The Wild Rover
Member Since: 07 Apr 2012
Location: Germany
Posts: 34
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| Help needed: Smoke while idling |
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Hi there,
I'm on holiday from Germany in Ireland with my German-Irish family. On the way here I noticed that my D3 My 06 started smoking badly after I had to wait in the queue for the ferry. The smoke is greyish blueish and only appears when the car is idling. As some as I drive off it disappears. It has gotten a lot worse now and already starts after about 30 seconds of idling. The car is in a Landy garage now but they seem to be unsure as well as to what causes the problem. Thing is that I have to go back to Germany soon and I don't want to fry the engine on the way back.
Here are some facts:
-Car drives absolutely smooth and power delivery is spotless
- Oil and water levels haven't dropped, fuel consumption normal
- no smoke after cold starts or downhill braking
- no excessive oil in turbo intercooler hose
- both egr valves were changed two years ago
- car was freshly serviced before holiday including new fuel filter
- car takes a few cranks extra with every cold start despite new glow plugs
I thought about injectors but so far there was no dodgy reading on any of them.
Any other ideas? Will I have to pull all the injectors and bench test them to be sure none of them is leaky?
It'd be great if anybody could have some idea since I'm a bit stuck here (quite literally  .
Cheers lads
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 18th Aug 2019 8:58 pm |
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ruben
D3 Decade
Member Since: 26 Sep 2006
Location: ASTURIAS
Posts: 2382
 
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there is one or more injectors leaking, I'm sure! I've lived it!
good luck!! lost in translation!
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| 19th Aug 2019 12:22 am |
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The Wild Rover
Member Since: 07 Apr 2012
Location: Germany
Posts: 34
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Cheers Ruben,
you were dead right....one injector leaking. Had them all cleaned and offending one changed at home. Car got us back home though safe and sound even with leaky injector.
So anybody else experiencing above symptoms....injector it is 
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| 8th Oct 2019 8:55 pm |
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ruben
D3 Decade
Member Since: 26 Sep 2006
Location: ASTURIAS
Posts: 2382
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well done! lost in translation!
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| 8th Oct 2019 10:07 pm |
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