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By *hloe sussex OP   TV/TS
over a year ago

Larne

Help lol I just recently bought a VW transporter (2006) campervan and it blows carbon smoke out the exhaust in low gear , I am most in mechanical person , any ideas ?

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By *hloe sussex OP   TV/TS
over a year ago

Larne


"Help lol I just recently bought a VW transporter (2006) campervan and it blows carbon smoke out the exhaust in low gear , I am most in mechanical person , any ideas ?"
un mechanical soz

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

what colour smoke and is it petrol or diesel

white tends to be water

Black Fuel

Blue oil

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By *hloe sussex OP   TV/TS
over a year ago

Larne


"what colour smoke and is it petrol or diesel

white tends to be water

Black Fuel

Blue oil "
it’s diesel and it’s black smoke which apparently is carbon

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Help lol I just recently bought a VW transporter (2006) campervan and it blows carbon smoke out the exhaust in low gear , I am most in mechanical person , any ideas ?"
most probably been 're mapped. I have a vw golf that's been 're mapped and that smokes loads but it's nothing to worry about.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Black is excess fuel, could have been remapped, basics check the air filter, could be blocked, if not it needs a garage to look at it, its an MOT fail if its excessive. and the fuel consumption will be high

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

Quite often with diesels, black smoke when accelerating can be down to the fuel filter.

Cal

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By *dam1971Man
over a year ago

Bedford

If it’s one you’ve just bought and the diesel hasn’t been driven hard much the first thing is to take it for a bit of a thrash.

Find a dual carriageway when it’s quiet and accelerate up the slip road with the accelerator hard down in 2nd, third gear and then onto the dual carriageway still with your foot to the floor in 4th. Pull off at the next exit and do it again.

Keep an eye on the temperature gauge and any warning lights and of course stop if there’s a problem but do that hard acceleration about 4 times and then see if it’s any better the next day.

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

It would certainly be worth putting some fuel system cleaner in your tank and taking it for a drive before spending any real money on it.

Cal

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

fuel cleaners can cause more problems for the modern car sends ecu in to overdrive, give it a good run out at temperature, may clear it's self out but most likely down to fuel filter x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Like other posters have said, it most likely needs a good drive, get the exhaust nice and hit and let the dpf go into regen mode, probably a straight motorway run of about 20 miles at around 60-70pmh, keepin the throttle as steady as poss.

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By *hloe sussex OP   TV/TS
over a year ago

Larne

What about this ad blue stuff or couple have ppl have said put a bit of petrol in it lol

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By *eedsandyMan
over a year ago

Leeds

It's a 2006, so it won't be equipped with AdBlue!

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By *eedsandyMan
over a year ago

Leeds

If you look on the VW forums, this is a common problem. It seems to relate to a split hose. Look at all the hoses relating to the turbo.

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By *eedsandyMan
over a year ago

Leeds

If it isn't the hoses, ask a garage to check the EGR valve and if that is not sticking, then you probably need a new intercooler.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Dunno Jack about smokey VW Camper Vans, have stripped and rebuilt loads of motorbike engines though

*courtesy of the useless information department*

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By *olgateMan
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

Check easy things first

1 give it a blast as described

2 check air filter

3 check fuel filter

4 check egr valve

2,3and 4 are garage jobs. Not over expensive

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By *hloe sussex OP   TV/TS
over a year ago

Larne

Thanks guys xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Check easy things first

1 give it a blast as described

2 check air filter

3 check fuel filter

4 check egr valve

2,3and 4 are garage jobs. Not over expensive "

Or injectors, quite common on them as well.

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By *itvclaireTV/TS
over a year ago

Birmingham

I’d check the EGR valve first.

XX

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By *hloe sussex OP   TV/TS
over a year ago

Larne


"I’d check the EGR valve first.

XX"
you might as well be talking a foreign language lol

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By *otSoNewWalesCoupleCouple
over a year ago

South Wales

Bah! There was me hoping this was a thread about UFO's 10th studio album released in 1982.

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By *ficouldMan
over a year ago

a quandary, could you change my mind?


"Like other posters have said, it most likely needs a good drive, get the exhaust nice and hit and let the dpf go into regen mode, probably a straight motorway run of about 20 miles at around 60-70pmh, keepin the throttle as steady as poss."

Oil temp needs to be hot if its an auto then in sports mode too for the whole journey.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Get it serviced, new oil, new filters etc. Perhaps it hasn’t been done for a while.

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By *hloe sussex OP   TV/TS
over a year ago

Larne

Updates for all you nice mechanics out it was the vans inter cooler blowing out the carbon and making the turbo under perform , I took to a Volkswagen commercial repair shop , not sure of cost yet but just wanted to get it sorted now I can go further a field without the worry of it breaking down lol thanks to all you nice ppl for your advice was appropriated xx

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By *eedsandyMan
over a year ago

Leeds

About £200 for a genuine part plus fitting.

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By *hloe sussex OP   TV/TS
over a year ago

Larne


"About £200 for a genuine part plus fitting."
Awww thanks hon x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Try a diesel fuel additive and give it a blast up the motorway

Maybe a service ...oil and filters could be dirty

In line fuel filters need changing too .

Is the cam belt or chain up to date .

And the tensioner ...

All the above are inexpensive it's just finding a decent old school mechanic

I wouldn't use a garage

If you want to drive it to enfield my mechanic is proper old school and very thorough and only £20 an hour

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Like other posters have said, it most likely needs a good drive, get the exhaust nice and hit and let the dpf go into regen mode, probably a straight motorway run of about 20 miles at around 60-70pmh, keepin the throttle as steady as poss.

Oil temp needs to be hot if its an auto then in sports mode too for the whole journey. "

Auto and sports mode on a camper van lol

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