Thanks for your reply.

Its definetly grey smoke NOT blue.

If you could look through VADIS that would be great.

Cheers.

Richard.

Hi Jerry.

Yes D5 diesel 2.4

Can you give me any more info on this?
Leaking or blocked?

Is there a way of checking this?

I took the oil filler cap off my V70 D5 2001 (220000 miles) while the engine was running, and noticed that I had vapour, or smoke?? coming out as the engine was running, is this normal?? what could be causing this? is it BAD??

Cheers.

Richard (Southampton UK)

Oh, is there a way of telling if its bad?
I checked the intercooler pipes and they seem pretty soft and easily pinched together.

Thanks for your great reply jablackburn, I shall have a look tomorrow, it is puzzling as it goes well.
I have noticed it uses quite a lot of fuel.
The air filter really needs changing, also would an old fuel filter also lead to black smoke?

I do have a small amount of oil along the bottom edge of the intercooler, whould this point to a faulty Turbo oil seal and would this cause the black smoke?

Hi Members. Can anyone help? I have a pretty good condition V70 D5 with 220000 miles on the clock and lots of service history. My problem is the car blows thick black smoke during hard acceleration. When driving normally at 60-70 MPH I get a small amount of grey smoke. I read somewhere that it could...