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  1. J

    Steam (white smoke) on start-up - Cherokee (Liberty) 2.8CRD

    Well the mystery continues. I tried starting it up and running it for a few minutes on tickover then carefully removed the cap to the reservoir. No pressure and no bubbles. There's no mayonnaise in the oil filler cap and no sign of water in the engine oil, the level of which has not risen...
  2. J

    Steam (white smoke) on start-up - Cherokee (Liberty) 2.8CRD

    Thanks for that. Subject to the weather I'll try that tomorrow. A friend also suggested that whitish smoke can be over-fuelling of diesel.
  3. J

    Steam (white smoke) on start-up - Cherokee (Liberty) 2.8CRD

    In any case wouldn't running the engine, which I have done, do the same thing? No bubbles were apparent.
  4. J

    Steam (white smoke) on start-up - Cherokee (Liberty) 2.8CRD

    Thanks for that. I'm not sure how I could do that as Diesels run at a very high compression so I assume I would need an adaptor to fit either the injector or the glow plug threads and the line from my compressor. Unless someone has an idea how I could do this?
  5. J

    Steam (white smoke) on start-up - Cherokee (Liberty) 2.8CRD

    Hi there. I have just joined so I apologise if this subject has come up before. I bought this vehicle last Autumn and one of the first things I noticed was that it didn't have antifreeze, so I drained it and refilled with a -25C antifreeze - I am in southwest France and even in January it...
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