A Little Advice Please?

[Legend]

Hi,

 

First post here and Im looking for a little advice please,

 

I have a 2004 2.8 grand voyager crd until last week it was working fine, then during a long journey it started smoking from the exhaust white with a tiny bit of blue in it.

 

the smoke is worse when idling, not noticeable when crushing although worse when accelerating hard.

the turbo is making a kind of noise similar to a drill/whistle.

 

Any suggestions welcome

 

Thanks in advance

[crispinchurch]

what did you find ?

[vvv]

The blue smoke is from burning engine oil. Could be worn Turbo spindle bearing and seals causing oil to be pumped into the exhaust. Worn piston rings general engine wear. Worst case is dieseling on your lubricating oil when the turbo spindle is worn and lubricating oil is being pumped into the compressed air scroll and into the combustion chamber. Eventually all of the lubricating oil is consumed as fuel and the engine siezes.

 

White smoke could be unburnt diesel or coolant. Could be a damaged fuel injector, fault with injector timing or DPF (if you have one). Knowing how most people don't know how to look after a VM diesel engine, I reckon it is probably a coolant problem, cracked head or failed head gasket.

 

A VM turbo diesel needs at least 30 seconds of idling after starting to ensure good oil pressure is on the turbo spindle bearings before driving.

It also needs at least a minute of idling before switching off to allow the turbo to slow down and cool down with oil pressure on the spindle bearing. If the car has just done a high speed journey or been driven hard to get high exhaust gas temperatures (EGT) it will need longer idling to cool down, 3 minutes or more. Today you won't find any manufacturer say this is necessary, but if you do this from new with any turbo diesel engine you are likely to have fewer problems with cracked heads, failed gaskets, failed turbos or dieseling on your lubricating oil.