Hi All
First post here and apologies if this is not in the right forum.
I've bought an Audi Q5 s line 2 litre TDI around 4 months ago...160k on the clock . For the last few weeks the car has been intermittently producing white/greyish smoke from the exhaust. There is also a pungent smell when this happens that smells like diesel.
I was advised to add some dpf cleaner which ive done but hasnt made any difference. Ive just had it into the garage and they they only found an issue with the glowplugs which have been replaced but the smoke still exists.
The coolant level is fine and ckbtakns no oil and alsk the enhine oil is fine so I assume isnt dropping as I havent put any in.
The car to be fair us used on very short journeys mostly by my partner so not sure if this isnt helping matters. The mechanic at the garage advised me yo use ultkmate shell or bp fuel and monitor for a month? Does anyone have an idea of what could be wrong or is this normal for a high mileage car of this type?
Just to add ive noticed when the car is not producing smoke its idling at 900 rpm but when it produces smoke it idles at just under 1k rpm
Any help/advice would be much
appreciated.
Thanks
Dave
First post here and apologies if this is not in the right forum.
I've bought an Audi Q5 s line 2 litre TDI around 4 months ago...160k on the clock . For the last few weeks the car has been intermittently producing white/greyish smoke from the exhaust. There is also a pungent smell when this happens that smells like diesel.
I was advised to add some dpf cleaner which ive done but hasnt made any difference. Ive just had it into the garage and they they only found an issue with the glowplugs which have been replaced but the smoke still exists.
The coolant level is fine and ckbtakns no oil and alsk the enhine oil is fine so I assume isnt dropping as I havent put any in.
The car to be fair us used on very short journeys mostly by my partner so not sure if this isnt helping matters. The mechanic at the garage advised me yo use ultkmate shell or bp fuel and monitor for a month? Does anyone have an idea of what could be wrong or is this normal for a high mileage car of this type?
Just to add ive noticed when the car is not producing smoke its idling at 900 rpm but when it produces smoke it idles at just under 1k rpm
Any help/advice would be much
appreciated.
Thanks
Dave
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