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Tue 3 Oct 2006 15:26
Focus down in power and smoking - mad about diesels
Focus TDCI 1.8 turbo diesel(2003)
Car not near as powerfull as it used to be and putting out a lot of black smoke even at low revs, car quite sore on fuel. Have checked the K and N air filter and it is clean car burning a small amount of engine oil but very little! car has sometime very noisy starting usually when warm!
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Wed 4 Oct 2006 12:05
Focus down in power and smoking - chris oconnor
ok erm it sounds to me like you have got oil in the piston chamber so have a look at the head gasket or the seal to see if its broken hope it helps
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Wed 4 Oct 2006 13:14
Focus down in power and smoking - RichardW
Er, no. There is a well known fault with Ford TDCi engines and their EGR valves that causes them to be mobille smog machines. Your dealer should be able to sort easily.
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RichardW

Is it illogical? It must be Citroen....
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