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RAK
Member Since: 20 Jan 2009
Location: Midlands
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My Disco is coming up to 3 years old and have noticed over the last 12 months that it produces clouds of smoke during hard acceleration. Should I be concerned?
Cheers
Bob
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 13th Nov 2011 9:02 pm |
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cold_n_wet
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| 13th Nov 2011 9:16 pm |
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character
Member Since: 01 Jan 2008
Location: wiltshire
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fuel additive 
and no should not be concerned... however you may wish to take him out for a decent run every now and then to purge the system, in doing so, take it down a gear for a short. 
Last edited by character on 13th Nov 2011 9:25 pm. Edited 1 time in total
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| 13th Nov 2011 9:24 pm |
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RAK
Member Since: 20 Jan 2009
Location: Midlands
Posts: 14
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No, just as it came out of the factory.
The only time it smokes is during hard accelaeration, looks like fog in the rear view mirror. The warranty expires in a couple of months and if its something serious I need to get it sorted.
Cheers
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| 13th Nov 2011 9:25 pm |
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RAK
Member Since: 20 Jan 2009
Location: Midlands
Posts: 14
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character
Thanks for the advice
Cheers
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| 13th Nov 2011 9:47 pm |
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caverD3
Member Since: 03 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
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Split or delaminated intercooler hose? “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
Ernest Hemmingway
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| 13th Nov 2011 11:37 pm |
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Nasher
Member Since: 07 Mar 2009
Location: Clanfield, North of Pompey - UK
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caverD3 wrote:Split or delaminated intercooler hose?
That's what it sounds like to me.
Nasher. Heaven doesn't want me, and hell is afraid I'll take over.
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| 14th Nov 2011 12:14 am |
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character
Member Since: 01 Jan 2008
Location: wiltshire
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does'nt always have to be a hose yer know.......... waiting for someone to say egr valve in a mom 
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| 14th Nov 2011 12:16 am |
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caverD3
Member Since: 03 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
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If smoking, it's the easiest thing to check. “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
Ernest Hemmingway
D4 3.0 Active Diff, Adaptive Lights, High Beam Assist, Surround Cameras, Privacy Glass.
D3 2.7:Adaptive Headlights,Electronic Rear Diff,ARB Bar,Blaupunkt Speakers,JVC Powered Subwoofer,Removable Snorkel,Mitch Hitch,Pioneer After Market Head Unit,Steering Wheel Control Adaptor,Remote Adjustable Supension Rod System, Taxside Dual Battery System.
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| 14th Nov 2011 2:44 am |
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discoboy
Member Since: 30 Jan 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 155
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If it's only under hard acceleration then I think this is normal. Mine's the same, no split hose, no other engine probs (that I know about). Try hard acceleration 2 or 3 times in succession if it only does it the first time then nothing to worry about, otherwise start looking for a fault, starting with the MAF sensor check/clean then the intercooler hose. Giving my MAF a clean seemed to help.
Then give it a hard right foot everynow and again to blow out any soot, mine's sweet 
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| 14th Nov 2011 5:20 pm |
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grahamk
Member Since: 28 Feb 2010
Location: Dumgoyne
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Smoke under hard acceleration has always been a trademark of Turbo D cars Has it not? whenever behind a diesel car that is going for an overtake there is usualy always a good puff of smoke on full thottle.
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| 19th Nov 2011 11:32 pm |
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DannyUbertek
Member Since: 20 Feb 2011
Location: Kent
Posts: 311
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Had the same after new engine remapped it then it got worse, wound a split in the hose on the LHS of engine on the top, replaced it, no smoke, remapped again smokes a little bit but i like it because not unlike the native atlantic squid i too can disapear in a cloud of smoke!!!
Even better if your being tailgated by some  in a convertable!!
Dan Spent tooo much club: Air compresser, parking ecu,D4 front D4 rear, tow bar, D4 arches, stormers 20" with General grabbers, new engine, new turbo, new front lower arms, new rear upper arms, new track rod ends, new anti roll bar bushes, Bas remap 2nd stage, K&N filter, clear indicators, door handle covers, nav update, wheel protector, new winch for spare wheel, 20" stormer spare, new plastic tube on top of engine, new fuel flap assembly, new mats, sill protectors,
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| 22nd Nov 2011 9:11 pm |
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