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Tiny
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Was driving about 100km/h when there was just smoke I pulled over to the side of the road there was a funny sound from the engine I tried to put the engine off evan pulled the key it still ran, had it towed home, it starts what could be the problem
Sunday, December 18th, 2011 AT 7:30 AM

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Tiny
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When you say it still ran, did it run very rough and shake the engine or did it run fairly normally.
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Sunday, December 18th, 2011 AT 7:37 AM
Tiny
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Revs ran high then dropped low again for about a minute then stopped and died buy its self was shaking as normal when one starts
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Sunday, December 18th, 2011 AT 7:42 AM
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No overheating? All fluids ok? Fuel ok, and not contaminated? Any check light on, you can scan anyway as not all fault codes will set a check light.
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Sunday, December 18th, 2011 AT 7:45 AM
Tiny
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Heat gage normal, not fluids on the floor, slight oil around the turbo area no lights lit up, evan now no oil spill on the floor it starts now a little shaky uneven running and a little smoke, oils is full no water in it at all.
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Sunday, December 18th, 2011 AT 7:54 AM
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Can you say with any confidence what colour the smoke was? Black, white, bluish?
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Sunday, December 18th, 2011 AT 7:58 AM
Tiny
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It was a very ball of grey smoke not black but soo much that the cars behind me stopped they couldn't see in front of them and couldn't see them in my revue mirror
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Sunday, December 18th, 2011 AT 8:01 AM
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I am thinking a stuck injector, I would get them serviced and I would also ensure that the turbo waste gate is working correctly.
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Sunday, December 18th, 2011 AT 8:06 AM

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