White Smoke From Exhaust (not Aux Heater!)

[keo]

Right to start of I've got a 2002 1.9tdi galaxy with white smoke pouring out of the exhaust when it's warmed up.

 

Its not coming from the aux heater so I can rule that out, but interestingly i've managed to get hold of a cylinder head leak tester (the blue fluid type) and when testing the cooling system the fluid goes green indicating exhaust gasses in the cooling system.

 

But the head gasket has recently replaced and the cylinder head checked for cracks before fitting so now i'm a little comfused at to what the problem can be.

 

Egr cooler? turbo? or if the aux heater is faulty does it result in whiter smoke from the main exhaust system?

 

Any thoughts would be welcome.

[Mirez]

Right to start of I've got a 2002 1.9tdi galaxy with white smoke pouring out of the exhaust when it's warmed up.

 

Its not coming from the aux heater so I can rule that out, but interestingly i've managed to get hold of a cylinder head leak tester (the blue fluid type) and when testing the cooling system the fluid goes green indicating exhaust gasses in the cooling system.

 

But the head gasket has recently replaced and the cylinder head checked for cracks before fitting so now i'm a little comfused at to what the problem can be.

 

Egr cooler? turbo? or if the aux heater is faulty does it result in whiter smoke from the main exhaust system?

 

Any thoughts would be welcome.

 

 

If the head is 100% then EGR cooler is certainly a possibility (I have a spare if you need one). The turbo generally produces blue-ish smoke as its burning the oil and the aux heater only puts its gas out of its own exhaust.

[keo]

Thanks for the reply Mirez.

 

Fortunatly i've got a spare cooler but i've bypassed the cooler for now just to see what the result is, will let you know in about 20mins with hopefully good news.

[Amarok]

A small step back please.Can we confirm

Is the engine overheating and loosing water??

 

The leak could be at the inlet manifold ?

Edited September 22, 2011 by Amarok

[keo]

right it was the egr cooler. bypassed and white smoke gone fitting a new cooler in the morning.

 

Thanks for the interest and responses, methinkis i've got the problem solved

[Amarok]

right it was the egr cooler. bypassed and white smoke gone fitting a new cooler in the morning.

 

Thanks for the interest and responses, methinkis i've got the problem solved

 

Good show, please keep us updated

 

Kind regards

[keo]

Egr cooler fitted this morning, ran up to temp and hey presto no smoke :)

 

Thanks to the people who showed an interest.