Major black smoke!!

[fingers21]

Until today, the surf has been great, always had a small puff of black smoke when starting from cold, but nothin unusual for a diesel. It was fine last nught too. Today, i went out, started the truck as normal, but got bellows of black smoke. Took it for a run, just to give it a clear out and it smokes like hell all the while. It cleared a bit after a mile or so, but still not completely.

I'm thinking injector maybe? Any advice? It just seems strange that its happened over night.

[lord_flashart]

Could be the turbo?

Do you lose power at all?

[fingers21]

No, don't seem to lose any power.

[BUSHWHACKER]

Could be a dribbling injector/s or dirty/restricted air intake.

[fingers21]

I took the air filter out and it still smoked, but i was thinking injector, as is seems to be idling a little bit rough, but not crazy, just sounds a tiny but spluttery.

[Albannach]

Could a stuck EGR cause this?

Also, is the smoke definitely black?

Lastly, is Major Black a friend of Colonel Mustard?

[fingers21]

No, but very friendly with mrs plum i hear!

I never thought of the egr. Could it being stuck cause it? If so, would blanking it solve the problem? Its definately black/dark grey smoke, i get a bit of white normally, while it warms up a bit, but that soon clears. If i throttle it in park/neutral at the mo, i can't see anything behind me! Its gone into defense mode, like a challenger 2!

[lord_flashart]

Can you take a picture of the smoke at all?

If it's a serious amount of thick black smoke then it's liekly burning a lot of oil in which case I still think it may be turbo related? AT least that's what happened when my mate's Surf's turbo went.

[fingers21]

I'll try and get a picture up. It is a serious amount of smoke for the first 5-10minutes, then it clears down a bit, but still smokes.

Off topic, i dont suppose you know a mr steven garlinge? He's a weymouth guy with a surf!

[lord_flashart]

Not by name but I've probably seen him about.

A lot of Surf poeple see mine and remember it due to the roof rack and mods and then follow me to work as I sell power tools and nuts & bolts etc. which come in very handy for the Surfing fraternity so I've probably met him!

[fingers21]

If you sell power tools, you'll have met him! I'll get that pic up today.

[hilux303]

black smoke

hi iv got a 2.5 td hilux and it black smokes and i dun a fault code read on it and found out it has got a corection resistor gone in the diesel pump

[fingers21]

Bushwacker hit the nail on the head, i had a dodgy injector. Its now sorted and running perfectly again.