1998 Ford Galaxy Black Smoke

[Davehillbo]

Hi all

 

I have a 1998 1.9TDI 110bhp ford galaxy, and over the past few months has been smoking quite a bit, it takes a bit to start at the moment and once it has theres white smoke for a few seconds then goes, but when driving, I get black smoke from exhaust, and more so if say, im in a high gear and the car is struggling up a hill with low RPM, I also seem to get it when accelerating hard. Has anyone got any ideas for this one?

 

Also, I dont seem to have any power loss.

 

Thanks.

 

David.

Edited August 5, 2011 by Davehillbo

[ggobin]

Have you checked your glow plugs and MAF ? Edited August 5, 2011 by ggobin

[Davehillbo]

Have you checked your glow plugs and MAF ?

 

 

I do belive a glowplug needs replacing, but the maf has been recently replaced and no vagcom errors.

[Davehillbo]

Any ideas?

[Scorpiorefugee]

Forget glow plugs. These motors don't use them unless the temperature drops below current temperatures and even then they are fine without them apart from needing an extra second or two to get them started below freezing. Mine ran for two years without any feed to them and I didn't even realise I had a problem.

 

I think you should consider a good dose of injector cleaner and a SEATKID Italian tune up. He has posted a full description on a similar topic within the last week.

Edited August 10, 2011 by Scorpiorefugee

[Davehillbo]

Forget glow plugs. These motors don't use them unless the temperature drops below current temperatures and even then they are fine without them apart from needing an extra second or two to get them started below freezing. Mine ran for two years without any feed to them and I didn't even realise I had a problem.

 

I think you should consider a good dose of injector cleaner and a SEATKID Italian tune up. He has posted a full description on a similar topic within the last week.

 

 

Haha, I give it an italian tune up each time I hit the motorway :lol:, what would you recomend to clean the injectors?

[Scorpiorefugee]

I bought some Millars Injector cleaner 'cos it was all the garage had but it didn't do any good. My recent problem was down to a loose plug on the injector. I really don't know about smoke problems 'cos I've never had one and hope that it stays that way. If you're getting no power loss, how's the fuel consumption. The ECU should monitor exhaust gasses and adjust accordingly. Have you got any error codes? Are you using oil? a quick power check is 50 to 70 in 5th on a level road - shoud do it comfortably in 10 secs.

 

Black smoke suggests fuel inbalance - could be air filter really bad, exhaust sensor or any of a number of problems with the Turbo system but I'm afraid it's guesswork without popping a VAG-COM on it and even then it may not help.

 

I'm off for a few days now so I hope someone more knowledgeable can help.

 

Ron.

[Davehillbo]

I bought some Millars Injector cleaner 'cos it was all the garage had but it didn't do any good. My recent problem was down to a loose plug on the injector. I really don't know about smoke problems 'cos I've never had one and hope that it stays that way. If you're getting no power loss, how's the fuel consumption. The ECU should monitor exhaust gasses and adjust accordingly. Have you got any error codes? Are you using oil? a quick power check is 50 to 70 in 5th on a level road - shoud do it comfortably in 10 secs.

 

Black smoke suggests fuel inbalance - could be air filter really bad, exhaust sensor or any of a number of problems with the Turbo system but I'm afraid it's guesswork without popping a VAG-COM on it and even then it may not help.

 

I'm off for a few days now so I hope someone more knowledgeable can help.

 

Ron.

 

 

No fault codes from vagcom, and it seems to be able to goto 50 to 70 in under 10 secs no probs. Its got me scratching my head.