smoke trail

[skejam]

We had to travel the connector with the 300TDi Disco 1.

After chugging along for five minutes or so around 70 K, I saw I was generating smoke. Not a whole lot, not black, but not pure white either. It looked as if I had spilled oil onto the exhaust manifold (something I've done before, but not this time), and the smoking continued until the top - about 15 Kms. It didn't occur again on that long climb once I turned south at the entrance to the Coke at Merritt. I checked trans fluid later on (while hot), but since there isn't a "full" line for testing while hot, and since I could see significant fluid on the dipstick, I figured I was safe.

Perhaps the hot motor was just burning off spilled oil, but I thought I'd check in case anyone has experienced this...

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JimBob

[withabix]

I had a similar experience with the 300TDI in my Defender in exactly the same location, but in February in -25C temperatures, rather than the +35 to 40C you probably had this week.

My smoke was white though - unburnt diesel.

I did get the temp gauge well into the red zone as well - belt driven radiator fan

My guess was maybe dry air, higher altitude = inadequate combustion possibly?

Not sure what caused my temperature rise - I had a full load on board and maybe I got ice/snow blinding the radiator??

[rayhyland]

When I was driving through Montana and Idaho last week I noticed we were pushing out a lot more black smoke than usual. Air filter, fuel pump etc all seemed good.

Is there any reason a 200 tdi would be pushing more black smoke in the hot weather?

Ray

[skejam]

Re: Smoking in Idaho & Montana...

D'you suppose the altitude had anything to do with that? What about having adjusted the thingey that gives more power AND more black smoke?

[red90]

Bad tank of fuel? Are you saying it is fine now?

[skejam]

Ya, it's fine. Stopped smoking when I reached the top of the Connecter, and the load on the engine was dramatically reduced.

[HeadDamage]

Need to be careful of exhaust gas temps when pushing it hard up mountain passes. My 200tdi exhaust got so hot pulling my Sankey over the Rogers pass, a couple of years ago, that the firewall insulation caught fire from the hot down pipe after the turbo.

[Bill E.]

Firewall insulation? What's that? :lol:

[withabix]

Firewall insulation? What's that? :lol:

Birds nests and dead mice?

[red90]

Firewall insulation? What's that? :lol:

Range Rover. Quiet and comfortable.