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Offline adafish

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« on: February 19, 2008, 17:31:16 »
Just had a new head fitted to the 300tdi, after finding the last one had a crack in it....Now got it back and she seems to br blowing more grey/white smoke when cold and on tick over...was'nt doing it on tick over before.but the grey stuff was showing bad before (reason i had the head done)......i've also got a slight vibration between 30-50 mph (they did do the prop uj i asked)..(could always be i've another one gone :doh:)....But the main worry is the grey/white smoke.......any ideas gang.....ADA...she runs worse than before she went in
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Re: head
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2008, 17:36:36 »
take it back and if they say nothing is wrong get a second option from someone else and then go back to the garage if there is a fault!

first make sure you have a  invoice / receipt which is warranted!
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Re: head
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2008, 19:26:13 »
its not the weather is it, as ive noticed new v8 in the 110 smokes / steams like a very smokey thing when cold the last week, but clears when its hot.
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Re: head
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2008, 21:11:56 »
weather..no idea, don't see many other diesels emmitting the same sort of stuff...Also today. check the water and seemed to have lost a bit :-o...and the vibes....had a look underneath and the prop bolts were'nt tight (hopefully thats cured that)...will geta second opinion within the next couple of days.. :roll:
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Re: head
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2008, 22:23:18 »
have you done a sniff test on the smoke yet ?
is it more grey, or more white ?
run it for abit to see if it settles down
monitor how much water its using though

was it a brand new head or 2nd hand/recon ?
could be that thay aint torqued the head down properly  :?
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Re: head
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2008, 23:04:12 »
You could always pop in dude, can take a look see
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Re: head
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2008, 04:24:17 »
Do you know which head gasket it had before the swap? lots of people say "just put the 3 hole in there" but there's a damn good reason why there are 4 different thicknesses.
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Re: head
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2008, 16:41:20 »
Quote from: solihull-mick on February 19, 2008, 23:04:12
You could always pop in dude, can take a look see
....will try and see ya this week chap..owe ya some steak...Anyhow the heads brand new...will check it again for water this evening... :help:
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Re: head
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2008, 17:08:02 »
could it be old coolant in the exhaust thats boiling up and burnning off from the old head problem?
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Re: head
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2008, 04:23:48 »
Very good point that man.  When I got Julies running again I made sure it got fully wrmed through on the drive so I couls test the cooling system, then once the intercoler was ready I took it for a good long run, I wasn't really bothered about what came out of the back, just what fluids if any it used.
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Re: head
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2008, 20:30:17 »
well she's gone back in...Had a slight tapping from the engine bay this morning on me way to work.....popped the lid up and hada listen, and sounded like injector, SO drove steadliy home and when at tops revs it sounded like a misfire thru the exhaust...When i got home did the injector test thingy and they were ok, then noticed a water leak at the front of head, took it straight down to the garage and left it there........see what happens next.. :(
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Re: head
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2008, 22:36:37 »
could be leaky injectors...
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