Help White Smoke!!!SORTED

Post by **aircooler80** » 04 Dec 2006, 19:12

Compressions are great too ...so thought it unlikely pistons or rings....sureley..
Nev..

Post by **ghost123uk** » 05 Dec 2006, 10:56

irish.david wrote:My 1.9DG had a similar problem and it turned out to be the oil scraper ring had broken. Compression was still good cause the compression rings were ok but tons of oil was finding its way into the cylinders. How's your oil consumption?

Dave

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Post by **aircooler80** » 05 Dec 2006, 11:06

Thanks ghost..have to have the engine out now and give it a good seeing to...Thanks for all replies ..ill report back..

cheers Nev

Post by **ghost123uk** » 05 Dec 2006, 11:46

Worth while bearing in mind that white smoke ain't usually caused by oil.

Oil smoke is blue / grey and stinks

Post by **aircooler80** » 06 Dec 2006, 19:16

SORTED...carbs flooding...sorted with new needle valves and bingo no smoke..thanks for replies...Cheers

Nev

Post by **ghost123uk** » 07 Dec 2006, 10:42

Glad it's sorted

- but I always thought an over rich mixture always produced black smoke (and a chuggy engine)

You learn summat every day