diesel,smelly smokey start.

[driffty]

hi,i have a fiat ulysse 2ltr.its done 80k and i think was an addisonlee taxi before!!!!
when i start it up in the morning there is a lot of black smelley smoke.
i did an oil change recently that helped a bit.
i was wondering if theres some additive i can put in the tank to help things.
im pretty useless mechanicaly so i wont be getting to far under the bonnet,
any help very welcome.
neil

[Krypton]

got this from another forum. im mechanically thick as well, but i i have used a haynes m,anual for my motors in the past with not too much trouble. this advice and the haynes manual for yours may well do the trick me old mucker
Hi Guys
Thought I would post this for benefit of others who may have a smokey Uly.

Mine was black smoke on start up and accelleration, quite a cloudful James Bond would be impressed.

I took the air mass regulator off the air box and cleaned it with brake cleaner spray and used a cotton wool bud to carefully clean the heat strips. They were covered in soot and a film of oil.

Then opened the diesel
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(http://www.fiatforum.com/#)filter and drained off the contents and added Forte diesel cleaner neat (available on e bay) replaced the filter.
Started the engine and revved it high to see it belch out a huge plume of black smoke which stained the roadway.
Took it out for a blast and now it runs totally without any smoke and is more responsive.

Hope this helps as it was a cheap fix rather than replacing the air mass reg and injectors.
Fingers crossed it stays clean.

[Mjolinor]

Not familiar with your specific model but normally on a diesel that may indicate one or more bad heater plugs. Being black may mean over fuelling, it may be that someone has tinkered with the fuel settings.