Hi

had a phonecall from a friend earlier, he was on the motorway in his Xr2 turbo technics when he noticed a lot of white smoke behind him, loss of power and when he pulled up, the carb was OVERFLOWING with petrol !!

car will not start now.


questions

1. Why would the carb fill/overfill with fuel?

2. White smoke is a sign of what ( fucked scale 1-10)?

3. sounds nasty to me but does anyone have a magic diagnosis before we can get to have a look in a couple of days time?

4. What problems would shitloads of fuel cause to the engine?

thanks for any ideas/replies


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its in a 1.6 cvh turbo technics fiesta

 

Always thought white smoke was turbo related

best of luck with it

 

turbo or water related mate

 

i said turbo striaight away when he phoned, but then he mentioned fuel pissing out of the carb, which is Very strange

 

Any blockages in the carb?

 

float jammed?

 

Ill let him know about the float in the carb, sounds like a promising lead....


cheers


any more suggestions?

 

Maybe a problem with the choke, but wudnt have thought that wud flood the carb to the extent u describe.

Did it cough and splutter before dying, or just die?

 

Adam, i posted this on xrtwo.com. theres a reply dan there, really knows his stuff.

in general section.

 

sounds like h-g / turbo to me.

and carb flooding will be another problem, normally due to faulty needle valve or too much fuel pressure.

 

thanks Bri & Dan also


will update as soon as i have more details