Seat Toledo 2002 - White Smoke - Ayze

I bought a 2002 SEAT Toledo 1.9 TDi yesterday, drove it, all seemed fine! Engine made a little noise under acceleration, tappets? but other than that it was good.

Got it home last night no issue, 25 mile drive.

Today, start the car up and a LOT of white smoke was coming out of the exhaust (so much that I could see it wafting by the drivers door), car was juddery and a squeaking noise every half second from the engine bay. There also seemed to be more white smoke coming from the right hand side of the engine.

A little looking around and notice coolant level was very low, so have topped that off but that is more than likely a separate issue.


Any ideas of what it could be?

Seat Toledo 2002 - White Smoke - Andrew-T

IMHO diesels shouldn't make white smoke on starting. If there is also white smoke from the engine and the coolant is down, could be head gasket :-(

Wait for the experts' opinion.