Xsara Picasso 1.6 hdi 110hp cutting out with white smoke

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Jimbo1970
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Xsara Picasso 1.6 hdi 110hp cutting out with white smoke

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Hi everyone, new here. I have a Xsara Picasso 1.6 hdi 110hp 2008, and it has been getting worse. It started coming up Check Diesel Filter which I took as the FAP blocked, so used dpf cleaning solution in fuel tank to try and unblock. This seemed to work for a couple of weeks, then it would come up engine fault and stop with a lot of white smoke and a very loud tappety noise from engine. It would turn over after this but not fire up. Coming up low fuel pressure on a code reader. After an hour or so will fire back up. No white smoke after this until next time it dies. Fuel filter has been changed.
Thanks in advance.
Martin.
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Re: Xsara Picasso 1.6 hdi 110hp cutting out with white smoke

Post by darbuck »

does the smoke have a strong smell of diesel as if does you would notice which would indicate its running rich have you plugged it in you need codes or at least a description of faults logged in the ecu as this points to what may be the issue.you may have a leaking or incorrect spray pattern causing too much diesel to be injected into the engine.
you really need to plug it in
Darren
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