Audi a1 1.6 diesel can anyone help??

[Lauren grace]

So I’ve had my Audi a1 1.6 diesel, ten months now. 2011 plate. Passed its MOT few months back with flying colours. However lately, I’ve noticed it to be kicking out a lot of white smoke, it’s not constant, sometimes it’s fine, sometimes there’s only a little bit and other times it kicks out large amounts. It’s never in specific weather as it has done it in both cold weather and scorching hot, not always when I start the car, sometimes 5 minutes into a journey, sometimes 30 minutes. (Never any warning lights) I had my partner check my oil, he said it was runnng low, so I put a litre straight in, however it hasn’t solved the issue it’s still doing it. More recently however a red warning light will alarm (again random times of journeys) stating engine pressure to low switch off engine, however it never stays on it flashes back off after 5-10 seconds. And sometimes it doesn’t necessarily flash up when the car is smoking. Could anyone give me any advice? Thanks in advance

 

[cuke2u]

The usual sign of coolant getting into the engine is excessive white smoke, but you state yours is intermittent. I assume all is OK with the coolant, no loss, no excessive pressure in the vessel?