Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - smokey exhaust problem following fill up

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Fri 7 Mar 2008 08:15
smokey exhaust problem following fill up - blay
Last week i was running out of diesel and i can feel the car jerking by then i was 2 min away from the gas station so i managed to get the car to the gas station and feel the tank with some diesel. But couple of minutes i realise that when i start the engine there is a massive smoke coming out of the exhaust expecially in the mornings or when i have parked the car for a while and start it. I want to know if my runing out of diesel has affected the engine.

Edited by Pugugly on 08/03/2008 at 18:03

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Sat 8 Mar 2008 18:00
Exhaust problem - kithmo
You may have picked up some water from the bottom of the tank, it will probably be in the filter now, but shouldn't have reached the engine unless the filter already had some water in it. The filter should be drained of water at every service, but inevitably it gets neglected until the 3rd service when the filter should be changed. Try changing the filter or removing it and draining the water out if so.
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Sat 8 Mar 2008 18:04
smokey exhaust problem following fill up - Pugugly
Moved over from discussion - can you please include the year and engine in the subject line.
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