As I said before Spike I was suprised also I thought it was the car behind overheating as it does look like steam - however thinking back I have seen cars on the hard shoulder filling the motorway with white smoke and passed through the smoke it smelled like oil burning but never thought much about it.Still can't get my head round the dense white smoke being from burning oil though
tdige - if you don't have a good independent garage close by would it be practical to get the car to Star Performance - http://www.starperformance.co.uk/
Cheers Spike
Star performance would have been my first call if it was nearer Spike unfortunatly its about 30 miles away in the "Kingdom" as the locals like to call it but I don’t think I would risk it.
Hi Guys,
This is as much a question as it is an answer. If the head gasket goes and you are losing compression on a cylinder, wouldn't it create the white clouds of unburned diesel, as described?
It may be worth trying a bottle of Steel Seal to see if that will fix it - I know that it's £30 but might just work - any thoughts?
Regards,
Hi chesteradrian Im sure I would have felt the loss in performance if it was the head gasket especially with only a 3 cyl to start with - I would rather take the head off if it was as Im not a fan of such sealants unless its an emergency fix
Thanks again Chaps
Tdige
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