Smoke pouring out of the exhaust

Interpolo · Post by **Interpolo** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 1:22 pm

My missus got to work in her 1.0l '96 Polo this morning and reported this.

She says it sounds fine and the oil level is ok. If I'm honest it could do with a service as it has been 12 months since the last one. Any ideas what this could be?

Cheers

Polo Paul · Post by **Polo Paul** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:54 pm

with only 12months since the last service it shpuldnt be doing that! Whats the history of the car, services miles etc? Could be a failed CAT or head gasket, but i would seriously doubt it would still be running if the gasket had gone.

Interpolo · Post by **Interpolo** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:12 pm

It's been serviced every year over which it covers a typical 8000 miles. Currently it's done 55k.

Checked it over and couldn't find anything obvious, and the problem seems to have gone. What could it have been?

DanDiesel · Post by **DanDiesel** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:29 pm

she didn't put a bit of diesel in it by accident maybe??

polo boi · Post by **polo boi** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:23 am

lol, did u check the spark plugs? or the fuel may have just been dirty, lets hope the problem stays away.

Interpolo · Post by **Interpolo** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:26 pm

Hehe - I doubt she'd have been THAT stupid!

Hopefully it was just dirty fuel, the filters could do with a change. Took it for a lengthy run last night and no sign of a repeat.

Fingers crossed

Polo Paul · Post by **Polo Paul** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:52 pm

its not possible to put diesel fuel in a petrol car because the nozzles bigger. But you can put petrol in a diesel

DanDiesel · Post by **DanDiesel** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:21 am

thankfully i've never found out

picked up a petrol once and went towards my car then realised what i was doing