White Smoke while idling

Here you go a video.

Hello, I am Danny.

Just a quick question. Does it do this all the time or does the smoke go away? I have attached a tutorial for you to view. Hope this helps and hope to hear back soon. Thanks for using 2CarPros.
Danny-

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/white-smoke-or-steam-coming-from-the-exhaust-pipe

It does that every time sometimes it stops for a few minutes and then starts again.

Hello again.
How many miles are on the vehicle?
Danny-

118,000.

But the thing is when you start the car in the morning it does not smoke for a few minutes and then the smoke starts.

This can be normal, after the car is warmed up and you have been driving for a while do you see what smoke/steam? Thanks for the video it helps. Also, has the coolant level been low at all?

This guide can help as well.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/head-gasket-blown-test

Please run down this guide and report back.

Cheers, Ken

Thanks for answering back. The car does not lose any coolant or does not burn oil at all. When you are revving the car the smoke goes away as long as you idle it back the car starts smoking as shown on the video.

It is like a blue smoke not white.

If the smoke is blue (hard to tell from the video it looks white to me) these cars had problems with the oil drain back holes in the cylinder heads getting clogged causing the engine oil to fill the cylinders heads and leak down the valve stems seals and into the combustion chamber. Can you remove the oil cap and use flashlight to see how much build up there is? Send a video if you can so we can see. Can I ask if the smoke ever goes away?

Yes, the smoke goes away.

Here you go.

Yep, you can see the build up inside the cylinder head. Lets remove the valve cover and take another video to confirm the issue. Here is a guide to help us get started:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/replace-valve-cover-gasket

Please let us know what you find.

Cheers, Ken

I cleaned the EGR Valve and the car smokes less and the smoke goes away.

Were you able to get the valve cover off?

Yes, I took it off and I cleaned that and now the car smokes less.The car when it is smoking it feels like it is shaking. It did this and before and I cleaned throttle body. I think something might be choking the car I need to clean the intake manifold as well but that requires a lot of work and I do not have enough tools to do that.

But the car feels like it is choking only when it is idling and the smoke starts.

I am wondering if you have contaminated fuel? Has the car done this for along time or did it just start? Also, lets run the codes to see if anything comes up.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/checking-a-service-engine-soon-or-check-engine-light-on-or-flashing

Please run down this guide and report back.

Cheers, Ken

I do not know for how long the car has smoking because I bought it few months ago so I have no idea about it. I am thinking to buy an OBD eleven is that a good code reader? Thanks

Any reader that can pull codes is good. Lets start there and see what comes up.

Okay thank you. I will let you know.

Please do we are inserted to see what it is.

I did, I payed to get a diagnose and they said nothing comes up. Injectors are okay. They are saying that it could be EGR valve the electric part does not work.

Can you pull the spark plugs out and get a picture of the electrodes for me? I want to see if it is one cylinder are all of them. Please keep the plugs in line with the cylinder there were removed from.

It is a diesel mate does not have spark plug.

My bad, I have seen low fuel pressure and fuel contamination cause this issue as well. You say it does not lose coolant? Looking at the video again it looks like coolant or normal condensation. Does it go away when warm?

Sometimes it does go away and it does not lose any coolant or burn oil at all. I changed the oil before four month and I have not received any oil loss so I do not really know what is wrong with it.

If the smoke/steam goes away when hot then the steam is normal. Are there any other problems you see besides the steam?

Sometimes the smoke goes away and it is blue not white. White it is steam in the morning only but blue smoke, sometimes it goes away after warmed up, or it gets worse.

It sounds like you have a broken oil control ring on one or more of the pistons. Can you touch inside the exhaust pipe (cold) and see if it is oily?

No it is not oily at all. Could that happen from a bad glow plug or bad oil use ? Or I do not know.

I do not think a glow plug would cause it. More like water in the fuel. When is the last time you changed the filters?

I changed them a month ago.

It is all sorted. It had to do with the torsion value at the timing belt.

Torsion value? Not sure what this is? Also was the timing belt off a tooth?

Hmm, it is adjusting the camshaft.

It sounds like the camshaft actuator, good find on that. Nice work, we are here to help, please use 2CarPros anytime.

Cheers, Ken

But the thing is like mpg it’s decreased but the fuel economy still the same as before ?

The MPG should be better give it a bit to relearn and recheck in a few days.

Okay thank you. I hope that would be hopeful. ;)