Smoking Like A 13 Year Old Girl At A Disco!

[lydanial]

hi there,

 

was giving the old gal some beans racing my dad ..lol.. anyway he said when he looked in his rear view at me following him it looked like my car was on fire by the ammount of smoke being kicked out the back end.

 

i know its a diesel and should smoke when flooring it but i will admit i have been a little concerned on how much it seems to smoke.

 

is there perhaps something i can use in the fuel to try and clean the engine and if not what direction shall i look on why it is so smokey..

 

it starts and runs smooth as, and still goes like a rocket (well as diesel bricks do) albeit apart from the smoke!

[tim-spam]

If the car spends most of its time in heavy traffic and / or being driven gently, soot can build up in the exhaust and the first time it is driven hard, this can be blown out causing the smoke. However, this should clear fairly quickly and there should be very little visible smoke.

[lydanial]

it had a new turbo and at the same time it got a new full exhaust system (due to it being full of oil) so i cant see that it has too much soot in the exhaust.

 

it did smoke a fair bit before the new turbo was fitted so i dont think this is the cause of the problem.

 

what i could really do with is someone who owns a gal following me and them flooring it, then me following them and doing the same to try and judge how much is 'norm'.

[tim-spam]

Having followed mine being driven pretty hard, there is very little smoke after the initial blast. The early PD engines meet the euro 3 emission standards and there should not normally be much visible smoke, even when driven hard.