drives fine without any smoke, until the next time it is started. Doesn't seem to matter how long the vehicle stands between runs, it gives the same amount of smoke. I think the engine has done about 100k.
although older less advanced diesels can white smoke for a few minutes after start up while they warm up. When I was in the TA it was always interesting when we started the Bedford MJs up. If we hadn't been discovered, we were then!
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3.5V8 100" Hybrid, now LPG converted Part owner of 1976 S3 LWT, currently under restoration Suzuki SJ410 (Girlfriend's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next
1993 200 TDi Discovery (the Pug 106 is dead, long live the Pug)
"Hirsty's" wrote in news:ttRFc.66$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net:
Lots on Google about this, also suggested "cures". It is in fact the "fan" belt and the best explanation I had was from the tech department of a belt manufacturer. He said it was due to glaze on the tension pulley -- similar to the effect when you draw your finger down a clean windscreen. Apparently, they all do it (300TDi's) but it's nothing to worry about. Quite fun reading the suggested "cures" though!
Not neccessarily. The squeak from mine had been getting progressively worse, even with deglazing the tensioner, using belt dressing etc. etc. Finally I gave in and bought a new tensioner assembly - and I now have silence. Well, apart from the engine noise and the strange squeak that only happens when I turn left, that is...
The old tensioner has in the order of 2-3mm slop in the pulley.
Well, it wouldn't be any fun if it was that easy, would it?
So far I've got the left-hand-downabit squeak, the occasional squeak from (I think) a door, and the irritating squeak from the plywood in the back being screwed down too tight. Of course, if it isn't tight enough, the ply rattles instead...
I'll probably rebuild the tensioner assembly at some point, but I needed a quick sanity fix. This had hit the point of a squealing howl on every journey, which was getting a bit much.
"David French" wrote in news:40eb2029$0$7800$ snipped-for-privacy@news.zen.co.uk:
Mice are known horders. The 200Tdi was lying idle awaiting repairs. The mice clearly took the biscuits "home" for the winter. Now, I'll agree, it was some feat to remove the biscuits to the sound proofing above the engine! But it did happen and I wasn't too surprised. Mice seem rather fond of moving into vehicles. The biscuits, by the way, are rather small -- about
1/2 inch in diameter and approximately 1/4 inch thick.
OK, I've checked for dog biscuits, mice and soundproofing - nope, none of those present...
I once found that mice had carefully stashed a sizable amount of poisoned grain in my bed (under the bottom sheet) whilst I'd been away for a while. Returning the favour, perhaps?
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