Hi all.,
its been a while since i have been on here!
I have a problem that is driving me mad! I have 2008 Mondeo Saloon
Titanium X 2.2d. I have owned it just coming up a year. 108k on the
clock. I do around 20k a year. And to be honest she drives lovely. About
2 months ago I went on a small journey no more the 12 miles. I got to a
set of traffic lights stopped and started to get a smell coming into
the cabin. I paid no attention I thought it was coming from the car in
front of me. I got to my destination and parked my car. Coming from the
top of the bonnet was a whitish smoke. My Heart sank I was expecting to
open the bonnet and see flames! When I did open the bonnet the smoke
seemed to be coming from the top of the engine bay. I let the car cool
down and gingerly drove it home. No more smoke coming from it. I got it
booked into the garage. I was due a service on the car anyway. They
serviced the car and couldn’t find anything out of place. Got the car
back and it did the same smoking thing again after about a week. So I
phoned the garage and got it booked in again. This time they passed the
car to a specialist garages as they still couldn’t find anything wrong
with it. Once it was at the second garage they advised me it was the EGR Valve
was stuck. This was replaced at the cost of nearly £465 also the car
was slightly hesitating on certain gears which I did notice but not
enough to worry about too much. So the garage said it could be the
injectors so they also gave me some fort engine conditioner and a bottle
of DPF Cleaner. I used these as soon as I got the car back. The
hesitation on certain gears has gone now. So I am hoping the injectors
aren’t the problem. The car drives really nice. She is pulling much
better than she ever has. Last night did a small journey again and this
time smoking really bad from the same section of engine as before. So I
turned the car off, luckily for me I was near maccy D’s so me and my
little one went and sat in there for half hour. Again I gingerly drove
it home. I have used the car today and no smoke at all. So I not sure
what it could be. Have I been ripped off on the EGR ? did it really need
a replacement! He did show the one he took of my car and it was full of
Carbon. I have had the DPF checked at the first garage that I went too
when they did the service. They tested the DPF said it was 14% So I
don’t think it’s anything to do with a regen on that DPF! But I could be
wrong. Cars and there complexities aren’t really my game! I thought I
would throw this out to you guys and see if you have any suggestions. I
will ring the garage again, But I worried they will say it’s the
injectors! Any help would be really appreciated.
Thanks in advance guys!
Felix
