On Mar 24, 9:48*am, "Man at B&Q" wrote:
On Mar 22, 6:22*am, "Me Here" wrote:



"The Medway Handyman" wrote in media.com...

Sorry to post this here, tried uk.rec.cars.maintenance but not much in the
way of replies.

I have an 03 reg diesel Kangoo van, 57,000 mile on the clock. *On the door
panel its described as 1.7DCi, the plastic cowling over the engine reads
1.5
DCi and the logbook reads 1465cc.

Check with Renault on the engine number. Either someone swapped the lump or
the panel badge.

Passed MOT in January which included an emissions test, but now its
started smoking. *No change in performance, no starting problems, no sign
of overheating. *The smoke is greyish.

Have a read about EGR systems (Halfway down the page herehttp://www.dieselbob.co.uk/tips.shtml)

To paraphrase "everyone else's cl;eaning product apart from ours is
rubbish" blatant marketing.



How much it smokes varies. *It clears when the engine oil level is low,
when topped up it starts again.

Mileage is only around 8,000 pa most of which is stop start traffic,
rarely gets a decent run.

Tried Wynns Smoke treatment in the oil & a Redex product in the fuel, they
don't seem to make much difference. *Stopped using Morrissons diesel &
switched to Esso.

Any ideas on what this could be?

It's a diesel!

MBQ

Sorry! Don't know what I did different to end up with a new thread.

MBQ