Cars Q&A

Hii Nc
I want to ask you something is your safari having a Delhi Registration and Silver in colour ???? i had sold mine in 2007 because of ploblem related to this only.
kindly send me the details such as Registration no and colour etc may be i can help you.
Thanks

Hi Sudhanshu!!

Mine is a black coloured Chandigarh registered. What surprises me is there is no smoke at 2000-3000 Rpm at even
150Km/hr.

From what you have stated it seems that there is excess supply of diesel the vehicle must be having a poor average per litre of diesel .the earlier version of safari had this problem of black smoke whenever there is some load on the engine specially with ac on.you will have to get the complete injection system checked there many good mechanics of safari in chd.

Hi,
One quick thought and question.

Even if your Safari emits the same amount of smoke at a higher speed say 150Km/hr, you may not bee able to notice it. Because, it gets diluted in air fast in that speed. So dont go for a decision with visual effect. Did u ever try to see the smoke volume in the night in the headlights of a following vehicle?.. say a car. The smoke is more visible than in the day time. I lerned it from my Yamaha RX [While i was using some low cost oil with petrol].

My feeling is The smoke volume may be the same in all speeds for a purticular RPM. So better get it checked as Rajiv said

HI THE QUESTION IS VERY GENUINE,ONE I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR QUITE A TIME NOW.THE BEST WAY TO ATLEAST LESSEN THE BLACK SMOKE WOULD BE TO ADD FLUSH TO THE OLD ENGINE OIL AND START THE VEHICLE ALLOWING THE FLUSH TO CIRCULATE INSIDE THE ENGINE.THIS WOULD DO SOME GOOD FOR THE CAUSE.IF NOT ITS BETTER NOT TO WASTE MONEY ON CHECKING ...CHECKING AND GOING TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE FOR ADVICE.HOPE THIS MAY HELP...THANKS.

Dude im auto engg
The thick clack smoke is due to heavy load condition at low speed
This means that u drive ur vehicle in a higher gear at low speed regularle
Check for worn piston rings and crankshaft bearings
Check for worn piston or cylinder block

79000kms in 14 months without trouble only timely service and belts changed .far better and easy to drive than the older version.have done 2200kms in 2 days going upto 160kms plus on open streches.i luv my safari.

Dear All,
I was looking for a good deal and I guess I got one,
I sold off my Safari 147Kms done Feb 2007 @ 385K. I need a suggesion, I have owned all the SUV's in sub 10Lacs bracket ie Scorpio, Innova and Safari and found Safari to be the best in all respects. Kindly suggest about 2.2GX model.

Regards
Nc