black smoke

[hayze]

hi every body i have a s reg 190 lwb it passed its mot in january but ive noticed when i put my foot down i get black smoke is this some thing to worry about or is it easerly fixed hoe its not bad news

[matthew2riches]

Is it a turbo? Cleaned the EGR recently?

[hayze]

no its not a turbo mate it dosant seem to do it all the time would changeing the air filter and oil filter and a change of oil make any differants mate

[Altransit]

no its not a turbo mate it dosant seem to do it all the time would changeing the air filter and oil filter and a change of oil make any differants mate

I would certainly do all of that before looking any further

How old is the timing belt

[matthew2riches]

I guess it just needs a bloody good service

[hayze]

timeing belt was fitted about 11 months is it easy to do a services myself and what would i need to do please

[sideshow_bill]

Basic service is easy if a bit messy!
You should change the oil, oil filter, fuel filter and air filter.
I would stick some injector cleaner in the tank too and take it for a blast to clean up the system.

[hayze]

thanks to every one ill have ago at serviceing her what would be the best thing to put in the desil to give her a good clean out and one more thing what colour white would my van be ive tryed dimond white on a repair i have done but it looks off white compared to my van if any one could help please

[Altransit]

thanks to every one ill have ago at serviceing her what would be the best thing to put in the desil to give her a good clean out

"Forte" is the best stuff, fill the new diesel filter with it when you do the service

and one more thing what colour white would my van be ive tryed dimond white on a repair i have done but it looks off white compared to my van if any one could help please

A white MK5 will be diamond white, but there are many shades of this "colour"

[doughythevanman]

If it was me i would go for the slick 50 double pack. Once you have done the service add the oil bottle to your oil and then add the fuel additive to a 3/4 or full tank of derv and it shold be fine. I always use this as it seems to bring engines back from their death!! It is a litle costly @ £20 ish but well worth the expenditure!

[hayze]

thanks every body for the advice will let you all know how i get on what a great site loads of info and very helpful peaple thanks

[djc151084]

thanks to every one ill have ago at serviceing her what would be the best thing to put in the desil to give her a good clean out and one more thing what colour white would my van be ive tryed dimond white on a repair i have done but it looks off white compared to my van if any one could help please

I used halfords make diomand white on my van when i first had it and it was a very good mach

[hayze]

i got dimond white from halfords but it just doesn't look wright so im not sure what shade of white it is do ford do any other white for a mk 5 my mate has a mk5 and when its next to mine his looks dirty but he used dimond white on his van

[djc151084]

i got dimond white from halfords but it just doesn't look wright so im not sure what shade of white it is do ford do any other white for a mk 5 my mate has a mk5 and when its next to mine his looks dirty but he used dimond white on his van

Maybe your van has had a respray in the past with a diffrent shade of white other than the standerd

[hayze]

thanks all going to do a services my van next week and may be my van has had a respray ill see if i can get a match and thanks all again great site