Peugeot 205 gl. i got it running but lots of white smoke and theres oil in the air filter?

My mates hubby put new glow plugs in but it still wouldnt start, so she gave it 2me. Now i charged the battery and got it going for a day then had 2recharge the battery..But since then theres been alot of white smoke when it starts so i took off the air filter(which wasnt connected properly) and its smothered in oil.. something just dosent look right either, what could be the problem...Peugeot 205 gl. i got it running but lots of white smoke and theres oil in the air filter?
Take it to the mechanicPeugeot 205 gl. i got it running but lots of white smoke and theres oil in the air filter?
White smoke in a DIESEL engine (which is what you have) is caused by insufficient heat being generated to ignite the fuel - air mix. This heat is usually provided by the 'glow plugs' which heat the mixture in the cylinders until ignition can occur. once the engine is running, they automatically switch off. It could be something as simple as a batch of faulty plugs. As for oil in the air filter, This could be something as simple as a blocked crankcase breather hose, I would replace the filter as a matter of course %26amp; monitor it over a few days - a bit of a pain, I know but it could indicate something more expensive occurring in the engine as other posters have suggested.
If your exhaust or catylitic converter is't plugged, your piston rings are worn out and the oil is pushing up into the combustion chamber, hence the white smoke out the exhaust, and the ';blowby into yhe air filter. The only other thing that can happen is that the ends of the piston rings are in line instead of staggered. This can happen over time but it is very rare. I have heard this happened with a bunch of Chevy truck engines. Idon't know if it was an assembly error from the factory or if the rings moved radially over a period of time by themselves. Odds say your rings are gone.
Your head gasket has blown!


When this happens, the oil and coolant mix, the white smoke is the coolant burning with the fuel, and the oil in the air filter is caused by oil blowing the wrong way down the air inlet.


If u look in ur coolant (header) tank u will most likely see it has brown gunk floating about.


It can be quite a big job depending on whether or not u have let the engine overheat or not.


The battery thing could be a separate problem, the alternator may have failed, or fan belt snapped, which would mean the batt gets no charge from the engine. not as big a problem as the head gasket tho...:-( condolences!!!
it sounds as if your engine isn`t breathing properly. check before thinking engine as had it.