[Vwdiesel] Quantum Diesel Parts Needed

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

  Give the smoke a sniff.  That'll tell you a lot.  If it smells sweet, you 
have a 
leaking head gasket again.  If it smells mostly like diesel, you have 
unburned 
fuel, which at startup, in cold or cool weather, is usually accompanied by 
one 
cylinder "missing" and is generally a bad glow plug and possibly, but less 
likely, 
an injector.
  If it smells like burned oil, then valve stem seals, turbo seal, (not 
highly likely) 
or as I experienced once, rings.
  Unlikely your timing's off since it was a sudden change.  A bad injector 
(really 
bad) will make much more knocking in its cylinder.  It can sound like a bad 

rod bearing.
    Loren


In a message dated 1/21/2011 8:18:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
ub3ratl4sf00 at gmail.com writes:

> Low compression, burning oil, burning coolant, there are a number of 
> things
> 
> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Gerald Hughet <ghughet at hotmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> >
> >A week or so ago, the engine started smoking bad at start up 
> and,sometimes,
> >at idle.  I assumed it was one injector leaking.  What else could be 
> causing
> >this smoking?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Gerry
> >Indianapolis
>