Thread: Fixed me Black smoke and other things

My MY08 D3 has recently started chewing the fuel and pumping out the smoke from take off. I normally get well over 750km to a tank but lately it is just on 600 - 650km. Has been sluggish as well.

Thinking I had better check intercooler hose and sensors. Checking EGR is beyond my ability though and it is still quite a way off needing a service.

I might just book it into MR Auto and get them to check those things.

Forgot to ask but where is best place for parts such as intercooler hose etc? I'm in Brisbane.

Try M.R. Automotive in Redcliffe. If it is the intercooler hose replace with silicon type.
It should be easy to find the split. Look at the top part of the hose and on the top bend to start with.
Cheers
Mike

Originally Posted by rocmic

Try M.R. Automotive in Redcliffe. If it is the intercooler hose replace with silicon type.
It should be easy to find the split. Look at the top part of the hose and on the top bend to start with.
Cheers
Mike

Mike,

MR have been servicing it for about 18 months now so they know the car. Will have a look at the IC hose after work then give them a call tomorrow.

cheers
P

So firstly checked the MAP sensor, man it was full of gunk to about 1/2 inch on top of it. Cleaned that.


Cleaned out the air filter with the compressor and checked the MAF sensor, it looked pretty good.


Intercooler hose. Could not feel the split but there is oily gunk all over the bottom and half way up it. The bottom cover plate that the bottom of the hose hides behind is also covered in oil.


Spoke to MR Auto and they said sounded like the intercooler hose is split so booked it in for tomorrow morning. Can't complain about that service.



Inside of the throttle body was full of gunk and they said they will give that a flush too.

Rang MR Auto yesterday afternoon and discussed the symptoms, they too thought it sounded like the IC hose had split.

They booked it in for me this morning. Thorough check over and the IC hose is fine - could not fault anything, no fault codes. 2 test drives. All that we can think is that the gooped up MAP sensor may have been causing the problems.

Oh and no charge - WOW great service from MR Auto at Redcliffe!

cheers
Peter

Peter - I've found I need to clean my MAP sensor every 30,000 to 40,000 km - to keep it clear.

I clean my MAP out as well as the y-distributor pipe every service. Would hate to see what it looks like further into the intake manifold...