winx Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 My discovery always chucks out a little bit of smoke when it starts, apparently 'they all do that' and I must admit most that I have seen do... So what causes it and is it a bad sign? Thanks Henry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Just a bit of excessive fuel. The engine doesn't start the first time the a piston rises on the compression stroke, so there's a bit too much fuel in there when it does start, so you get a puff of black smoke. Not a bad sign if it only does it on start up. Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winx Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 That's great thank you. Is there anyway to stop it as I have covered a couple people in smoke recently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discojmz Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 nope just tell them not to stand so close to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPLP Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Its the two stage injectors, which leads to too much fuel in the cylinder when started......Tell those people to not stand beside the exhaust anyway! H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tempestv8 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 My discovery always chucks out a little bit of smoke when it starts, apparently 'they all do that' and I must admit most that I have seen do...So what causes it and is it a bad sign? Thanks Henry Hi Henry, Apparently its quite normal. Also, in my limited experience, if you just let the engine keep idling without revving it or driving away, it will continue to belch out smoke for a long time. The TDi motor may be old tech but its definitely economical compared to the TD5. Interesting observation is that the fuel economy of the Discovery was best with the Disco I, got worse with the TD5 in the DII and the Disco 3's TDV6 is even thirstier. Cheers, Lawrance Lee '99 DII V8 auto Melbourne, Australia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winx Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 Hi Henry,Apparently its quite normal. Also, in my limited experience, if you just let the engine keep idling without revving it or driving away, it will continue to belch out smoke for a long time. The TDi motor may be old tech but its definitely economical compared to the TD5. Interesting observation is that the fuel economy of the Discovery was best with the Disco I, got worse with the TD5 in the DII and the Disco 3's TDV6 is even thirstier. Cheers, Lawrance Lee '99 DII V8 auto Melbourne, Australia Tell me about the fuel consumption! Before I bought the 200tdi I had a tdv6 and on a run it would barely crack 24mpg with the muddies on, however, with standard tyres on it would do over 30! I ended up getting rid as I didn't use it enough offroad after I got my 200, end of fuel consumption problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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