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| Thread ID: 107840 | 2010-03-03 19:11:00 | Ute Purchase, thoughts? | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 863794 | 2010-03-05 09:47:00 | Yeah, right. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 863795 | 2010-03-05 19:39:00 | sounds like your old datsun is the 720 with the old sd23 diesel. bit of a slug but they last fairly well. Yes, it is. Today it had the new expensive, whatever they are, extra-long glow plugs put in so I went and watched him start it. The procedure until now has been wind, wind, wind and eventually it catches just before it kills the battery, then it ejects huge clouds of blue smoke, across the entire road, polluting the neighbours houses over the road and he drives off with a massive cloud trailing behind until it warms up, then the smoke stops. Today it caught first time, ejected a very short tiny puff of filthy black smoke, then it puffed out a small cloud of white smoke which didn't even encroach into the road, and it stopped smoking as he drove off. So. Maybe that's an improvement? Neighbours probably think so. Really need a good frost to test the starting properly. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 863796 | 2010-03-05 19:49:00 | Blue smoke is burning oil White smoke is not enough fuel Black smoke is too much fuel A very unusual engine. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 863797 | 2010-03-05 19:50:00 | It's rubbish like that that should be ejected from the roads. Not a very nice thing to say, but true Diesels ain't worth having. The government saw to that as well as suppliers burgling people with inflated prices for parts. Any so called "fuel savings" go straight out the window when you service & repair them. There's nothing worse than being stuck behind a clapped out diesel that's trying to suffocate the world |
Phil B (648) | ||
| 863798 | 2010-03-05 20:04:00 | There's nothing worse than being stuck behind a clapped out diesel that's trying to suffocate the world Now or before - it never smoked once it got going. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 863799 | 2010-03-05 20:13:00 | Not yours specifically. Any dirty stinkin filthy smelly diesel. Take your pick, the roads are full of them There's a bus company just down the road from here & most of their fleet tries to suffocate the world every morning as they emit clouds of blue smoke |
Phil B (648) | ||
| 863800 | 2010-03-05 20:51:00 | Look in your car's air filter; that fine black carcinogenic soot is the residue from diesels. Your lungs do not have air filters except for the sticky bristles in your snoz which have a pretty limited holding capacity. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 863801 | 2010-03-05 22:58:00 | Today it caught first time, ejected a very short tiny puff of filthy black smoke, then it puffed out a small cloud of white smoke which didn't even encroach into the road, and it stopped smoking as he drove off. So. Maybe that's an improvement? Neighbours probably think so. Really need a good frost to test the starting properly. Maybe there is no oil left in the sump? :lol: :lol: |
BobM (1138) | ||
| 863802 | 2010-03-06 00:16:00 | An assumption? (Just had to get before R2) |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 863803 | 2010-03-06 00:36:00 | Yes, it is. Today it had the new expensive, whatever they are, extra-long glow plugs put in so I went and watched him start it. The procedure until now has been wind, wind, wind and eventually it catches just before it kills the battery, then it ejects huge clouds of blue smoke, across the entire road, polluting the neighbours houses over the road and he drives off with a massive cloud trailing behind until it warms up, then the smoke stops. Today it caught first time, ejected a very short tiny puff of filthy black smoke, then it puffed out a small cloud of white smoke which didn't even encroach into the road, and it stopped smoking as he drove off. So. Maybe that's an improvement? Neighbours probably think so. Really need a good frost to test the starting properly. if it keeps blowing white smoke on startup then its possible got an air leak in fuel line or injection pump. the low sulphur diesels tends to make the seals fail. they tend to suck air in untill they completely fail and leak fuel. but also can be simply caused by low compression which is not uncommon. i can't remember if they have a glowplug timer. a lot of the old ones they bypassed the timer and fitted a push switch for the glows. that way you manually did the glows. does it have 11-12v glows or much lower 7-9volt glows ? if lower voltage it may be dual stage glows. if thats so make sure its still getting voltage after motor has started. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
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