Question for Bluetec owners
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W205 C250 Bluetec AMG Line
Question for Bluetec owners
Ok, so tonight when I got home I was reversing into the garage and noticed in the reverse camera steam coming from the exhaust pipes... Only once I got out of the car, I noticed that it wasn't steam, but white smoke? a fair amount of it.
I left the engine running and it stopped after about 2-3 minutes...
Can someone shed some light on whether this is normal? Ive had diesel before just not with adblue. The BMW 320d never blew any smoke at all, ever, that I saw, in the 20,000km I owned it.
The W205 has about 1,600km on the clock.
Ive read through the manual (which is not the greatest) and it makes zero mention to any sort of diesel exhaust burn off process...
Any info from other owners would be appreciated, Cheers, Matt
I left the engine running and it stopped after about 2-3 minutes...
Can someone shed some light on whether this is normal? Ive had diesel before just not with adblue. The BMW 320d never blew any smoke at all, ever, that I saw, in the 20,000km I owned it.
The W205 has about 1,600km on the clock.
Ive read through the manual (which is not the greatest) and it makes zero mention to any sort of diesel exhaust burn off process...
Any info from other owners would be appreciated, Cheers, Matt
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W205 C250 Bluetec AMG Line
No idea... the manual says nothing about it... its actually a pretty ***** manual to be honest haha
Its the first time its done it, not too sure. Hope its nothing serious, I am about 600km from my closest MB dealership
Its the first time its done it, not too sure. Hope its nothing serious, I am about 600km from my closest MB dealership
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Merc GLC Coupe 250d AMG Line Prem Plus
Ok, so tonight when I got home I was reversing into the garage and noticed in the reverse camera steam coming from the exhaust pipes... Only once I got out of the car, I noticed that it wasn't steam, but white smoke? a fair amount of it.
I left the engine running and it stopped after about 2-3 minutes...
Can someone shed some light on whether this is normal? Ive had diesel before just not with adblue. The BMW 320d never blew any smoke at all, ever, that I saw, in the 20,000km I owned it.
The W205 has about 1,600km on the clock.
Ive read through the manual (which is not the greatest) and it makes zero mention to any sort of diesel exhaust burn off process...
Any info from other owners would be appreciated, Cheers, Matt
I left the engine running and it stopped after about 2-3 minutes...
Can someone shed some light on whether this is normal? Ive had diesel before just not with adblue. The BMW 320d never blew any smoke at all, ever, that I saw, in the 20,000km I owned it.
The W205 has about 1,600km on the clock.
Ive read through the manual (which is not the greatest) and it makes zero mention to any sort of diesel exhaust burn off process...
Any info from other owners would be appreciated, Cheers, Matt
I got a c220, i think i just past around 3500 miles now, and nothing with me. However i had something like this on my brand new astra 2 years ago. It just started randomly steaming, they said some plastic was melting off and falling onto the exhaust which caused it. but i highly doubt it. Either way it happened a few times from the exhaust. Try and check with a torch light or take it straight to mercedes.
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W205 C250BT
Yep... we got it as well. The wife rang up in a panic the other morning said there's white smoke coming out of the car and a noticeable smell. She took it down to the dealer and they confirmed it was the Particulate Filter doing a high temp burn. Apparently the system goes through a periodic process of carrying out a regeneration of the Diesel Particulate Filter whereby the exhaust system is heated beyond its normal operating temperature and that can cause the wax finish on the exhaust from factory to burn off.
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W205 C250 Bluetec AMG Line
Yep... we got it as well. The wife rang up in a panic the other morning said there's white smoke coming out of the car and a noticeable smell. She took it down to the dealer and they confirmed it was the Particulate Filter doing a high temp burn. Apparently the system goes through a periodic process of carrying out a regeneration of the Diesel Particulate Filter whereby the exhaust system is heated beyond its normal operating temperature and that can cause the wax finish on the exhaust from factory to burn off.
How are you enjoying the AMG Line... 19" ride ok for you?
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W205 C250BT
Loving it. I never got to drive a C with Airmatic, so I don't know what I'm missing. I've only got the base model C200 to compare it to and the 19" AMG wheels with sports suspension are certainly firmer but not uncomfortably so.
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