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    Default Anyone able to help. White Smoke when I start the car wont rev out.

    Hi All. Am relatively new to this forum and am looking for some help if you can at all.
    I have a vectra c sri 150 Cdti. Have been having problem after problem with it and am now at my wits end. Start a new job next week and really need it running.
    Have just replaced the rocker cover two weeks ago and since I got it back it is running really poor.
    Heres the symptoms - When I start the car I get a huge amount of white smoke and the car is running very poorly. Wont rev out right. Have cleaned the throttle body and egr valve. Have new egr valve ordered as the previous owner had it drilled out.
    I had to reattach the swirl valve bar this evening but this made no difference.
    It is pulling up P2279 on the code reader.
    I would really appreciate some help from you guys. Thanks in advance.

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    Does the glow plug light come on before you start it (and do you wait for it to go out), and does the car use any oil / coolant?

    When was the fuel filter last changed? Check all vac pipes and change the EGR. Clean the boost sensor too
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    Does the white smoke smell of diesel?

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    P2279 = Intake Air System Leak

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    Hi Lads. Smoke does smell of fuel. Changed the fuel filter about 6 weeks ago. The glow plug light comes on for about 2 seconds when i turn on the ignition. No problems starting the car.

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    do you have a car spanner light for any length og time? say 30-60 seconds after start up. or is it on all of the time?

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    No spanner light after I start the car. The engine management light is on. Tried clearing the P2279 fault but it re-appears. There is one of the 6mm bolts on the egr valve missing as the thread is rung on the intake manifold. would this cause the problem. Has been like this though for the previous two years we have the car with no faults.

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    Mine occasionally chucks out whitish smoke courtesy of a partially removed DPF - doesnt throw up any errors though. When mine was being tempremental, I started at one point and worked on individula things, checking for codes as I was working. Makes it easier to pinpoint problematic parts. Hope this advice helps. Dont dive in and do everything at once, do one thing at a time and see what progress you make.

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    I would not have thought so. Try a little silicon gasket to seal it.

    Start with the simple stuff examine all of the pipe work for splits. check the air box/filter aint clogged. you seem to have a air fuel mix problem. overfueling.

    is the white smoke still there when the engine is hot?

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    Cheers lads. White smoke disappears after about ten minutes of driving/ crawling. Wont rev out at all and really struggles for power.

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