saab 9-3 tid 1900 54plate 57000 on clock - intermittent engine smoking,

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Tue 29 Mar 2011 12:58
saab 9-3 tid 1900 54plate 57000 on clock - intermittent engine smoking, - sandy280273

hi, i have a puzzle, my car can sometimes smoke from the engine when started, and if i turm it off and wait a minuite and restart, the problem dissapears.have replaced egr valve, and gasket seals within enging, and is costing a lot of money now back and forward to the garage, ran diagnostics no show.not oil leak, and smells like diesel when smoking.the car has no drop in performance either.im worried now but is so intermittent its a problem to diagnose.any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks sandy

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Tue 29 Mar 2011 14:51
saab 9-3 tid 1900 54plate 57000 on clock - intermittent engine smoking, - Peter.N.

What colour is the smoke? If its whitish its unburnt fuel which is common on a cold diesel, doese it eventually go if you don't turn the engine off?

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Tue 29 Mar 2011 19:21
saab 9-3 tid 1900 54plate 57000 on clock - intermittent engine smoking, - sandy280273

What colour is the smoke? If its whitish its unburnt fuel which is common on a cold diesel, doese it eventually go if you don't turn the engine off?

hi the smoke is whitish, i ran it for 10miles and it was still smoking, dont like to go much further as im worried it may break down.sometimes it doesnt smoke at all, but i think its getting more frequent, last week it was really bad and i took it to the garage with smoke coming out it looked like it was coming from the wheel arches and mechanic thought my brakes were stuck on but it was a diesel smell that was the worst iv ever seen it, mechanic now thinks it maybe a valve in the turbo intermittently sticking and resetting when turned off.theres no oil leak and not losing oil either,the car is a great car apart from this problem, but its making me think of changing car.

thanks for your interest

sandy

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