white smoke

2002 FORD MONDEO
10,700 MILES
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KLONGHURST
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hi i have a 02 ford mondeo tddi and today there is a lot of white smoke coming from the exhuast and i have no power the car has done 107,000 miles but i dont know when the last service was as it was a private sale is this gonna cost me a lot of money to fix also i can smell burning
Oct 2, 2012 at 2:28 PM
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ASEMASTER6371
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white is burning coolant. have it checked for a blown head gasket.

Roy
Oct 2, 2012 at 2:37 PM
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KLONGHURST
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silly question but how do you check blown head gasket if you mean is there oil around the head then i cant see any visible oil as engine is quite clean
Oct 2, 2012 at 2:47 PM
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no, internal. you need someone to do a leak down test to confirm the failure.

Roy
Oct 2, 2012 at 2:58 PM