Smokes when hot and smells of diesel

[C-raig]

Hi all,

Bought my 12 plate transit May 23 and initially had engine light and the cog light come on, took it back and they said they did a regen and it may smoke for a while but will clear and be fine. Now I usually only do short trips and put it down to not doing a decent motorway trip.

Still had the same issue into October and was told that no.3 glow plug needed replacing which was preventing the engine from doing its own regen.

It’s now January 24 and still have the same problem there are no engine lights on, no fault codes yet as it reaches temperature it smokes so bad the cars behind disappear in the mirror!

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

[knobby1]

Hi all,

Bought my 12 plate transit May 23 and initially had engine light and the cog light come on, took it back and they said they did a regen and it may smoke for a while but will clear and be fine. Now I usually only do short trips and put it down to not doing a decent motorway trip.

Still had the same issue into October and was told that no.3 glow plug needed replacing which was preventing the engine from doing its own regen.

It’s now January 24 and still have the same problem there are no engine lights on, no fault codes yet as it reaches temperature it smokes so bad the cars behind disappear in the mirror!

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

What code reader are you using..?? Some of them struggle with the Transit protocols. You don't have to have a fault light on to have fault codes stored.

Lord Knobrot

[C-raig]

Thanks for the reply, I have a cheap one from Amazon but I took it back to the garage yesterday and they plugged it in and nothing came up!

It’s back in the garage on Thursday but I don’t have a lot of confidence in them!

Thanks again.

[knobby1]

Thanks for the reply, I have a cheap one from Amazon but I took it back to the garage yesterday and they plugged it in and nothing came up!

It’s back in the garage on Thursday but I don’t have a lot of confidence in them!

Thanks again.

Get Forscan and do it yourself...Garages normally just use a generic code reader as it has to be able to do many different makes of vehicles.

Lord Knobrot

[C-raig]

Thanks again I will look at getting one and do just that, is there a preference on what to go for?

Your advice is greatly appreciated.

[knobby1]

Thanks again I will look at getting one and do just that, is there a preference on what to go for?

Your advice is greatly appreciated.

Forscan is our go-to.

https://forscan.org/download.html

There's a list of compatible cables to use too...previously we recommended the Tunnelrat unit but it's not fully compatible with the latest versin of Forscan.

I find the V-Linker works really well.

Lord Knobrot

[C-raig]

Finally got the code reader and downloaded the software and there are no fault codes.

The garage did do a regen and it was ok for a couple of days (local trips).

Something that I’ve just remembered it that when I bought the van it went in to limp mode and I had the cog symbol and engine management light come on but it didn’t smoke, the seller said they had done a regen but it might smoke for a bit!

Since then I had a faulty glow plug replaced and another regen but still have the same issue that after 10mins it smokes like mad, so much so that anything behind disappears in the smoke. If you stop and restart it goes away for a few minutes before coming back.

Any further help would be greatly appreciated as I’m losing the will to live with it.

Thanks

[tranmx2]

O Riley DPF yourtube.
Check the DPF vapouriser is not restricted.
Check inlet system for oil/gundge.
Check turbo casset for wobble.
Check oil filler for pulsing/puffing.
SY Diagnostic re' Forscan.