Tdi white smoke startup

During the recent colder weather (but still above freezing) my TDI has been producing quite a lot of white smoke at start up. It last for a couple of hundred yards of driving an then disappears. It never used to do this. In every other way the car starts and drives normally and has no black smoke.

Ford Scorpio MkGhia 2. D Cold Start Over 3-Years. White smoke from exhaust diagnosis. My ride is an MKVW Golf 1. I have been having a puff of white smoke on startup probably for around a year now, maybe longer.

Its hard to get starte when it does start it idles very rough and applying fuel doesnt help. TDI 1rough Idle and white smoke when warming up. I know its common and I read through the other posts and will try to build the into this one.

You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. Also, there is no kick down. I can mat the pedal down and get nothing, just bogs down and slowly accelerates. I realize that some smoke is normal but on cold starts, the car runs rough and smokes more than normal. The car is a Passat 1. I am thinking that the valve seals might be worn because if the car sits too long, oil drips into the cylinder, and causes smoke.

However, the car only has. Pure white smoke on a 3tdi is usually retarded pump timing. They have a habit of wearing the cambelt drive gear where it slides over the woodruff key on the crank! If it gets really bad you should notice the same white smoke if you run against compression on a long downhill with no throttle even when hot.

This has only occurred over night and never after sitting at work for hours. Condensation that accumulates inside the exhaust pipes, converter and mufflers can produce a puff of white smoke upon diesel engine start-up. In very cold temperatures, the heated exhaust can freeze into minute fuel droplets when exiting the exhaust and produce a more prolonged emission of white smoke for a very short period of driving time.

Use of our Flushing Oil Concentrate and FTC Decarbonizer address these respective problems. Water entering combustion spaces will also create white smoke. TDI 1Glow plugs went out before the car was started. I believe that this smoke level is not normal.

If smoke is being release then this is indicative of a problem. HOWTO looks at all the possible reasons why white smoke is coming from your exhaust pipe. Sounds like your injection pump timing is off, an injector is leaking or a bad seal on your IP. It will produce copious amounts of white smoke for about miles following a cold start. Once it has heated up to temperature the white smoke goes away.

Could this be attributed to an EGR Cooler leak? Im no great mechanic but have you had the intake manifolds cleaned out as they can choke up restricting the airflow. TDI PD1(AVF) - smoke on cold startup but fine thereafter.

I did change the glowplugs as a few were gone. Is there a way to diagnose if its the injector seals? A small puff of smoke is normal on start up although excessive smoke could point to valve stem seals, or injector seals. Now my TDI is a real PITA to start when cold.

And when she does start I get a huge cloud of white smoke.