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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Johnny on 27 October 2010, 16:43:08

Title: Clouds of White smoke
Post by: Johnny on 27 October 2010, 16:43:08

Hi everyone, first post so keep it simple

I got my 2.2 dti about 2 months ago with 32000 on the clock and it's been running ok'ish since. Mpg seemed a bit low at mid thirty's with a mixture of motorway and and b roads.
The car doesn't seem as quick as I'd expect after driving various 2.0 diesels.
The car seems to take a bit longer than most other diesels to start especially with cold weather although it is by no means struggling to start.
The idle also takes a few minutes after starting to settle, it bounces between about 800 to 1200rpm.
I started the car a few days ago from below 0 temp's and had the air con and heaters on full. I drove about 100m to the nex junction when I stopped I noticed a large amount of White smoke coming from around the front drivers side wheel. Similar to what exhaust fumes look like in sub 0 temps but there was nearly twice as much smoke from the front of the car as the exhaust was putting out it also smelt slightly different to the exhaust smoke. I obviously checked under the bonnet and found a small amount of smoke coming up from below the turbo. Nothing was on fire or burning so I drove on. Stopped atthe next junction about 3 miles away and no sign of smoke from the front and at this stage the exhaust fumes were also now no longer white. This hasn't happened since but I also haven't been driving in sub 0 temps since either

Just wondering if anyone can shed any light on these issues, I don't know if they are all linked or what

Btw great site, good info on here

Title: Re: Clouds of White smoke
Post by: Johnny on 27 October 2010, 16:45:14

Also, this is my first diesel car and I'm loving it

Title: Re: Clouds of White smoke
Post by: Kevin Wood on 27 October 2010, 17:36:30

Sounds to me like you've got the supplementary heater in the driver's side front wing, and it's working. Nothing to worry about. :y

Kevin

Title: Re: Clouds of White smoke
Post by: Andy B on 27 October 2010, 17:38:01

There's a diesel powered coolant heater on these cars IIRC, so that's why you could see exhaust fumes from under your wing.  :y

Title: Re: Clouds of White smoke
Post by: Johnny on 27 October 2010, 17:55:37

That's good, I was thinking cracked exhaust manifold or similar

Title: Re: Clouds of White smoke
Post by: Boditza on 28 October 2010, 08:59:35

look under the front wing and the bumper and you will see your hydronic parking heater.. i have programable but your seems like it starts when its cold outside automaticly