Barlidge Posted December 19, 2004 Report Posted December 19, 2004 After parking the Gal having driven round toys r us car park for about 10 mins i noticed smoke coming from under the bonnet and the smell of diesel, had a quick look under the bonnet but couldn't see anything. I drove home and opened the bonnet again and took of the engine and battery cover, had a good look but could see no sign of the leak and no smoke or smell this time. Anybody had any similar things happen. Quote
Masked Marauder Posted December 19, 2004 Report Posted December 19, 2004 How much smoke and which way was the wind coming from, the rear of the vehicle? Quote
Barlidge Posted December 19, 2004 Author Report Posted December 19, 2004 there wasn't too much smoke and it seemed to be coming from the nearside more than the offside. Quote
Masked Marauder Posted December 19, 2004 Report Posted December 19, 2004 I think you may have seen some white smoke from your Aux heater then. Was it cold outside and the engine not fully warmed up? Quote
Guest vr6galaxy Posted December 19, 2004 Report Posted December 19, 2004 I'm so glad I dont have TDI :D the constant worrying could put you into an early grave! is the engine meant to sound that rough! has the garage stuck the right oil in the engine! more's to the point have they overfilled it! is the aux heater working! what the hells that whineing noise and all that smoke doing pouring out from under the rear of the car! is the guy next to me in the traffic queue getting a higher MPG figure than me! is it true that all new TDI's come with a prescription for Valium and Viagra :blink: Quote
seatkid Posted December 19, 2004 Report Posted December 19, 2004 VR6: Is the engine meant to sound that rough? Whats a coilpak?has the garage stuck the right oil in the engine!more's to the point have they overfilled it!is the aux heater working!what the hells that whineing noise from under the rear of the car!Why am I only getting 12 mpg?What was that bang? I thought it had a camchain!How can I convert this lump to LPG?Why is it worth so little? Quote
Guest vr6galaxy Posted December 19, 2004 Report Posted December 19, 2004 VR6: Is the engine meant to sound that rough? Whats a coilpak?has the garage stuck the right oil in the engine!more's to the point have they overfilled it!is the aux heater working!what the hells that whineing noise from under the rear of the car!Why am I only getting 12 mpg?What was that bang? I thought it had a camchain!How can I convert this lump to LPG?Why is it worth so little? answers.... no it doesnt sound rough :D coil pack is the thing that provides the energy for the spark plugs :D 195K and only replaced the coil pack once and that was by choice! :D what garage dont use them unless I have to :D aux heater.....N/A that whineing noise behind me is a TDI owner moaning that diesels the same price a petrol cam chain....... two of them if you dont mind :blink: very easily if you have the time and the money? and then you can reap the reward of 39.9p per litre :D and rejoice in the fact that your not kicking out loads of crap out of your tail pipe into the enviroment :D because not many pensioners can afford to run one where as they get a grant to top their pension for running TDI :D Quote
GSMGuy Posted December 19, 2004 Report Posted December 19, 2004 And the funny thing??? Depending on the year - VR6 more than likely has an aux heater, but it's prob not working, as the engine draws so much fuel through the pipes, there is none left for the heater!!! :blink: Mike Quote
Guest vr6galaxy Posted December 19, 2004 Report Posted December 19, 2004 And the funny thing??? Depending on the year - VR6 more than likely has an aux heater, but it's prob not working, as the engine draws so much fuel through the pipes, there is none left for the heater!!! :blink: Mike IIRC there was only a couple of years the VR6 possibly had the aux heater fitted 98 to 2000? never seen one on a VR6 although I have seen a couple of 2.3's with it fitted! both UK spec cars with the timer control on the digital clock Quote
Gadgetoid Posted December 19, 2004 Report Posted December 19, 2004 If there are controls on the digital clock doesn't that make it the rare booster heater option (with extra battery under drivers seat and option to warm the car before you get up in the morning) and not the common or garden aux heater to heat up the cold diesel engine :blink: Quote
Guest vr6galaxy Posted December 19, 2004 Report Posted December 19, 2004 It does but on the VR6's IIRC the aux heater was fitted to boost the heating of the coolant as it was found that due to both heater system's the rear unit was drawing to much heat and insufficient heat was being provided to the front of the vehicle in cold weather! this was over come by fitting a valve into the pipes to the rear heater unit that only allowed the hot coolant through when the rear unit was switched on and heat was called for and yes both the 2.3's I saw did have the secondary battery fitted under the drivers seat, both vehicles also had heated seats, front screens and washer jets so the load needed to power all that lot would need the second battery! Quote
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