440 pouring smoke :(

[loftlex]

i have sorted the interior lights, and the wing mirror, and the rear lights

now when i picked up the kids from school changed to 2nd gear and no power but shed loads of smoke pourning out of the back....

i recently had it serviced where they changed the plugs and filters etc,, so i dont know what is wrong with it......

any ideas ????

i just called my mechanic mate,, but he hasent got back to me yet,, and i have some things to do tonight....

Help,,,, again.... ffs

[Mark480]

Hello again mate!

This car isn't being nice to you! I say kill it before it kills you! Cut your losses and sell it, squash it or drive it into a lake! You've got a list of problems longer than your arm and 2 problems appear for every 1 you fix! It's not worth the stress and hassle this car is giving you!

[the hoff]

whaT COLOUR SMOKE ARE WE TALKING

[loftlex]

it was light grey,

there is a story behind this,, when i got the car the bloke i bought it of had a wonderful story about him buying the car as a fixer upper for his mum,, blah blah blah...

when i first asked about the car he said it was a 1.6 diesel

after ringing to get an insurance quote i phoned him to tell him it was petrol..... he was sure it was diesel so he got the V5 out and conferemd it was petrol

i asked him straight away if he had put diesel in the car,, he said no way...

the car had over half a tank of fuel and was runing fine till yesterday when the fuel light came on...

i went to asda and put £5 of petrol in the car, thats when the smoke started coming out of the car..

my mechanic mate phoned me and suggested putting another £10 of petrol in the car and some redex, the smoke carried on coming out of the car for about 15 mins, and now its fine, and i have got the power back.....

my mechanic mate recons the previous owner must have put some diesel in with the petrol,, thats why there was half a tank of fuel in the car...
so the previous owner tried to shaft me......

and now hopefully its all sorted... (for now)

i have only a bit of smoke at turn over and my power is back,,,,

i like the car too much to scrap it lol

so does anyone think it was what my mechanic mate said it was ?????

Ta lol

[the hoff]

yes thats probably the cause reakon the geezer put a certain amount of deisel in then realised it was petrol and topped up with petrol aas diesel is heavier w3hen it got low it pulled through the diesel happy motoring anyway !!!!!!!

[PNuT]

lmao.... this thread reminds me ov the clowns you get in halfords

me: i want some spark plugs

them: is it petrol or diesel

me: by then

is true,i ask for exhaust rubbers,told,what that?like im thick or something