New van smoky cabl

[renokey]

Hey I am advice, my sister has purchased a 1980 air-cooled automatic t25 (2 litre). She lives in corwall and I am
Planning to drive it down tomorrow from Portsmouth. Now myvan is a 1985 water cooled so inane two worries.
1: after driving it this morning for a few miles i had smoke in th cab from the vents, it has been sat a while so maybe just muck burning off??

2: there is a warning light which stays on which is marked EGR ? I have no idea what it means?
I am going to have a drive in it later and have tinker, any ideas about what I should maybe check would be greatly appreciated.

Much love

[Footprint]

EGR stands for Exhaust Gas Recirculation.

Smoke in the cab it may well be exhaust gas if the recirculation system is not working right. DON'T DRIVE IT.

[81AirCooled]

I think the smoke in the cab is coming from your heat exchangers. These have probably rusted away and you´re getting exhaust fumes coming in. There is a quick fix though, simply disconnect the heater pods which is a 10 second job each side, easily accessed from just infront of the rear wheels.

That should help, if not have another look as it could be more serious

[81AirCooled]

https://club8090.co.uk/forum/download/file.php?id=1994" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

If you can see anything like this you´ve found the source of the smell and possibly smoke in the cab