Friday, February 9, 2018

Tdi white smoke

There is white smoke being emiitted from the exaust. The car is revving okay. This video should only be used as guidance and not as an absolute-guide. If you don’t know what you are doing.


Diesel Smoke tells YOU a Story. White smoke can be a big problem or not, depending on the thickness. White Smoke Indicates a Faulty Fuel SysteTime for a Fuel Injector Service. After this, if I let it idle for 2-minutes the smoke comes back.


My workshop has checked all other parts like piston, battery, etc is fine, they suspect is the fuel pump. TDI has two problems: 1. Will be trouble shooting it soon. This is usually the last color of smoke you want to see, particularly on gas cars. If the smoke is thin, and goes away relatively quickly, than it is merely condensation.


However, thicker, longer lasting smoke is a much larger headache. Your engine is more than likely burning coolant. On a short run, everything is perfect. But as soon as it warms up, you get lots of white smoke at low speed and idle. A couple of days ago I started-up and there was a lot of white smoke which eventually disappeared.


A few miles later on another re-start it was clear, just the usual black puff. Yesterday it did the same and then again today. So I have started thinking. TDi altitude and I seem to have a problem with a rather smokey Treg. I began to have voluminous white smoke on idle.


Tdi white smoke

Tests on Injectors showed one dripped. After many head-scratches I used the VAG to increase the idling speed from 7to 8rpm and - Voila - no more white smoke on idle and good mpg (regularly shows over 50mpg now). Any time you see a change in the behavior, you need to address it. This means that part of the diesel fuel remains unburnt and turns into black soot.


My VW Jetta blew thick white smoke from tailpipe after freeway drive. Turbo was repaired and timing was checked. My Profile My Preferences My Mates. This usually happens in heavy traffic, at robots and stationary with engine idling. Use of our Flushing Oil Concentrate and FTC Decarbonizer address these respective problems.


Tdi white smoke

Water entering combustion spaces will also create white smoke. When combustion is incomplete, a diesel mist comes from the exhaust. It is very common when starting a diesel in very cold weather.


Some of you may remember I have been having problems with my TDI. When I put my foot down in my tdi Fabia I get a bit of a puff out of the back (no sniggering). My limited knowledge tells me white smoke = water, although someone.


In fact, what at first appears to be white smoke may not actually be white smoke in the first place. Instea it could in fact be steam from condensated water that evaporates in the hot exhaust system. This will often happen when the engine is still cold.

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