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gords:
(mainly) when pulling away, until the revs build up, I get a lot (?) of white-ish /grey-ish exhaust smoke.

Is that normal or does it indicate that something is wrong?

beast5680:
is it cold when it does it? if so then normal condensation being evaporated from the exhaust is the cause or does it always do it even when hot?

gords:
this thread disapeared this morning so I've recreated it!


--- Quote from: "TUFFTEE" ---This time of year Gords Its most likely Steam? Or Condensation? But don't take my word for it!
--- End quote ---

I know it's old and slow, but it's a diesel not a bl**dy steam engine [-X  :wink:

gords:

--- Quote from: "beast5680" ---is it cold when it does it? if so then normal condensation being evaporated from the exhaust is the cause or does it always do it even when hot?
--- End quote ---

I think it does it pretty much all the time!? It's not so much smoke that you can easily see it in daylight, but it really shows up at night time in the following car's headlights!

It seems to stop people driving right up my bumper, actually :lol:

beast5680:
keep an eye on all the levels and see if they change and when its hot take off the oil filler cap and see if you get alot of chuffing from it as that can be an indicator of pressure build up caused by headgasket gone, my 300tdi smokes a reasonable amount and it always looks worse at night with lights behind you

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