Smokey Estima

[jojo]

Hi all,

New to this forum and needing a little help please

We bought our Estima nearly 2 years ago and love her to pieces, she is just perfect for our family and 2 dogs. She took us all the way to Devon last summer and drove like a dream. She always had the slight problem of giving out a puff of smoke when accelerating. But apart from that no problems at all. When we bought her she had already had all the common problems attended to and lots of money spent on her (have all the receipts to prove). So everything was fine until mot ran out and we didn't put it through test, cos husband using works van and i was using smaller car for work and shopping. Anyway sadly our Estima was neglected for several months and now we want to get her back on the road she isn't very happy.

We had to purchase a new battery and she started 1st time but smoking very badly driving around block. Went out and bought some of the wynn fuel & diesel cleaner. But it is no better at the moment and worried it won't pass mot. She had all filters and oil change just prior to us stopping using her. What does anyone suggest. Any advice would be much appreciated. We only really need /can afford to run one car at the moment & would really like it to be the Estima!

Thanks everyone

[buffallobob]

What colour is the smoke /is it on tickover or when you drive
bob

[jojo]

Hi Bob, no smoke on tickover, small amount of grey black smoke when driving and when you get between 2000, 3000 revs it puffs out a little cloud of black smoke, smells crap too! I drove behind our Estima which hubby was driving to see how bad it was. I have seen worse but it was a small amount all the time and then when he put is foot down slightly it was puffing out small clouds. What do you think?

Thanks Jo

[buffallobob]

my thought are give it a bit of a thrashing to give the cleaner a chance to work see what comes of that bob

[jojo]

Hi Bob,

Shall give it a go, (a bit dodgy with no tax and mot on it though), I will let you know how it goes.

Thanks Jo

[Blobby]

Originally Posted by buffallobob

my thought are give it a bit of a thrashing to give the cleaner a chance to work see what comes of that bob

Ah a good old Italian tuning technique

[owenmall]

Sounds a little like mine was running, the cleaner should shift a lot of it, I used it a little more concentrated, as in I did not dilute it in a full tank of fuel. though the wynns diesel cleaup would be the best , the one you put in the filter.
Give that a chance first as bob says , no point in making unnecessary adjustments to the pump if it's just a bit of crud needs shifting.

[owenmall]

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[sapatsch]

Got into this forum for same problem & it is still not resolved. Mine starts up with a grey/black cloud & is very low powered. If I put on the booster & put my foot down until I get into Turbo everything becomes hunkey dorey & she runs like a dream. I have a feeling it is turbo problems-it does not kick in until 2000/2400 revs. Real crap until it kicks in on a cold engine Strangely enough I can have a hiccup now and again when starting a hottish motor. Whish I had the money to take her to Toyota. Cheers Edwin

[davee]

Never mind Toyota,save a few quid and let a real expert do the job.Buffalo bob