Another GTD Problem

Thanks for the help on the last problem, it turned out that the car would not start when it was warm because of a faulty temperature sensor for the glow plugs.

This time its a problem when its running! When it gets up to temperature it has a problem with it breathing quite heavily out of the cam cover breather. I didn't know if it could be related to a blocked breather somewhere else and maybe building up a bit of pressure and making the cam one smoke more. The only problem being is that I don't know where the other breather(s) are. If anyone could point me in the right direction it would be great! Or if I'm thinking in the complete wrong direction it would be good to know where to start looking. at the moment its making the car look like its overheating badly when parked up, and people keep trying to alert me to the fact that there is a load of smoke coming out of the bonnet! Thanks for any help in advance,

Travis

Hi;

I don't know much about the GTD engine specifics, but it must be basically the same as the normally aspirated diesel. If there's pressure building up in the cam cover it basically points to engine wear and / or blocked breathers.
There's a breather on my 1500D from the crank case to the cam cover, but I'm not sure I've seen it on later engines.
The pipe from the cam cover breather should be feeding straight back into the air filter housing, and not out into the engine compartment, so the oil vapour which builds up is recycled via the inlet manifold.
If there really is a lot of pressure, you could be looking at new piston rings.

Happy Hunting,
Robin