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Q: What can cause grey smoke from the exhaust on a diesel?
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What causes diesel to emit white-grey smoke from exhaust when starting and revving engine?

Injectors, timing, low cylinder pressure.


What color exhaust smoke is caused by carbon?

black,grey


What cause grey smoke for the exhaust when being revved up?

its not always a bad thing its just your oil usually when the engine is still cold


What causes grey smoke from your exhaust when idling?

Black smoke means you're burning fuel, blue smoke, you're burning oil, white smoke, you're burning coolant.


What can cause blue grey smoke from the exhaust?

You're burning oil. either your piston seals are not working or you have other seals that have gone bad resulting in oil entering the combustion chamber.


What causes gray smoke from exhaust?

grey exhaust smoke is caused by your engine burning oil during the combustion process. this could be caused by a piston ring that doesnt properly seal, or another leak in your engine.


What would cause your car engine to smell like fuel and spit fuel from the exhaust with grey smoke?

The carburetor needs calibration or changing of possibly defective part, for example, gasket or needles.


Why would gas smoke come out of the exhaust on a 96 Chevy s10 blazer after a tune up?

Why is smoke coming out of my 96 s10 oil fill and exaust blowing grey smoke


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What is wrong with Isuzu trooper 3.0 dt idling up and down and white grey smoke from exhaust?

Sounds like you need a ring job, white/grey smoke from the exhaust usually means oil is burning in your engine. Your engine may need a tune up or a compression check, bring it in to your mechanic.


Why does my 1994 Honda Civic EX blowing grey smoke out of the exhaust?

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What would cause a engine to smoke?

Literally hundreds of things could cause unusual exhaust color/smoke. To help, here's the general idea of colors and causes: Blue/grey- Burning Oil White-Burning Coolant (and in some cases transmission fluid) Black- Burning Excessive Fuel Hope that helped