Hi all,

I've had my FFRR for over a week now and love it. I took it for its first good drive today and I noticed on the way home when it was dark on reasonable acceleration, the exhaust is chucking out white smoke. It is not foot to the floor acceleration, but reasonable pressure on the pedal. Any ideas on what it could be before I pop it into the garage?

Also, I was quite surprised on the fuel consumption at 25 mpg, or a 130 mile round trip on the motorway. My old disco 3 would have it 30 with ease.

Thanks

Not good news I'm afraid....

White smoke occurs when neat diesel comes through the exhaust unburned.

Needs a good look over, hopefully be something simple but it could be, faulty injectors, incorrect injection timing, low cylinder compression or water entering the cylinders from a faulty head gasket or cracked cylinder head or block to name but a few.... Pete
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Thanks Pete, I will get it checked next week.

I've checked the oil and water and all seems fine, with no creamy substance. Aldo, the car runs nice and smooth, so fingers crossed it's nothing major

white smoke is normally down to water , maybe condensation in the exhaust...blue'ish smoke is oil burning. ... - .- -.




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It looks white to me, but I was looking at it through the mirrors. Could the lower than expected mpg be linked? I got 25 today on a steady motorway run

25 sounds normal at 70/80 mph...it also all depends how you drive... ... - .- -.




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^ yep 25 ish on a fairly fast motorway run is pretty typical for me too.

I would check Out the smoke in the light. Sounds water related to me, did it do it when completely warmed through? Did you get any bongs, are you sure it's white.

Or could be When the turbo hoses go you can get a lot more smoke than usual which might be visible at night. If it's just a small hole then it might not throw a bong but you might still get some smoke. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Are you sure it was 'white' as that would be condensation. Reset your fuel computer on a steady 60/70mph run and you should see about 30-33, this will drop to about 25-27 over urban driving. If it was at night, you are seeing diesel smoke in the headlights of others, check your hoses as pointed out, it's likely one has a small tear/hole. NIce and easy to fix!

If you don't know the history of the vehicle it is also likely it has been remapped - if you have no hesitation from launch etc, there may be a fuel map in place to give you better performance, but it will be overfuelling in some instances. Land Rover Addict
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Thanks all!

I have it booked into the garage on Tuesday, so I'll post what it is when I know.

Hopefully it will be a split hose. I had a similar problem with my old Disco 3 and that was easily fixed.

White smoke is unburnt fuel...

Steam is moisture in there somewhere and does look like white smoke...

Does it do it stationary at tickover?? Pete
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No, only when accelerating hard. Also starts and runs smoothly with no lack of power

Easy to check and rule in/out the top hoses they come off with a screwdriver on 5 mins, no special skills required. Have a look in the wiki, there is a how to.

The passenger side one comes off easy enough, but getting the replacement one back on ..... you just can't get the leverage easily Drivers side is a doddle though! Land Rover Addict
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Well it's back from the garage and all seems good. They put some cleaner in it to clean the injectors and it seems to have done the trick.

nice one  ... - .- -.




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