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• Ford Fusion 1.4 TDCi smoke problem 19 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  I have a 2004 Ford Fusion 2 with the 1.4 TDCi (Peugeot/Citroen PSA) engine. It's under warranty until October 2008. I've got a problem with black smoke. It makes a lot of smoke under acceleration. It doesn't have any effect on economy or performance. I always get about 450 miles on a tank of diesel
• Peugeot 306 - Peugeot 306 1.9td smoking under load. 8 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  Hi to all, My 306 smokes quite a but when under load. It's hard to tell what colour it is through the rear window but if ever there is a car behind me with their lights on I can normally drench them in smoke! I think it's black smoke... Service wise other than coming up for an oil change
• 306 d turbo lacks power. 30 May 2005 (Forum)
  -cat even though it had one originally, peugeot told me that!))and regained some power, but still not as much as the other 306. The maintenace was poor, the oil was practically non-exsistant and what was there resembled tar! and the air filter was just as black so I have changed the oil and air filters
• citroen relay van - expensive garage repairs now need new engine 14 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  Around 10 months ago my van started blowing out black smoke and running flat out whilst on a journey. I managed to bring the van to a halt as was towed to our local citroen garage where i was informed the engine had run on its own oil due to oil overfill and that had blown the pistons
• Peugeot XTDT - Lack of Power/ Smokey too 11 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  and manifold had expanded and i think that is what caused the oily spray. I also noticed that the pipe that goes from the front of the intercooler to the diesel pump had a split in it as did the pipe that goes from the vaccum unit (end of camshaft) to a little black unit that then sends a pipe
• Oil labelling explained 6 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  carry both petrol (S) and diesel (C) specifications. The following table shows how up to date the specifications the oil are: PETROL SG - Introduced 1989 has much more active dispersant to combat black sludge. SH - Introduced 1993 has same engine tests as SG, but includes phosphorus limit 0.12
• Ford Transit 2003 FWD 2.0 TDCI - Dumping oil or fluid onto driveway and trailing 14 Oct 2010 (Forum)
  was oil to start with but it doesnt seem black enough. It doesnt smell of anything so I'm guesing that rules out diesel. The stain is still on the road 2 days later. The oil level isnt moving. Brake and PAS fluid levels seem normal. Water level seems normal.There slight oil seepage from timing
• Fuel price increase... 500% 28 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  You think you've got it bad ... Harare - The price of fuel in Zimbabwe went up by more than 500% on Wednesday as the government announced a deregulation of the petroleum oil industry. Diesel that used to cost 200 dollars a litre will now be sold at 1 060 dollars while the petrol price has gone
• Smokey Ford Escort 1.8TD 9 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  Trying to sort out the reasons for my Escort 1.8TD smoking pretty bad. The car is a 95 1.8TD with 74K miles which appears genuine. The smoke is dark/black so its a fuel problem. I change the oil/filter every 4K miles and the oil level hardly moves and so far have never had to top it up between
• Mercedes W203 C220 Diesel - No throttle black smoke 7 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  C220 CDI W203 No throttle Revs stutter I have a 2006 CDI OM64Engine. I recently had the Turbo changed, but the car was running rough and no throttle past 2000 stuttering and choking, All oil was and the Turbo was not operating. Ive had the Cats cleaned Turbo Intercooler pipes EGR and all vaccum
• Peugeot 309 (1986 - 1993) - Advice on buying an older diesel. 25 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  considering its age, it's had 3 owners, original car guide and service history all there (though just stamps, no details). Engine again looked in good condition for its age. It basically didn't look like it had been abused or driven a lot. The oil was black though. Also when the car first started
• Nail In Tyre & Other Issues 12 Sep 2016 (Forum)
  Just returned from holiday to Andorra & week trolling round France. 2004 x type diesel, 2400 miles, 55 mpg, used no oil, now done 163,000 miles. Temp gauge mostly at 1/4, got up to 1/2 climbing the Pyrenees in 34 deg outside temp. Pretty pleased with a car that is worth effectively £1k
• Mazda 6 Diesel Sport 2L 2002 model - ENGINE STALLING THEN KNOCKING SOUND PLEASE HELP 17 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  have had the car over 6 months now.  In all this time it seems to have been running ok but has been burning oil (about half a litre every 2-3 weeks).  There has been no sign of water in the oil or the other way round.  It wasn;t smoking other than on full throttle then black smoke could
• Smokey Smokey Smokey '95 Audi A4 TDi 29 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  Any of you bright sparks on this site got any ideas on this one.?? My car is a 1995 Audi A4 1.9TDi with 130K. Smokes real bad. Ok i expect a bit of black smoke on hard acceleration but this is more or less constant. When cruising at 80 on the motorway there is a constant heavy plume obscuring
• Audi A5 S Line - about to buy a 2013 Audi A5 S Line 2 litre Diesel 31 Dec 2018 (Forum)
  ... just didn't do it for me:thumbsdown:   boring interior i thought so,  i`m about to go and test drive an Audi A5 S Line with 2 litre Diesel 177bhp engine,  anything i`m to look out for? would you say its quiet and has low road noise? a quiet refined drive on the road is very
• Citroen Xantia (1993 - 2000) - 1995 1.9 TD Smoky start 5 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  a tank which I'm assuming is on the low side. The oil is black and a change is next on my list of chores. It doesn't appear to burn oil though when it starts from cold a great cloud of smoke (I'd say blue smoke) is thrown out until engine settles. Can't see any sign of head gasket failure (no gunk on oil
• Renault Master 1998 2.8td - Diesel not starting 15 Jul 2014 (Forum)
  Hi guys. After some help.  My master refuses to start!  Right, the battery is good. Its turning over freely and quickly. There is no horrible smoke. When the van is running its only normal black smoke under load. There is no evident power loss when running. The van
• Ford Focus 56 plate 1.8 Diesel - Ford Focus 56 plate 1.8 Diesel - Smoke on startup 12 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  Hi I'm wondering if anyone can help diagnose my car issues, info on car from Ford: Focus 04-08, 1.8L Duratorq-DI HPCR (115PS) Lynx, Sea Grey (Metallic) I've had the car a year and it has 74k on it. Purchased oil from Halfords in the summer to top up (wasn't halfords own but a brand), about
• Citroen C5 - Compensation for faulty car 13 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  right from the beginning.   On 21 st October I returned it to the showroom because the EML was registering a pollution filter fault and the trip computer was not working properly.   I also complained about the oil being particularly black and questioned
• Corsa CDTI 2004 - LOTS of Black smoke..... 13 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  , When i started the car up the garage Disappeared in Black smoke in a matter of seconds, i noticed it would'nt rev properly (was a big delay between the peddle being pushed and the revs going up) so as you do i rang the garage and as expected they said you can't ring and complain 7 months after