Thread: D4 Blowing Black Smoke

There are a variety of causes so more info needed. Is it all the time? When powering above 2500 rpm, i.e. when second turbo kicks in? Etc.

X2 Year, Model?

Collapsing air intake pipe under the wing?

Yes mine does it too. Happens only when I give it a bootful, I'd say when the 2nd turbo kicks in. Is this normal?

My car is a 2011 3.0 SE.

Originally Posted by CaverD3

Collapsing air intake pipe under the wing?

UMM, mine had that Caver,
no black smoke, but was throwing up reduced performance codes,
(lack of air to turbo ) only happened when you got right up it,

Black smoke probably fuel,
maybe injector spray pattern, where have you been getting your fuel


Cheers Ken

Originally Posted by d3syd

Yes mine does it too. Happens only when I give it a bootful, I'd say when the 2nd turbo kicks in. Is this normal?

My car is a 2011 3.0 SE.

I'm normally quite gentle with throttle application but recently stuck the boot in causing it to drop a gear which made it rev unnecessarily so I upshifted again but the black smokescreen was quite embarrassing. Shortly after I used manual mode to keep the revs down but it still produced way too much black smoke for an advanced electronically-controlled engine, so no wonder it chews fuel when asked to work. The Jag version of the engine that produces the same torque produces considerably more power and the Jag version that produces the same max power produces considerably less torque, which makes me think that LR's tuning to get max torque with the lower max power is a bit off the mark.

Its a 2011/2012 update, 2.7. when crusiing on the highway it has a slight haze of smoke. If you feather the accelerator just slightly it starts to get thicker, then if you either shift into sport accelerate or drop back it pours out.
Its like dropping a cup of flour on the ground

Faulty MAF or MAP sensor maybe