2003 Rover 75 smoking

Car: Rover 75
Year: 2003
Variant: mg zt 1.8 turbo
Categories: Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss
i have just bought a my mg zt 1.8 turbo petrol and it as started smoking when i drive it the smoke is white and smells like burning oil it still drives ok
Posted: Dec 23, 2011 (12 years ago)
These cars are notorious for cylinder head faults,gasket,cracked head,You could check the spark plugs are all the same colour as a starting point
Posted Dec 23, 2011 (12 years ago)
if not head gasket you could be looking at a turbo fault
Posted Dec 23, 2011 (12 years ago)
sounds like head gasget but just incase check water and oil levels to see if they do change alot
Posted Dec 26, 2011 (12 years ago)

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