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Smoke pouring out of the exhaust
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 1:22 pm
by Interpolo
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
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:54 pm
by Polo Paul
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.
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:12 pm
by Interpolo
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?
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:29 pm
by DanDiesel
she didn't put a bit of diesel in it by accident maybe??
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:23 am
by polo boi
lol, did u check the spark plugs? or the fuel may have just been dirty, lets hope the problem stays away.
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:26 pm
by Interpolo
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
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:52 pm
by Polo Paul
its not possible to put diesel fuel in a petrol car because the nozzles bigger. But you can put petrol in a diesel
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:21 am
by DanDiesel
thankfully i've never found out
picked up a petrol once and went towards my car then realised what i was doing
