Thread: RRS 3.0 blowing smoke (lots of it)

More than just a little puff...

Does the engine still have the oil from the service after which the smoking started? If so, I would be wanting the dealer to drain and measure its volume and tested for the correct oil. There's a significant problem of some sorts.

Does it keep smoking if revved higher?

Yes, there's certainly a problem. The car was serviced a few weeks ago, but from memory the smoke problem started just before that. No oil checks have been done since then, or as far as I know since the turbo was replaced a week or so ago.
I'll show the video the guys at the dealership and see what they say.

The crucial thing I think is that after you give it the boot and produce that big puff of smoke, if you try to reproduce that shortly after, nothing happens.

HI Greg,
What is that loud click and then sliding actuator type sound just before the smoke up to when the lady says 'there you go'?

Originally Posted by Mungus

HI Greg,
What is that loud click and then sliding actuator type sound just before the smoke up to when the lady says 'there you go'?

Mmmm...nothing significant Mungus, more than likely the dog's paws sliding on the plastic mat in the cargo bay. I did tell her to brace herself for the sudden acceleration, but you know, dogs sometimes don't take any notice...:-)

This isn't much help but, I recall a couple of years ago a *very* similar video being posted on Disco3.co.uk with regards to the smoke a new D4 was kicking out. Might be worth doing a search on there or asking the question.

Originally Posted by Mike_S

This isn't much help but, I recall a couple of years ago a *very* similar video being posted on Disco3.co.uk with regards to the smoke a new D4 was kicking out. Might be worth doing a search on there or asking the question.

Yes I've seen that video Mike...much the same as mine. It's back to the dealer on Thursday. They're scratching their heads. I've sent them the YouTube link to give them something to scratch over.

Originally Posted by GregMilner

Yes I've seen that video Mike...much the same as mine. It's back to the dealer on Thursday. They're scratching their heads. I've sent them the YouTube link to give them something to scratch over.

Looks to be blue/white smoke from the video which suggest oil seals to me, but I'm basing that on blowing the guts out of a turbo on my old Sierra Cosworth many many moons ago, so that might not be relevant these days.

Oil in the pipes between the turbos. There have been a number of different fixes from software updates to keep the secondary turbo running to new turbos.
Known issue.