Thread: Puma Owners - Does yours do this?

Not Normal!!!

I doubt that the "man" knows what he is talking about. "They all do that" is the first of the excuses/palm-offs used and has been around since the motor car was invented.

yeah must admit mine runs a little ruff on start up...no smoke...i always give it a couple of mins to warm up...it's done just over 7K now and been that same since new (7 weeks)...feels normal to me...My TDV6 Disco before was the same...

So IMHO the smoke is a problem not the running a little ruff when cold...

but what do i know...

Stu

Originally Posted by one_iota

Not Normal!!!

I doubt that the "man" knows what he is talking about. "They all do that" is the first of the excuses/palm-offs used and has been around since the motor car was invented.

My car is a little bit noisy when cold, but I've never got it to smoke, there is barely any smoke when I have my foot to the floor, (when its warm!). Hell, I've even started my 110 in the garage with the door shut when the engine was cold, there wasn't even a hint of smoke.

The injectors are electronically controlled, not opened by pressure, so if they were "sticking" I'd guess they were stuffed. From the white smoke I'd say there is not enough fuel pressure, and since it only happens when its cold you could possibly have air leaking into the HP part of the system?? Something the dealer will have to figure out, I'd certainly insist that you don't think it is normal.

I take what the dealers say with a grain of salt these days, I had a mechanic explain that the clutch noise I am hearing is from the dual mass flywheel and is completly normal, he then spent 5 min's explaining how a dual mass flywheel works. I waited till he finished before I said "thats nice, but the TDCi doesn't have a dual mass flywheel."

Just one question - why the hell would you do this anyway?

Because you can feel the issue as you drive off. This is a simple way to reproduce it.

Originally Posted by BilboBoggles

Because you can feel the issue as you drive off. This is a simple way to reproduce it.

Ok - makes sense. I hope they can sort this thing out - I think it's weird that some Pumas do , some don't.

Originally Posted by Scallops

Just one question - why the hell would you do this anyway?

I thought the same thing,next thing you know you'll be on here complaining about your puma spinning a bearing and join the ''Why does land rover use overstressed little engines'' club.Do you understand that every time you do that your taking 10k worth of miles off it's life?. Pat

Originally Posted by PAT303

I thought the same thing,next thing you know you'll be on here complaining about your puma spinning a bearing and join the ''Why does land rover use overstressed little engines'' club.Do you understand that every time you do that your taking 10k worth of miles off it's life?. Pat

I guess that was my point too, Pat. I was going to say originally, "just let it idle for a while", but thought I'd get shot again...