White smoke - not head gasket?
05-02-2024, 02:48 AM
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A-Class 200D
White smoke - not head gasket?
Morning All!
I'm new here so I'll start by saying hi, but it's not a happy hi!
Yesterday my A200d (2016) started smoking (white) under acceleration. My initial thought was, head gasket as I jumped to the worst case, as always!
However, I googled and decided to fill the tank and add a shot of Redex. This seems to haver make everything worse today
The car is smoking still, but worse. But it is only doing it under heavy load i.e. hard acceleration/having to work hard driving up hill. But once the smoking starts it doesn't stop, it carries on smoking at idle and smoke is still coming out the exhausts after turning the engine off (obviously this is still the hot exhausts burning off what ever has got into them). When the engine is off you can hear what sounds like some sort of liquid sloshing/dripping in them and it stinks of maybe burning rubber
The coolant level is good / no oil in the water / no water in the oil / no warning lights / no rough idling / no loss of power - the only symptom I have is white smoking accompanied by a bad smell (not a sweet smell)
Does anyone have any thoughts or experience with anything like this?
Thank you in advance!!
I'm new here so I'll start by saying hi, but it's not a happy hi!
Yesterday my A200d (2016) started smoking (white) under acceleration. My initial thought was, head gasket as I jumped to the worst case, as always!
However, I googled and decided to fill the tank and add a shot of Redex. This seems to haver make everything worse today
The car is smoking still, but worse. But it is only doing it under heavy load i.e. hard acceleration/having to work hard driving up hill. But once the smoking starts it doesn't stop, it carries on smoking at idle and smoke is still coming out the exhausts after turning the engine off (obviously this is still the hot exhausts burning off what ever has got into them). When the engine is off you can hear what sounds like some sort of liquid sloshing/dripping in them and it stinks of maybe burning rubber
The coolant level is good / no oil in the water / no water in the oil / no warning lights / no rough idling / no loss of power - the only symptom I have is white smoking accompanied by a bad smell (not a sweet smell)
Does anyone have any thoughts or experience with anything like this?
Thank you in advance!!
