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Jamie Tyldesley

Member

• Jul 16, 2019

• #1

Hey All,

My ‘81 Series diesel produces white smoke on idle until warm (normally takes around 10/15 mins) and when on the throttle. It smells of diesel so not steam. Any ideas for what to do to helps this would be appreciated.

Jamie

 

jamesmartin

Well-Known Member

• Jul 16, 2019

• #2

timing

 

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Colthebrummie

Well-Known Member

• Jul 16, 2019

• #3

Sounds like the pump timing is a bit out.

Col

 

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Colthebrummie

Well-Known Member

• Jul 16, 2019

• #4

James beat me to it.

Col

 

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suburban

Well-Known Member

• Jul 16, 2019

• #5

used to be a good write up on a site called seriesdiesellandrover.com which went into the types of smoke and how to adjust pump timing etc, seems to have vanished now though


wish I had saved it

 

Extreedoc

Well-Known Member

• Jul 16, 2019

• #6

Advance the pump timing, just a tiny bit is all it will need. Too much and it will knock.

 

Bobsticle

De Villes Advocaat

• Jul 16, 2019

• #7

White smoke is unburnt fuel. Thats why it smells of such.

First thing to do is set your tappets then adjust the fuel pump by rotating it a mm at a time. If its adjusted as far as it will go then it might be the timing chain thats old and stretched.

 

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nickjaxe

Well-Known Member

• Jul 22, 2019

• #8

You sure its white and not light blue?

 

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rob1miles

Well-Known Member

• Jul 23, 2019

• #9

May be worth running some injector cleaner through it too. The fuel flow is very low on idle.

 

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nickjaxe

Well-Known Member

• Jul 24, 2019

• #10

White=unburn fuel....how is it on the road?

Advanced pump timing black...retarded blue.