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My Ford Mondeo struggles to start and then produces white smoke. What's wrong?

I've got a Ford Mondeo Mk3 2.0 TDI. It lost all power and then produced white smoke, then it stalled and would not start again. When it cooled down it started, but was very lumpy and with smoke, then stalled again.

Asked on 31 August 2010 by deano1324

Answered by Alan Ross
White smoke would normally indicate that the engine/pump timing is out, that fuel starvation to the pump is occurring, causing the pumps timing not to operate correctly, low engine compression or water/petrol in the fuel.
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