525d lots of white smoke after remap??
05-10-2007, 12:31 PM
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Yesterday i had a remap of my 525d. The results where awesome: 223,7 Hp and 509 Nm
Yesterday when i drove home a had a lot of traffic jam so i drived really slow.
Now when i had a "sporty" ride today i stopped in front of a traffic light. Then i couldn't see the guy behind me anymore. There came out a lot of white smoke out of my exhaust.
I get out of the car and i smelled like burned plastic
Does it have anything to do with the particle filter or is my turbo or something blown?
I'm a litlle bit scared about it.
Yesterday when i drove home a had a lot of traffic jam so i drived really slow.
Now when i had a "sporty" ride today i stopped in front of a traffic light. Then i couldn't see the guy behind me anymore. There came out a lot of white smoke out of my exhaust.
I get out of the car and i smelled like burned plastic
Does it have anything to do with the particle filter or is my turbo or something blown?
I'm a litlle bit scared about it.
05-11-2007, 04:09 AM
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SX125,
I would be scared too!!
White smoke from the exhaust usually means that water is somehow getting into the engine. i.e. you can see steam!!
You urgently need to have a look in your radiator to check the coolant level. Also check the oil level, if it has gone up, then water has got in there as well.
I wouldn't attribute it to the re-map directly. If it was black smoke, then maybe, but re-maps don't do anything for the cooling system. On other cars, then I would be looking at maybe head gasket gone, or maybe even a cracked head. I take it that you didn't get the high coolant temperature light come on? (between the speedo and tacho).
I wouldn't like to run a car that was exhausting white smoke all the time - you need to get it checked out soon.
Mike
I would be scared too!!
White smoke from the exhaust usually means that water is somehow getting into the engine. i.e. you can see steam!!
You urgently need to have a look in your radiator to check the coolant level. Also check the oil level, if it has gone up, then water has got in there as well.
I wouldn't attribute it to the re-map directly. If it was black smoke, then maybe, but re-maps don't do anything for the cooling system. On other cars, then I would be looking at maybe head gasket gone, or maybe even a cracked head. I take it that you didn't get the high coolant temperature light come on? (between the speedo and tacho).
I wouldn't like to run a car that was exhausting white smoke all the time - you need to get it checked out soon.
Mike
05-11-2007, 04:27 AM
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Originally Posted by AlwynMike' post='423246' date='May 11 2007, 02:09 PM
SX125,
I would be scared too!!
White smoke from the exhaust usually means that water is somehow getting into the engine. i.e. you can see steam!!
You urgently need to have a look in your radiator to check the coolant level. Also check the oil level, if it has gone up, then water has got in there as well.
I wouldn't attribute it to the re-map directly. If it was black smoke, then maybe, but re-maps don't do anything for the cooling system. On other cars, then I would be looking at maybe head gasket gone, or maybe even a cracked head. I take it that you didn't get the high coolant temperature light come on? (between the speedo and tacho).
I wouldn't like to run a car that was exhausting white smoke all the time - you need to get it checked out soon.
Mike
I would be scared too!!
White smoke from the exhaust usually means that water is somehow getting into the engine. i.e. you can see steam!!
You urgently need to have a look in your radiator to check the coolant level. Also check the oil level, if it has gone up, then water has got in there as well.
I wouldn't attribute it to the re-map directly. If it was black smoke, then maybe, but re-maps don't do anything for the cooling system. On other cars, then I would be looking at maybe head gasket gone, or maybe even a cracked head. I take it that you didn't get the high coolant temperature light come on? (between the speedo and tacho).
I wouldn't like to run a car that was exhausting white smoke all the time - you need to get it checked out soon.
Mike
But the problem is that it happend only 1 time no after the remap.
Today i didn't see it again.
I'll check the coolant directly after work, also the oil level.
05-11-2007, 09:35 AM
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Isn't it the automatic geren. of the particle filter? At that moment the car will be idling a little faster/rough, and can produce a strange smoke/smoke.
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