My 95 Escort 1.8TD chucks out a fair old smoke. Once up to a cruising speed it appears to die down - its at its worst during acceleration - especially if there's another car behind you with its lights on highlighting the smoke.
The car has 78K miles on it - serviced often, uses no oil between services.
I have tried adding Diesel Magic etc to clean out the injection system but it makes no difference.
Whats my plan for sorting this problem? I have checked the emission control valve - it appears to be buzzing away no problem.
Any advice would be helpful.
Cheers
Rob
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I think it's a case of "They all do that John". My Mondeo is the same, smoke shows in the headlights of following vehicles. Giving it an enthusiastic right foot through the gears now and again seems to clean out the system and the problem goes. Diesels definately benefit from a regular Italian tune-up.
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Fords are not the only motors..My rover does the same.137k On clock..As Tom said regular Italian tune up sorts it.But make sure engine is hot. Before doing this
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Steve
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I cover 140 miles per day in the Escort - but even doing these sort of mileages have not diluted the problem. I read somewhere that the Lucus Injectors are only good for 70k miles so was thinking about changing them pretty soon.
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When I've taken my diesels in for MOT they always chorus "It failed on emissions so we had to take it out for a bit of a spin, and it then passed". Juts one of those things. Goes with the territory.
I quite enjoy covering the BMW behind in a blanket of smoke...
Splodgeface
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I posted a topic few days ago "Ford Mondeo TDDi Engine Warning Light". I experienced heavier black smoke as you said, especially obvious when someone's headlight is trailing behind. The car runs less smooth during gear changes and it seems to be less powerful before the warning light.
My mondie has 27K on the clock and less than 1 year old. Had it sent to the agent and they cleaned the Exhaust Gas Recirculation valve (EGR) before but now the warning light is coming back.
Hope this experience helps....
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My Megane 1.9 dci diesel has done it from new. One good spurt after a period of dawdling along and you look like you are giving off a smoke screen in the lights of the following cars. Do it again straight away and it is as clean as a whistle.
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My Mondeo doesn't smoke, then again it gets taken to the Red line once a week and over 4000 once a trip.Passed every MOT with emissions well within limits.
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I'm going to take the car to an MOT testing station - get them to plug it into the emissions machine - this should give me a starting point. Need to get the timing belt changed first though.
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Gave the car an oil and filter change yesterday - decieded to carry out the same test as mot stations just to see if the smoke would clear. Whilst holding the revs at peak, approx every 5 seconds the engine would appear to 'miss' followed by a puff of smoke which would clear immediatly - it looks like one of the injectors is on its way out.
I should have also carried out the test when it was wet - I now have a meter squared soot stain on the drive!!!!!!!
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Took the injectors out and had them tested - to my surprise, No.4 injector was only hand tight.
The injectors are perfect with no problems. Bloke who tested them told me to try blanking off the EGR valve to cure the smoke problems.
Put back together with all the injectors torqued up - its still smoking away.
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quote:- "Bloke who tested them told me to try blanking off the EGR valve to cure the smoke problems."
That would have been one of my first thoughts, especially on an well used diesel. You could try simply unplugging it, although if it is stuck open a bit, better to blank it.
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Blanked off the valve this afternoon - haven't checked for smoke but its certainly driving far better - seems to have more power throughout the rev range.
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