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Subject Topic: Smokey x-trail
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15/10/2010 at 9:01pm
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Any progress?

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16/10/2010 at 3:02pm
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First sign of a turbo about to fail is a whistling noise. It will usually cause a blue/white smoke as oil is pulled into the air intake through the turbo. For that reason, I would say that in my experience as a former professional motor mechanic the turbo is unlikely to be the cause.

Black smoke is caused by excess fuel. This is likely to be the injectors or the injection pump.

Either of these can be tested, but would need to be removed in order to get tested. Testing is not a DIY job and must be done by a diesel injection specialist due to the cost of the equipment required.

Injectors would be the first thing I would get tested as they are easiest remove (hense lower labour costs) and also cheapest to have repaired. If they are checked and found not to be the culprit then the injection pump would need to be checked.

Also check the timing belt. If the timing is out, it will cause black smoke. However, the odds are that if the belt has jumped a tooth, the engine wouldn't turn over, so timing is the least likely.

Good luck as unfortunately, it sounds expensive.

One question; have you been using bio diesel or vegetable oil? If so then the pump and injectors probably have been damaged.

One other cheap thing to check is the air filter. If this is blocked up then the engine cannot get enough air and will be running rich. This gives black smoke.


20/10/2010 at 9:34pm
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Have we got an update on what was wrong yet??

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21/10/2010 at 9:53am
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We had 4 XTs over a 10 year period and the first one a 51 plate was VERY smokey

The dealer put off doing anything so much that we ended up when on holiday at Interdiesel,a Nissan agent in Figueras ,Spain

We arrived and they spoke no English but a revving of the engine rendered language unnecessary as the service manager disappeared in a cloud of smoke

The caravan on arrival in Spain was blackened at the front

They replaced the injectors and worked on "system anti pollution"

It was much improved but never as good as later models

Nissan for some reason don't change the air filter until 36000 miles which I consider a big mistake



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Any news on your engine?

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29/10/2010 at 9:12pm
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Give us all an update and put us out of our misery hope it wasn't to expensive.

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02/11/2010 at 10:00pm
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   Get it checked out I had mine blow August 2009 £1350.00 to sort out, turbo &

intercooler had to be replaced, there was no warning just loss of power & a little smoke? mines the 2005 SVE 41800 mls 

 

 



03/11/2010 at 2:15pm
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Be nice if folk reply,They are asking for ideas or advise, why dont posters come back to say at least thank u.

posted by vespanutuk,

Hi we have checked all hoses etc all ok, turbo seems to be working you can feel it kick in when you put your foot down,car has done 64,000 is about due a service so we will do that first, thanks for all the suggestions keep them coming



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26/11/2010 at 6:59pm
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I will bump this one up again, did we ever get a result on the problems????

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28/11/2010 at 12:36pm
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Quote: Originally posted by royh on 26/11/2010
I will bump this one up again, did we ever get a result on the problems????
Nup still waiting

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