A lot of smoke when starting! - MK2 PH2 Clio DCi 65

[DeeKay86]

Hello All,

Everytime I start the Clio, whether the engine is hot or cold, it billows out a white/bluey smoke when I accelerate.

It ONLY happens for the first 25 seconds or so when I am moving off after starting the engine. Quite a lot of smoke to be honest from the exhaust.


Is this normal for a diesel? This is my first ever diesel as I have always had petrol cars.


Thank you

 

[Leeshez]

It might need an oil change? Older diesels do tend to smoke a lot.

 

[adam1942]

I think its on some of the audi's it says to bring the engine to maximum operating RPM each journey.

I assume you have gave it some to clean out the MAF(maybe the wrong thing) filter??

 

[MicKPM]

White/blue smoke tends to be oil burning off; How many miles has the engine/turbo covered? If it was black soot i'd say EGR but i suspect turbo at the minute.

 

[Andyrg@ ClioTurbo]

Mick correct me if i am wrong but the 1.5 as the 1.9 do suffer turbo fail quite a lot?

 

[DeeKay86]

Thanks for the info guys.

Its a 2002 plate 1.5 DCi 65bhp. Done 91,000 miles with a pretty good service history.

It has a small oil leak as I have noticed drops on the floor. Hmmm!

I wasnt aware it had a turbo!?!?!?! Does it have a turbo!? Its only 65bhp...

 

[mantis946]

blue smoke normally says turbo and yeah it's a small turbo

 

[DeeKay86]

blue smoke normally says turbo and yeah it's a small turbo

damn.

How much is a turbo to fix/replace etc?

Now I'm really sh!tting it

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Is it white or is it blue smoke... white is water vapour, blue is oil, and for reference black is fuel related.

 

[welshname]

If its a turbo fail it gives you an excuse to wack a bigger one on

 

[DeeKay86]

Is it white or is it blue smoke... white is water vapour, blue is oil, and for reference black is fuel related.

Its a tinted blue/white... :dapprove:

So is it oil or turbo or..?

 

[mantis946]

Is it burning considerable amounts of oil ? my mother's leon emptied its oil reserve through the exhaust system when her turbo finally kicked the bin.

 

[DeeKay86]

Is it burning considerable amounts of oil ? my mother's leon emptied its oil reserve through the exhaust system when her turbo finally kicked the bin.

Hard to tell. It has an oil leak but it hard to check the oil level! When you pull out the dipstick it smears the oil so you can't really tell what the level is! Its stupid!

Anyone know what kind of oil goes in a 1.5 2002 Mk2 Ph2 65bhp diesel with 91,000 miles on the clock??

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Where abouts in London are you ?

 

[DeeKay86]

Where abouts in London are you ?

West London near Ealing Broadway.

Why? LoL

 

[TonkaTruck]

Sounds a lot like the turbo, if it is kicking out a lot of smoke. Is it not performing as well as normal?

Doesn't sound like the EGR valvue at all, but if you want to rule that out here is a guide: http://www.renaultdci.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=55

When you take the EGR vavlue out and if it looks like this (Do note drive):

Then it's most likely your turbo.

 

[DeeKay86]

Thank you ^

Is that easy to take off? LOL

Thing is, its hard for me to say if its performing bad or good, as I've only had the car about 3 weeks! LOL - I don't know what good and bad is with this car.

Hmmm!!!!!!!!!! worrying.

edit: THERE IS ONLY A LOT OF SMOKE IN THE FIRST 30-40 SECONDS FROM STARTUP. EVEN IF THE ENGINE IS ALREADY WARM.

 

[TonkaTruck]

Its pretty easy to take off, just need to be handy with spanners and ratchets that's all. The guide is step by step.

Funny how it only likes for 30-40 seconds after start up. I suppose you could rule the turbo out by doing the EGR value.

Speak to Martin_172 or post something on www.renaultdci.net, sure someone will know.