Lots of white smoke e300td w210

[abs]

Hi guys


I had my car in a garage to get the glowplugs changed, One was snapped and two were stuck, so he had a specialist to come and remove them " thread doctor". all in all it cost me £250. they had to drill them out.

My car was started when i went to pick it up and i noticed it was smoking a little clear white smoke.

After paying i jumped in my car and as soon as i left the car was pouring out soo much white smoke! it had never ever done this before. i went straight back to the garage and the guy had a look, he said to be honest with you nothing we have done would cause this. i told him that it was NEVER like this before, so he took the inlet manifold of and apprantly theres oil getting in to there and going in to the engine hence the white smoke. i think he said something about it coming from the intercooler

He said hes going to let me no, ive already been with out a car for a week.


Any ideas or help would be very grateful


Thanks

abs

 

[Baron_Samedi]

Doesn't white smoke originate from the vacuum pipes of a brake servo?

Just my measly 2p...

 

[johnsco]

I would have expected black smoke from oil burning in the engine

Johnsco

 

[Roger Jones]

WikiAnswers - What can cause white smoke from the exhaust

http://www.trustmymechanic.com/troubleshoot_smoke.htm

 

[Dieselman]

The engine has probably been started and switched off a number of times which causes oil to escape past the turbo bearings into the intake ducting.
This then gets sucked up as the airflow increases so causes white smoke.

I suspect if you drive the car for several hundred yards or so the smoke will stop and everything will be back to normal.

I can almost guarantee any 300TD will do this if you start and switch off immediately several times from cold.

It may have been exacerbated if compressed air has been used to ensure the cylinder was under pressure when drilling out the plug as it will pressurise the oil galleries as well.

It could be possible that the turbo seals have gone, but I think that's unlikely.

 

[abs]

thanks for the infoi will run the car and let u know how i get along

 

[abs]

Thank you very much diesel man!!! u no ur stuff! ur a star