Mercedes sprinter blowing white smoke

If the vehicle is idealing there is plenty of white smoke but not contentious. Sprinter Diesel blows white smoke after long idle. Just wanted to know if anybody else has experienced the issue when after long idle (min) then a 50m drive (very hot day 37c) the van starts to bellow white smoke for a about a minute.

After shutting down the engine, checking oil, water etc (all ok) a re-start was initiated with no smoke at all. So you need to keep your eye on coolant level and check your engine for overheat. Exhaust Smoke Types (BLACK, WHITE AND BLUE).

A year ago it started blowing Blue smoke from the exhaust. It used too smoke for around two days every two weeks. The first garage thought it was the exhaust regenerating itself. Changed a few things but never.

Hi I have a plate sprinter on tick over it pumps out white smoke and. White smoke =water vapour. Burning oil, whether it is engine oil or trans fluid will not cause white smoke from the exhaust. I would start with a compression test and a cooling system pressure test to trace the white smoke from the exhaust.

It blows a lot of black smoke mainly when accelerating. It consumes a bit of oil also. Has any one had this problem? Any info will be appreciated.

Every so often the oil blows out the oil cap and other areas. The mechanic says it is probably the piston going. Mechanic said maybe i was using the wrong oil. If you see white smoke coming out of the exhaust all the time, even when the engine is hot, this is due to a. The unburnt fuel particles blow out the tailpipe producing a rich, thick, diesel fuel odor.

It is normal to see white smoke from the exhaust during sub-zero and colder weather, at least until the engine warms up. The Car has no oil dipstick but the oil sensor will come up saying the oil level is to high then the smoke starts. I have had the oil level changed out then lowered twice.

We had few Merc Vans in the last few years and always was a fan of Merc, untill lately when problems in the new Merc Vans started and when arrogant Merc service station guys proved they cannot be relied anymore. The 2sprinter is a great van. One reason for white smoke is very common and completely harmless. Was running perfectly then suddenly started smoking heavily when idling for a short while (few seconds).

If you then press the accelerator pedal large clouds of smoke poor from the exhaust. The smoke is whitish to very light blue and smells of unburnt fuel. If the gasket is cracked or worn, water will penetrate into the cylinders, an under the effect of elevated temperature, will create white smoke that is emitted out the exhaust system.

When this occurs, you must first check the coolant level of your vehicle. Most of the time this is caused by a blown head gasket. A loss of coolant with no apparent leak, a white foamy substance on the underside of the oil fill cap, oil level overfull, and air bubbles escaping from the radiator are other symptoms of a blown gasket or cracked head.

HDI Expert which was doing the exact same thing as yours, blowing thick black smoke , sluggish and loss of power on gradients, a hissing sound and surging. ANSWERIT is almost certainly the injector with the wire attaching to it. Either change the injector £2or take it out and feed the wire to anoher injector.

However, it can only deliver these qualities because of the refinement and sophistication of its turbodiesel engine engine and control systems.