Strange smoking 15 glk250
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Strange smoking 15 glk250
I have a 2015 glk250. Smoking constantly and found intake side of turbo some play and oily but not saturated. All exhaust head ports dry not wet with oil. Installed used lower mile turbo due to being a car lot customer and turbo supplied was from one of our long time suppliers.
Vehicle starts and runs fine. Idles normal and after 15 minutes in my stall could smell it getting a more pronounced “diesel exhaust” smell and slightly smokes. Drove and after 4-5 blocks smoking like crazy idle or accel. Tool back to my shop and idles and smokes. Very light grey and smells of oil and diesel fuel. Crazy thing turn car off and let set 20 seconds or so and upon restart will not smoke till I drive 4-5 blocks then cycle starts over. No codes and plenty of power.
I was advised possibly turbo drain… Any other things someone might have ran into to test come Monday?
Thanks so much for any ideas!
Vehicle starts and runs fine. Idles normal and after 15 minutes in my stall could smell it getting a more pronounced “diesel exhaust” smell and slightly smokes. Drove and after 4-5 blocks smoking like crazy idle or accel. Tool back to my shop and idles and smokes. Very light grey and smells of oil and diesel fuel. Crazy thing turn car off and let set 20 seconds or so and upon restart will not smoke till I drive 4-5 blocks then cycle starts over. No codes and plenty of power.
I was advised possibly turbo drain… Any other things someone might have ran into to test come Monday?
Thanks so much for any ideas!
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I just reread your original post. You mentioned a pronounced diesel exhaust smell which could point to a fueling problem. It could be anything from a sticky fuel injector or a fuel regulator problem. Since the problem is intermittent, it does point to a possible electrical component in the fuel system.
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I think there must be a color perception issue. The only thing I can see that fits the symptoms is oil smoke, but that shouldn't smell like Diesel fuel, and is more bluish than just gray.
"White" smoke smells like Diesel fuel, but comes from a cylinder that is not firing, so power and idle smoothness will be affected.
"White" smoke smells like Diesel fuel, but comes from a cylinder that is not firing, so power and idle smoothness will be affected.
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Could be many things since we don't know the condition of the vehicle. I'm going to assume it's diesel fuel that's being burned causing the smoke, and since it goes away with a restart but comes back soon after, I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's possibly fuel being injected into the DPF (or where the DPF should be) in an attempt to run an active regen.
I would place the car on a lift, inspect the underneath and identify that all exhaust hardware that should be there is present.
In the meantime, don't start it on fire...
I would place the car on a lift, inspect the underneath and identify that all exhaust hardware that should be there is present.
In the meantime, don't start it on fire...
