I seem to be getting a lot of unburnt smelling diesel and white smoke from my car on cold start up. Disappears once the car is warm. Is this something normal or something abnormal I should get checked out while under warranty?

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I’d defo get it looked at for piece of mind
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A bit of white smoke on start up is normal - all mine have previously done this and it is merely condensation evaporating from a cold engine until it warms up.

A strong smell of diesel isn’t normal though, you do tend to get some fumes from the FBH though on a cold day on start up - especially if left to idle 2021 L405 Vogue SE 4.4 V8 DIESEL ~ #17

is it from the exhaust of from under the car?

if its from under the car it could be the FBH as vogue says, it has a kind of kerosine burner smell.

otherwise if its from the back, then get it looked at. On a cold day a certain amount of steam from exhausts is normal. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Thanks guys, definitely from exhaust pipes and so strong that it gets in to the cabin. I can only describe it as puffing white smoke...no changes in coolant or oil, 63k miles travelled. Service 1k miles ago. 2017 Range Rover Vogue V6 Diesel
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I was wondering if it was failing glow plugs but I'm guessing the rather sensitive ECU electronics would spot that one? 2017 Range Rover Vogue V6 Diesel
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mines a 16MY tdv6 and i havnt used mine since yesterday morning..went out 5 mins ago,started it and no smoke like yours.

guessing yours is low on ad-blue maybe? ... - .- -.




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That’s an interesting point re: the adblue Stan.. might check that. What gave you that idea? 2017 Range Rover Vogue V6 Diesel
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its only a theory ..the ad-blue is mixed with the exhaust gases and my thought is that if its low then he exhaust gases come out un-treated.. ... - .- -.




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I hope it is something as simple as that. I don't have any adblue top up warnings at the moment but I'll try topping it up anyway to see if it makes any difference. 2017 Range Rover Vogue V6 Diesel
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I thought the car will not start if low/out on ad blue. ....but what do I know? Filters are in fact so good that in certain circumstances, when the ambient air is already polluted, a diesel car will tend to extract more particles from the air than it emits. Emissions Analytics worked with........etc etc

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I thought so too. Topped it up anyway and will see what happens.. 2017 Range Rover Vogue V6 Diesel
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