Ford Galaxy (1995 - 2006) - 02 1.9 booster heating exhaust

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Sat 21 Feb 2009 22:28
02 1.9 booster heating exhaust - surreybee
Recently a lot of white smoke from side of car. believe it is linked to booster heating system which seems to have its own exhaust system half way down vehicle near rea passenger kerb side door. Have had car 18 months but has only just happened. Thought it might be because of cold weather but now milder weather seems to have little effect. also when the internal blower is set at 1 or 2 the air con sign comes on. when blower moved to 3 it disappears. Noticed max white smoke tonight at traffic lights after about 10 miles - looked down and saw ac light on - is this linked ?. Otherwise car great. Not sure if this is a big problem or a small one. not mechanically minded and concerned over safety. Thanks for reading this.
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Sat 21 Feb 2009 23:35
02 1.9 booster heating exhaust - Altea Ego
I assume this is the diesel? The heater booster should only activate when the temperature is 5c or lower, when you have more than a 1/4 tank of fuel, and stop working when it reaches operating temperature. Its not a safety issue.
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Sun 22 Feb 2009 11:16
02 1.9 booster heating exhaust - Peter D
Sounds like the glowplug has died. Regards Peter
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Fri 13 Mar 2009 20:08
02 1.9 booster heating exhaust - surreybee
sorry for the delay in thanking you for taking the time to help. Things sem to have settles now that the morinig temperature is higher. Will keep an eye on things. Thanks again for your time. Surreybee
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Sat 14 Mar 2009 22:21
02 1.9 booster heating exhaust - piston power
It's a auxilary heater and it needs a service they bung up with grime on the injector and the white smoke is the diesel.

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