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White smoke from exhaust
« on: 18 July 2007, 19:28:50 »
Anyone know a decent garage in the Milton Keynes area.
Got an 02 Omega 2.2,white smoke from the exhaust,uses a little water,running a bit rough and brakes need extra hard push.
Head gasket or what,any ideas please
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Re: White smoke from exhaust
« Reply #1 on: 18 July 2007, 19:31:52 »
Not friggin Crownhill Vauxhall!!!

Omegas, like most decent engines, do generate a fair bit of moisture as part of the combustion process. The coolant loss and white smoke may be 2 different problems.

Worth checking for coolant leaks, esp HBV.  How much is it losing?
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Re: White smoke from exhaust
« Reply #2 on: 18 July 2007, 19:36:14 »
Not a lot managed to drive back from Leicester to MK,before collant light came on,then it took a kettle full.
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Re: White smoke from exhaust
« Reply #3 on: 18 July 2007, 19:40:25 »
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Not a lot managed to drive back from Leicester to MK,before collant light came on,then it took a kettle full.
Hope you are putting in proper 50:50 antifreeze mix ;)

As said, check for leaks before writing off HG...
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Re: White smoke from exhaust
« Reply #4 on: 18 July 2007, 19:43:39 »
Any ideas why im getting rough running and the braking problem,all started at the same time.
Should i have an ecu test,to see what the fault codes are.
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Re: White smoke from exhaust
« Reply #5 on: 18 July 2007, 19:46:19 »
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Any ideas why im getting rough running and the braking problem,all started at the same time.
Should i have an ecu test,to see what the fault codes are.
If brake servo not working, you'd have to suspect vacuum leak, which would cause bad idling I would have thought.

Is the EML on? If not, not worth reading codes (BTW, I'll be the chespest around here for getting codes read ;))
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Re: White smoke from exhaust
« Reply #6 on: 18 July 2007, 19:55:27 »
Yes the Eml is intermittent,can you pm me a contact number.
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