smoke

Hello all. i have a c270 cdi (52plate) which had some injector work done a few months ago and told all was fine, no errors etc. even tho there had been a louder whistling sound before going in. assumed it was down to the k&n filter. The whistle got louder over about 8weeks untill alot of power...

Hi just wondered cars done 95000 miles when sat in traffic or if I reverse I get a small amount of clear smoke is this normal. Idling fine and coolant level seems ok. And it is cold at mo (might just be being paranoid) thanks rob :-)

Hi I done a 200 mile round trip to Leeds from Birmingham . And the amount of black smoke when I put my foot down Was embarrassing . There was no loss Of power no limp mode. I have done the inlet manifold mod. Now the glow light has come on . So I have a glow plug out So car is booked in...

New on here and i am going to guess this has been asked before. vito 115 cdi 150k due for a service also remaped runs fine goes well pulls great. but black smoke under any sort of acceleration, the futher the peddle goes do the more the smoke. It could be normal and i have just noticed it...

Hi All, Today when I parked the car on the drive (s211 e320cdi AG estate-53reg) after a 10 mile trip there seemed to be smoke come out from under the bonnet. I quickly got out pulled the bonnet up and nothing. STRANGE.....the bonnet was freezing cold above the AC boc area (passengers side...

The story begins on a cold, dark autumnal morn... As part of helping out my southern cousins that can't even afford petrol for their V8 such is the poverty south of the Watford gap, I decided to buy a C43 AMG to help a Londoner. I rise at 05.00 hours to prepare for my journey down south...

I have Black Smoke coming out of the exhaust on my 2001 w201 E320 Estate. 1. I had my ERG valve cleaned and the star diagnosing show it’s within the % limits. 2. I had an injector (star +5.2) reconditioned and fitted. Star shows it at ok 3. I have replaced the air...

Hi all I have a 2004 S211 E320 AG Est with 170k on the clock. It has been serviced on the dot throughout its life,runs fine with no probs.. However when accelerating hard,sometimes not so hard i get a horrible plume of black exhaust smoke... As i said i have no engine running faults and the ol...

Hi Guys I wonder if anyone on here can give me some advise I have a 1989 190 had the head redone but upon starting when the engine get hot it just release a lot of white smoke,switch off engine get cool no smoke as soon as the engine is up to temp smoke and thought please:wallbash: Thanks

Hi to everyone hope all is well! I have had my car for a while now and haven't really put my foot down too much as I never felt the need to be honest however I got into a dual with an AUDI (non descript) this morning,he was up my tailgate so I thought I would show him some space,put my foot...

Hi to everyone hope all is well! I have had my car for a while now and haven't really put my foot down too much as I never felt the need to be honest however I got into a dual with an AUDI (non descript) this morning,he was up my tailgate so I thought I would show him some space,put my foot...

As title suggests is it normal for smoke to come from the oil seperator? It's the 1st time I've run the car with the engine covers off so never noticed it before.

helle people this is the first time i have ever joined a forum but have read posts on them before as i have found some very usefull . i am having black smoke coming from my exhaust when i put the accelarotor down either in nuetral or whilst driving away . i have noticed that a large rubber pipe...

I have a w210 e220 and recently had the egr valve cleant out whilst it was being done it was noted that the manifold has a lot of soot in it and the flap control arm appears to have come off . Recently however I have noticed when the car hits 2k rpm I can hear a hiss type sound that disappears...

Hi guys i have just purchased a s320cdi lwb with 125k on the clock, the car drives very good with no knocks or noises but on stationary puffs out a lot of white smoke, now i have driven this back from a 250 mile journey with no problems apart from when coming to a stand still i noticed the...

Ahaaaa help white smoke! Have a very smokey E220 85K, I read in some of the forums de-gunking the ERG & its manifold can clear this. Removed the cast piece that houses the ERG valve and gave it a good clean with de-greaser. dried with a hair dryer and left to a few hours before refitting...

I have an E320 cdi 2005 . It cut out this morning on way to work . I tried to restart it several times but had no joy . AA turned up an put it on diagnostic an lack of valve pressure came up . what does this mean ?? got it restarted but knocking noise coming from engine an white ish smoke coming...

1995 E300 diesel...... Driving 5 minutes, had white smoke from the buttons on the dash/climate control. The a/c has not worked since. Any thoughts on what went bad? Thank you sabina

Driving along less than 5 minutes I had white smoke coming from the climate control buttons on the dash on my 1995 E300 Diesel. the a/c has not worked since. what do i need to replace? ALL pictures and part numbers greatly appreciated as i am brand new to this, fumbling a bit. plus this car is...

Hi, I'm another new person to the club so please be gentle if I have got this wrong. I only got this last year and am really happy so far, only had to change the brake pads really and all pretty going well. However, recently I have noticed that when I first start my car which has only done...