Member Since: 07 Aug 2016
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 384
Excessive smoke?
Just got a message from the wife about 'loads of smoke coming from the engine' told her it will be the FBH
but she's saying whilst driving on the 7 mile school run it's excessively smoking really bad and embarrassing at traffic lights and smells really badly and the heater in the cab is Luke warm?
I'm thinking it's caked in soot/carbon/s**te?
Is the a way to run it to burn it out? Injector cleaner? High end diesel fill up?
Or looking at a service strip down cleaning of the FBH
I'm away in work till Friday so can't look myself
8th Nov 2016 5:08 pm
ruben D3 Decade
Member Since: 26 Sep 2006
Location: ASTURIAS
Posts: 2429
I have suffered exactly that problem during the last months, do not waste money on cleaners, there is nothing to do, I solve it by extracting and checking injectors, 2 of 6 in bad condition, replaced and everything is going well again, and yes, a lot of money.....Im sorry says that!
Well, I assume that the smoke comes from the exhaust outlets and not the FBH......lost in translation!
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8th Nov 2016 5:22 pm
Ruggy13
Member Since: 07 Aug 2016
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 384
Ruben thanks for the reply
I don't think the injectors are at fault it's my FBH I was thinking of using injector cleanser so when the FBH take the diesel it potentially cleans off the build up causing it to run inefficient? That's if it's not leaking on to the FBH exhaust
8th Nov 2016 5:56 pm
adam
Member Since: 20 Sep 2005
Location: Home and Happy
Posts: 6917
Mine was smoking like a Stephenson's Rocket yesterday at a pedestrian crossing - I actually quite like the smell
8th Nov 2016 6:17 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 14125
apologise and hope u don't mind me asking something please
would a choked up egr cause some smoke
mine did the other day but then stopped after a while
my map sensor was blocked solid , cleaned it all up, got the egr blanking kit, just got to get round to fit it
thks again
8th Nov 2016 6:39 pm
adam
Member Since: 20 Sep 2005
Location: Home and Happy
Posts: 6917
A faulty egr can cause an engine to smoke, FBH will smoke out of the exhaust under the near side front wing - just search FBH
8th Nov 2016 8:28 pm
geoffsnook
Member Since: 13 Jun 2014
Location: south wales
Posts: 3170
If its below 6 degrees and smoking from the front of car it will be your fbh it should clean itself after a few cycles hopefully and once the engine up to operating temp it will stop Discovery 3 se gone
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8th Nov 2016 8:40 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 14125
thks
i feel really rude jumping into a post
it was the first time i noticed it,
got out and was coming out of the both rear pipes ,
was bit of a mixture of white with a bit of black puffs , went round to put some diesel in, sat there and held it at 1,500 revs , whilst having the drivers door open then it went as quick as it came
am learning with this engine so please bear with me, i thought then i wonder if the egr is junked up and maybe the butterfly valves could be sticking
checked the intercooler hoses etc for any splits and were ok as far as i could see
this was my last cyl report from the iid
if i raise the revs they all go to the same figure
8th Nov 2016 8:46 pm
geoffsnook
Member Since: 13 Jun 2014
Location: south wales
Posts: 3170
Not much wrong with them readings no 4 a little bit higher but not much Discovery 3 se gone
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8th Nov 2016 8:51 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73078
Assuming properly warmed up they don't look bad at all.
8th Nov 2016 8:53 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 14125
thks that good to know
the map was blocked solid , going from that would u then assume the egr pipes are also full of crude
got the egr blank kit sitting in my kitchen , know it's no good there
most of this doesn't mean much to me in what they should or shouldn't be
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