I’ve been driving it for over a year now, trying to ignore the knock/ping that I made so much of early on. This includes the white smoke at start. Technically, ignoring it has made no difference. It is still there, and I have not noticed it get any worse.
Until just recently. The whitish smoke maybe slightly blue. and I’m not sure, but it may be slightly low on power.
I left it in the garage while in Europe for the last 20 days. It has a fresh battery, and full tank of fuel. I figured this would make for a good cold start evaluation. The lighting is good. It is 65 degrees, no glow plugs used, but I did run the electric fuel pump for a few seconds before turning the key.
The whitish smoke all goes away once I drive 100 meters or so. It will smoke at idle like this forever, unless I actually drive in gear. The whitish smoke looks to go away when I rev it a bit to between 1700 and 3000.
Also note the way the smoke comes out of the pipe in inconsistent puffs.
Until just recently. The whitish smoke maybe slightly blue. and I’m not sure, but it may be slightly low on power.
I left it in the garage while in Europe for the last 20 days. It has a fresh battery, and full tank of fuel. I figured this would make for a good cold start evaluation. The lighting is good. It is 65 degrees, no glow plugs used, but I did run the electric fuel pump for a few seconds before turning the key.
The whitish smoke all goes away once I drive 100 meters or so. It will smoke at idle like this forever, unless I actually drive in gear. The whitish smoke looks to go away when I rev it a bit to between 1700 and 3000.
Also note the way the smoke comes out of the pipe in inconsistent puffs.