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(Message started by: proberjohn on Mar 12^th, 2007, 8:08pm)

Title: Smoke on starting
Post by proberjohn on Mar 12^th, 2007, 8:08pm

Every now and again (but not often) my 2.3 smokes heavily on starting and then clears up. Any ideas?? EGR stuck open??

Regards

John B.

Title: Re: Smoke on starting
Post by mr._floppy on Mar 13^th, 2007, 12:21am

If the smoke is grey/blue in colour it looks like a well worn engine.

Does it go through a fair bit of oil ?

Title: Re: Smoke on starting
Post by Dave on Mar 13^th, 2007, 8:08am

Not sure of the engine layout on the 2.3, but maybe a leaking cam cover gasket allows a bit of oil to leak onto the plugs which is then burnt off when you start up.

Title: Re: Smoke on starting
Post by proberjohn on Mar 13^th, 2007, 9:32am

It doesn't use any oil to speak of (a pint every 6,000 miles perhaps) and it only does the smokeing trick every couple of months!!

Yesterday it didn't smoke on the first start (to move the car on the drive) but did on the 2nd start (to put it back).

Title: Re: Smoke on starting
Post by scorpio_man on Mar 13^th, 2007, 4:04pm

hi john

take no. 1 sparkplug out and have a look at it. that's where i have a very small leak (even after a new gasket, both of them).

if your plugs work their selves lose (as they have a habit of doing), then it might let a drop of oil in at start up, then seal up again as it gets hotter. :-/

hth