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Offline bobbieboy69er

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Re: smoking on idle when hot ??
« Reply #10 on: 15 May 2012, 16:29 »
Hi sorry it's took a while to get bk to your comments it's seems to b more white than blue and it goes when driving car has done 112k services upto date , think I've done the catch can right I followed a guide on here I believe , the smoke itself comes from the back when it does smoke a blip of the throttle a bit more comes out then it clears hope this helps

I did check ye turbo for cracks and etc when I rebuilt it violent level not dropping neither oil level ???

Are you sure theres actually something wrong, my car smokes when cold.... mainly becuase its cold, also condensation has a part to play and your engines on the choke.....
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Re: smoking on idle when hot ??
« Reply #11 on: 15 May 2012, 16:54 »
As above, it could be nothing, are you losing coolant?

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Re: smoking on idle when hot ??
« Reply #12 on: 15 May 2012, 17:56 »
dont seam to be loosing anything its confusing f**k out of me ive checked all the pipes are on right could it be the hockey puck not working forgot what they called ?

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Re: smoking on idle when hot ??
« Reply #13 on: 15 May 2012, 19:06 »
It may well be that you have a blocked breather hose, if your not losing any fluids it's pretty unlikely you have a major problem. Go through your breather hoses leading to and from your catch tank as well as any standard pcv hosing just to make sure it's not clogged.

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Re: smoking on idle when hot ??
« Reply #14 on: 15 May 2012, 19:12 »
will do ill report back 2 moz cheers

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Re: smoking on idle when hot ??
« Reply #15 on: 15 May 2012, 19:16 »
Hi sorry it's took a while to get bk to your comments it's seems to b more white than blue and it goes when driving car has done 112k services upto date , think I've done the catch can right I followed a guide on here I believe , the smoke itself comes from the back when it does smoke a blip of the throttle a bit more comes out then it clears hope this helps

I did check ye turbo for cracks and etc when I rebuilt it violent level not dropping neither oil level ???

Are you sure theres actually something wrong, my car smokes when cold.... mainly becuase its cold, also condensation has a part to play and your engines on the choke.....

Sorry, why did i think the subject was smoking when cold!? :laugh: :laugh:  Ignor me!! :rolleyes:
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Re: smoking on idle when hot ??
« Reply #16 on: 15 May 2012, 19:44 »
Hi sorry it's took a while to get bk to your comments it's seems to b more white than blue and it goes when driving car has done 112k services upto date , think I've done the catch can right I followed a guide on here I believe , the smoke itself comes from the back when it does smoke a blip of the throttle a bit more comes out then it clears hope this helps

I did check ye turbo for cracks and etc when I rebuilt it violent level not dropping neither oil level ???

Are you sure theres actually something wrong, my car smokes when cold.... mainly becuase its cold, also condensation has a part to play and your engines on the choke.....

Sorry, why did i think the subject was smoking when cold!? :laugh: :laugh:  Ignor me!! :rolleyes:


lol i do it all the time

Offline Scott D

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Re: smoking on idle when hot ??
« Reply #17 on: 16 May 2012, 02:16 »
If you've done the catch can check the breather hose which goes into the engine make sure its connected tight and sealed - might even be worth renewing that pipe and clip if not already done so.

I had a similar problem using the original hose as the outer plastic had perished making it a struggle to fit correctly.

Caused white smoke after revving while idle as seen here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq1t_LRvXqQ
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Re: smoking on idle when hot ??
« Reply #18 on: 16 May 2012, 07:10 »
I've just checked the hoses before I go work there all tight and secure still confusing as hell I'm gna wip the plugs out see what they look like :-/