Would a knackered in tank fuel pump cause the white smoke and oilly substance out the back. Did this happen in your case.

Maybe the tank filter is dirty from being sat up?

However. I'm still of the opinion there is something else wrong...

It could be a case of more than one problem.

Mine died whilst doing 60mph down a dual carriageway. Wouldn't start and just kept turning over.

Didn't notice white smoke, although I did have what looked like smoke and was a loose fuel pipe spilling fuel out. You don't have any leaks?

Or perhaps have the pipes on the filter the wrong way around? Ed

theanswers wrote:

I'm alive Mikey! And she lives. Easy start into the inlet got her going. Only got round to it tonight.


Now the problem.

She is idling quite well, ever so lump though, as in slight. Engine system fault came up once or twice.

Right exhaust white smoke and what looks like diesel. Didn't drive her, just idles for about 10 minutes.

theanswers wrote:

Would a knackered in tank fuel pump cause the white smoke and oilly substance out the back. Did this happen in your case.

Maybe the tank filter is dirty from being sat up?

However. I'm still of the opinion there is something else wrong...

It could be a case of more than one problem.

Hopefully not! Awh, it's just one big mess. I was hoping it was the turbo. We checked the head prior to putting it on and it was perfect. Likewise, the issue only appeared, was fine for the first while.

Hopefully, it's the turbo or something more simple.

Did you get the head skimmed or pressure tested while it was off?

I'm nearly sure the head was pressure tested, prior to resale. Likewise was removed perfectly functioning.

Wasn't skimmed.

Just remembered it was a replacement head, apart from getting it skimmed, did it come with it's original valves or did you use your own, and were they reground or lapped in?

It's just strange that it happened out of the blue. Was fine, then suddenly not.

We used everything from the new head. It was complete, nothing from the orginal head was used. New gasket also! Obviously!

I hate to say it again but personally I'd check the compression, without compression you're wasting your time with everything else.

Well it will do no harm anyway. Will do! Have a good Christmas.

I feel your pain and frustration, I did the head on a Navara last year and had the head on and off it 3 times before I got it running right. I bought it with a blown cylinder head gasket, among other things, head off, skimmed as it was warped, pressure tested and supposedly valve seating was checked, head back on, all buttoned up, wouldn't fire, no compression, head off again to have the valves checked, sure enough they weren't seating properly probably due to overheating and the slight warp, valve seats reground, head back on, all buttoned up, wouldn't fire, no compression, checked the valve clearance, zero clearance on some valves, head off again, guy who reground the seats admitted he thought it has hydraulic lifters so didn't think clearance was an issue and went nuts on the seat grinding resulting in some of the valves sitting so far into the head that they were in constant contact with the cam and slightly open all the time. Head off again to have the valves reshimmed and clearance set, head back on for the third time, all buttoned up, finally fired sweet as a nut.

Frustrating I know but you'll get here, have a good Christmas......

Thanks for the reply hamlet. What would think of the fact she ran good for 30 miles? Is that strange?

It is a bit strange to be honest, if it was something mechanical to put it that way, then you'd expect it to be a problem from the very start, not to run for 30 miles and then stop, but just for sheer piece of mind I'd start with compression, particularly on a replacement head that wasn't skimmed, bringing the engine up to temp may have done something to the seating of either the head or valves.

At least you could rule it out, codes do seem to point to a fuel issue but if you seem to be getting some out the back, along with white smoke then it sounds like it's getting fuel into the cylinder but not burning, which to me sounds like a compression issue, or injector problem.

I slight warp and delayed blown head gasket after 30 miles makes sense to me. ______________________________
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