Smoke and burning smell on Vauxhall Vectra

I have a Vauxhall Vectra 150 design CDTI that is smoking a lot. There's also a smell of rubber burning, along with a rattle from the front left hand side of engine. Any idea what could be wrong?

Asked on 5 October 2013 by gazzap

Answered by Honest John

Don't start the engine and don't drive the car. Might be the timing belt. Call in a mechanic.

Tags: cam belts technical issues

Similar questions

When should I replace the cam belt?

Can you tell me when it’s wise to change the cam belt on my 2007 Vauxhall Vectra? My local garage says 100,000 miles or 10 years, whichever comes first. Do you agree?

Cam belt failure at 83k miles - who's responsible for the repairs?

I own a 1999 Ford Fiesta and a local independent garage has serviced/MoT'd the car regularly from new and we've relied on their judgement as to what should be done. The car's cam belt was replaced by this...

Struggling to remove a timing belt

I have recently changed the harmonic balancer in my Volkswagen Passat 1.8 litre non turbo and had to remove the timing belt from the camshaft pulley - which was fine. I aligned everything to its correct...

Related models