v40 1.9td blowing smoke Topic is solved

mrslash · Post by **mrslash** » 31 Mar 2005, 15:16

help i just brought a 1998 v40 1.9td and its kicking out clouds of smoke is it a major problem as there is loads of power and it runs fine

alfonzobonzo · Post by **alfonzobonzo** » 31 Mar 2005, 23:13

Piston rings?

head gasket?

Turbo oil seals?

but deffinately burning oil from some where, check your level frequently.

possibly fail its next mot, depends how bad it is, could be expensive to fix if your not doing it yourself, does it allways blow smoke or is it just under heavy accelleration? would narrow it down to turbo problem.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 01 Apr 2005, 04:24

alfonzobonzo wrote:Piston rings?

head gasket?

Turbo oil seals?

but deffinately burning oil from some where, check your level frequently.

possibly fail its next mot, depends how bad it is, could be expensive to fix if your not doing it yourself, does it allways blow smoke or is it just under heavy accelleration? would narrow it down to turbo problem.

its seems to be worse when you first start it and under idle conditions give it a good hard acceleration and it doesnt seem to be as bad

alfonzobonzo · Post by **alfonzobonzo** » 03 Apr 2005, 05:16

sound perhaps like there may be a small amount of oil leaking into the cylinders, perhaps the first sign of head gasket going??

how many mile has it done? & how handy are you with a spanner? & how much spare time have you.

if the answer to these questions is not very, then i suggest either leaving it till it gets too bad, or get a deisle specialist to look at it , (not a volvo dealership)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 03 Apr 2005, 12:05

alfonzobonzo wrote:sound perhaps like there may be a small amount of oil leaking into the cylinders, perhaps the first sign of head gasket going??

how many mile has it done? & how handy are you with a spanner? & how much spare time have you.

if the answer to these questions is not very, then i suggest either leaving it till it gets too bad, or get a deisle specialist to look at it , (not a volvo dealership)

i have looked again today and there is oil in the water header tank so i think it is deffo head gasket

alfonzobonzo · Post by **alfonzobonzo** » 04 Apr 2005, 01:19

Bingo.

wont cost much to do yourself, if youve got the time & inclination,

dunno how much a garrage would charge

let us know how you get on & Good luck .

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 07 Apr 2005, 03:32

alfonzobonzo wrote:Bingo.

wont cost much to do yourself, if youve got the time & inclination,

dunno how much a garrage would charge

let us know how you get on & Good luck .

many many thanks going price up parts this weekend to a view of doing it next week

alfonzobonzo · Post by **alfonzobonzo** » 07 Apr 2005, 07:27

any probs just post here, i'll keep an eye out, and help/advise if i can,

done it loads of times now.

shvogt · Post by **shvogt** » 12 Apr 2005, 12:13

i have a 2000 S40 and every once in a while i see smoke in the rearview mirror--not necessarily when accelerating heavily, either. I get over 29 miles per gallon on the highway and it runs fine, so i'm just ignoring it to tell you the truth.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 07 Aug 2005, 09:41

I had on my V40 TD -97 heavy black smoke when accelerating.
It was also hard to cold start the engine.

I was expecting the worst... Bad pistrons, rings etc...

It was just that the walves needed to be adjusted. Two of the intake walves did not close at all...