Land rover discovery 4 white smoke

Mate of mine pulled into a carpark and was engulfed in what he said was white smoke coming out of the exhaust it then went into reduced power mode. On a Range Rover it can only be water. The bad news is you have a blown head gasket or worse, depending on the year. On your next cold start, run around and smell your exhaust, white smoke is water and or coolant.

I bought the vehicle second hand and am pretty happy with the overall performance etc. What worries me is the heavy blue smoke when I accelerate har funny enough this is a sort of a once off on a trip and then its gone until I shut off and restart and get going again. She said the car was randomly spewing white smoke out the back on her way to work. Enough smoke to choke out the other cars behind her.

Most modern diesels will blow smoke , considerably more then older diesels IMO, in your tag it looks like you have the car chippe am i right? SDVD() blows smoke under hard acceleration but nothing excessive. All you ever wanted to know about.

I left her to dry for days and then we noticed lots of white smoke on starting and a smell. It is white smoke , and only really happens when you put your foot down. Land Rover VEngine Failures. My dad does not drive the car very hard at all, and the smoke (or whatever causes it) seems to build up over time and then release when he does have to accelerate hard. Water entering combustion spaces will also create white smoke.

Faulty head gaskets and cracked cylinder heads or blocks are a common cause of water entry, and are often to blame. The smoke really looks kind of white to me, but I guess it could be called blue. The mystery of Puffing Billy.

About once a week ,under moderate to hard acceleration on a warm engine, will get white smoke billowing from exhaust (would be a good James Bond smokescreen!) then it seems to clear and fine for a while. Some days absolutely fine under. When i got it the PVC hoses in the back where mealted so i replaced them now that i have done that it smokes like a freight train out the exhust. Registration is quick and easy and will give you full access to the site and allow you to ask questions or make comments and join in on the conversation.

Discovery Reliability. Look for white exhaust smoke , gradual loss of coolant and radiator hoses that feel hard from pressure inside. WHY DIESELS SMOKE : Diesel car engines get smoky because of a few common reasons.

Identifying the smoky colours, often black or white smoke , can help you diagnose the cause of the problem. That in turn can help you cure and stop a smoking diesel engine. Do you see white smoke from a diesel engine when accelerating or startup?

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