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Gwynne_90



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White smoke TDCI
Hi.

I literally picked up my first Defender (2007 TDCi) from a local garage (but not Landy specialist) yesterday. I noticed quite a lot of white smoke when it was first started from cold. This morning there was still some white smoke on a cold start up and on idle - but not as much as yesterday.

I see nightmare stories of worn injectors and cylinder head gaskets posted - so now I'm really worried Confused

Do these engines normally smoke a bit on start up (more than a standard family estate might)? Is this a problem and what should I look out for?
Post #286706 1st Dec 2013 9:13am
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Dieselhead



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Mine will do this if I dont use the glow plugs on a cold morning

If I do use them alls fine Thumbs Up

I would check the glow plug system 1st then get your cooling system pressure tested to see if head gasket is ok.

Did you get a warrenty with it?? If so take it back! Chris

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adafish



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think its normal.....for some reason, Porny did say once when I moved a car....smells nice aswell.......When Tim started up the 110 once when I was hitching the display unit up.... Putting Dreams on Drives at JLR Solihull..
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zone30



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Could be just some condensation in the exhaust. If the car wasn't running for a while I would not be worried.
If the system is warm, it should not give white smoke on startup.

To me it seems that's exactly your description.

That's why driving the car regularly helps against corroding exhausts.
My FL2 has done 160.000kms in 4 years and the exhausts still looks perfect.
Post #286750 1st Dec 2013 1:40pm
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wyvern



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Hi Gywnne,
welcome to the forum! Very Happy
the white smoke is a common feature of the 2.4 puma engine,
mine is the same age as yours and did the same when the air and engine are cold.
I had a remap that keeps the EGR valve closed in the summer and have not seen it happen since - so maybe that has helped cure the smoke issue also ... (Pete at BAS may give his opinon here!)

if you do a search on here you'll find a few posts about this issue - the forum is a mind of information! Bow down

It wont hurt to drop a pot of redX injector cleaner or simmilar into the tank to clean the injectors every now and then just to keep it all tickety boo! Thumbs Up Poppy - TDCI (Puma) 110XS 2.2 - Camper conversion - see the build here - https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic56530.html
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I, personally thinks it happens when there is a significant change in temperature overnight. Mine did it when the weather changed recently with air temperature dropping close to 0c overnight from 6-8c the day before. I think the ECU is still working on the old fuelling map from the day before. Just my thoughts. Thumbs Up LANDYWATCH

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Post #286874 1st Dec 2013 7:57pm
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