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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Ian_D on 12 July 2009, 23:38:43
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Went to the VBOA meet this weekend towing the Caravan with my 3.0 V6.
Towed really really well all the way (slightly spirited towing lets say :D)
Anyway, my mate who was following me said that it randomly kept chucking out thick dense smoke for a few seconds every now and then.
I said 'ah it will be the chip making it run a bit rich when I booted it' and thought no more of it.
Half way home, I happened to see the smoke in my drivers side wing mirror... It was then that I realized it was NOT from me booting it, and the smoke was blue :( It was disturbingly dense too.
I came off the throttle, and the smoke continued :-? I decided to boot it and see what happened... basically it smoked like a trooper for about a second, and then cleared?? Didn’t notice any smoke the remainder of the way home.
Got home and noticed that ALL the front of the caravan has a light covering in engine oil :'(
Any ideas? :-X
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anyone? :-? :-X
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whats your engine oil level like after the run
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I assume the obvious things such as breathers and air filter are all clear?
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Valve stem seals going possibly?
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Sounds i almost the same as on JamesV6CDX's astra with bad stem seals :-/
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whats your engine oil level like after the run
After 400 miles (towing), the level has maybe only dropped 1mm or so on the stick.
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Valve stem seals going possibly?
I did wonder that, but it doesn't smoke after its been sat all day - I thought thats what happened if it was the valve stems? :-X
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Used the car today, and didnt notice any smoke :) Having said that, it was only a 15 min / 4 mile drive ;D
Other thing I thought of, could the smoke be related to engine temp? At the time, it was a tiny fraction below the 100degree mark?
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I had a Vauxhall Viceroy 6 cyl (remember them?! ;D) that used to do the same thing as you are describing.
I replaced all the valve stem seals and it still did it, then i realised the breathers hadnt been cleaned in ages, a good clean out and it never did it again.
I would imagine if they are blocked the oil gets forced past the seals, especially when the engine is working hard.
Just my newbie 2 p worth :)
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Went to the VBOA meet this weekend towing the Caravan with my 3.0 V6.
Towed really really well all the way (slightly spirited towing lets say :D)
Anyway, my mate who was following me said that it randomly kept chucking out thick dense smoke for a few seconds every now and then.
I said 'ah it will be the chip making it run a bit rich when I booted it' and thought no more of it.
Half way home, I happened to see the smoke in my drivers side wing mirror... It was then that I realized it was NOT from me booting it, and the smoke was blue :( It was disturbingly dense too.
I came off the throttle, and the smoke continued :-? I decided to boot it and see what happened... basically it smoked like a trooper for about a second, and then cleared?? Didn’t notice any smoke the remainder of the way home.
Got home and noticed that ALL the front of the caravan has a light covering in engine oil :'(
Any ideas? :-X
A sooty, oily deposit from a diesel exaust can be quite normal
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Went to the VBOA meet this weekend towing the Caravan with my 3.0 V6.
Towed really really well all the way (slightly spirited towing lets say :D)
Anyway, my mate who was following me said that it randomly kept chucking out thick dense smoke for a few seconds every now and then.
I said 'ah it will be the chip making it run a bit rich when I booted it' and thought no more of it.
Half way home, I happened to see the smoke in my drivers side wing mirror... It was then that I realized it was NOT from me booting it, and the smoke was blue :( It was disturbingly dense too.
I came off the throttle, and the smoke continued :-? I decided to boot it and see what happened... basically it smoked like a trooper for about a second, and then cleared?? Didn’t notice any smoke the remainder of the way home.
Got home and noticed that ALL the front of the caravan has a light covering in engine oil :'(
Any ideas? :-X
A sooty, oily deposit from a diesel exaust can be quite normal
Tis petrol mate ;D
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I had a Vauxhall Viceroy 6 cyl (remember them?! ;D) that used to do the same thing as you are describing.
I replaced all the valve stem seals and it still did it, then i realised the breathers hadnt been cleaned in ages, a good clean out and it never did it again.
I would imagine if they are blocked the oil gets forced past the seals, especially when the engine is working hard.
Just my newbie 2 p worth :)
I will have a look at the breather box thing (dont know its correct name is - but I know its a pig to get at)
The pipes which run across the top of the plenum are fine as I had them all off exactly a week ago when it was missfiring - turned out to be a faulty dispack, and water in the HT leads. >:(
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So, you dont want answer my questions then ;D
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So, you dont want answer my questions then ;D
;D I did read it mate! Air filter is clean....
But I didnt check the breather box down the back of the engine - which I knew you would question! ;D So I didnt want to waste your time, by you having to ask 'check the breather box' :y ;)