[Silver Bullet]

At about 107K we've started smoking quite a bit during acceleration.....what do I do besides change the air filter please?

 

[Fluid]

What mods do you have? Your location says stage II. It could be a number of things. Do you have any stored DTC/error codes? Is power normal?

It could be burning oil or bad nozzles.

 

[pizzaboyz]

Smoke is unburned fuel. Do you have a boost leak?

 

[chittychittybangbang]

Right, smoke is usually oil that gets burned up or a boost leak (no air = unburned fuel)

Here is a procedure on how to do a boost leak check: http://www.myturbodiesel.com/1000q_how_to/multi/boostleaks.htm

Also have the car scanned for codes. Any autozone does it for free.

 

[shftdrvr]

Maybe a hose in the intake or a hole in the exhaust?

 

[Silver Bullet]

Thanks - Smoking

Thanks for your help.....here is an update.

So far I've verified it is not burning crankcase oil and the air filter wasn't plugged.

I'll next get the codes checked and have it checked for leaks.

I'm wondering if it couldn't be my driving style as I never really go fast.....or far (a tank of diesel usually gets us through the month). There is very little traffic where I live and I seldom get above 2000 RPM and in fact probably average 1400 RPM. The only time it really smokes is when I have to speed up suddenly to prevent getting run over.....normal driving it doesn't smoke.

 

[Silver Bullet]

Thanks - Smoking

Thanks for your help.....here is an update.

So far I've verified it is not burning crankcase oil and the air filter wasn't plugged.

I'll next get the codes checked and have it checked for leaks.

I'm wondering if it couldn't be my driving style as I never really go fast.....or far (a tank of diesel usually gets us through the month). There is very little traffic where I live and I seldom get above 2000 RPM and in fact probably average less than 1400 RPM. The only time it really smokes is when I have to speed up suddenly to prevent getting run over by another vehicle.....in normal driving it doesn't smoke.

 

[chittychittybangbang]

It could be a little oil in the intercooler pooling up. When you accelerate hard the oil mist gets burned up and smokes. This could mean slightly leaky turbo oil seals.