Hey everyone, I'm hoping that someone can give me a bit of perspective on what's going on with my LR3 before I take it to the local shop (or determine that it needs to go to the dealer).
I have an '05 LR3 V8 with 128K on it. Has run great so far...
About 3 weeks ago, I jumped in the vehicle and started it after it was sitting for about 2 hours and noticed what appeared to be a cloud of white smoke out my rear view mirror, which seemed odd, as I've never seen it before, but didn't smell anything when I stepped outside the vehicle.
Then about a week ago, it did it again, and it left a 'lingering' cloud (as if burning fluids) that smelled more like oil than the sweet smell of coolant. Vehicle was sitting overnight.
Today, after the vehicle sat 4 days at the airport, I had a similar cloud, smelled clearly like oil, but the 'cloud' of smoke wasn't as big as the last 2 times. Moreover, after driving about 15 min through city, I pulled away from the stop light and the vehicle seemed to just lag with the pedal 1/2 to the floor, and then I got an 'engine fault' and the vehicle wouldn't go over 30.
I parked for a few mins, restarted, and it was fine on the 2hr drive home. Checked the oil and put in a quart of 5w/30, as it was reading a bit low after sitting at the gas station for about 5 min on the way home. No smoke on startup at the gas station.
So, I'm wondering, based on the limited symptoms, is this something like rings/valves/etc (expensive) or something like yet another sensor or something that's leaking things into places it shouldn't be? Has anyone experienced this before?
Thanks for any guidance...
I have an '05 LR3 V8 with 128K on it. Has run great so far...
About 3 weeks ago, I jumped in the vehicle and started it after it was sitting for about 2 hours and noticed what appeared to be a cloud of white smoke out my rear view mirror, which seemed odd, as I've never seen it before, but didn't smell anything when I stepped outside the vehicle.
Then about a week ago, it did it again, and it left a 'lingering' cloud (as if burning fluids) that smelled more like oil than the sweet smell of coolant. Vehicle was sitting overnight.
Today, after the vehicle sat 4 days at the airport, I had a similar cloud, smelled clearly like oil, but the 'cloud' of smoke wasn't as big as the last 2 times. Moreover, after driving about 15 min through city, I pulled away from the stop light and the vehicle seemed to just lag with the pedal 1/2 to the floor, and then I got an 'engine fault' and the vehicle wouldn't go over 30.
I parked for a few mins, restarted, and it was fine on the 2hr drive home. Checked the oil and put in a quart of 5w/30, as it was reading a bit low after sitting at the gas station for about 5 min on the way home. No smoke on startup at the gas station.
So, I'm wondering, based on the limited symptoms, is this something like rings/valves/etc (expensive) or something like yet another sensor or something that's leaking things into places it shouldn't be? Has anyone experienced this before?
Thanks for any guidance...
