3.0d Blue Smoke - Start Up Only ?
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 12:26 pm
Eh up all,
Im hoping that im worrying unnecessarily here......
My 3.0D has not been used much of late due to work etc etc, but i usually start it up on the drive and run it for a good 30 minutes each/every other week. ( i know thats not perfect for a car like this )
On start up theres usually a puff of blue/black smoke then off you go clear thereafter.
I always let the pre heat do its thing and its had new glows and a relay 36 months ago, no back pressure through dip stick and nothing untoward anywhere else.
Yesterday i started up and took it for a spin, for the first 45 seconds or so there was blue/black smoke out the back of the exhausts, i live in the hills so was going up hill at a steady pace 2nd gear below 2000 revs ish.
Once i got on the flat it cleared up no problems, stopped and put fuel in restarted and no smoke on start up at all, Took it for a 35 minute spin down the dual carriageway at circa 50 - 70 ( unrestricted dual carriageway) and no smoke at all clear as a bell.
Temperature gauge sat at 50% as always and not a jot of smoke, let it idle at home for 5 mins and nothing.
Im guessing it s because its sat for a while only started and run on the drive and its not done it any good rather than anything serious with the engine / Oil breather / turbo / other ?
Ive got 101k on the clock and its serviced well 9 as you know from here) .
any thoughts as always very welcome.
Cheers all
Im hoping that im worrying unnecessarily here......
My 3.0D has not been used much of late due to work etc etc, but i usually start it up on the drive and run it for a good 30 minutes each/every other week. ( i know thats not perfect for a car like this )
On start up theres usually a puff of blue/black smoke then off you go clear thereafter.
I always let the pre heat do its thing and its had new glows and a relay 36 months ago, no back pressure through dip stick and nothing untoward anywhere else.
Yesterday i started up and took it for a spin, for the first 45 seconds or so there was blue/black smoke out the back of the exhausts, i live in the hills so was going up hill at a steady pace 2nd gear below 2000 revs ish.
Once i got on the flat it cleared up no problems, stopped and put fuel in restarted and no smoke on start up at all, Took it for a 35 minute spin down the dual carriageway at circa 50 - 70 ( unrestricted dual carriageway) and no smoke at all clear as a bell.
Temperature gauge sat at 50% as always and not a jot of smoke, let it idle at home for 5 mins and nothing.
Im guessing it s because its sat for a while only started and run on the drive and its not done it any good rather than anything serious with the engine / Oil breather / turbo / other ?
Ive got 101k on the clock and its serviced well 9 as you know from here) .
any thoughts as always very welcome.
Cheers all