smoke from the fuel rail

when my fronty was off the road , i bought a volvo 850 to use till the fronty was repaired ,now i have a buyer for the volvo the problem is when i tried to start it there's smoke coming fron the fuel rail ,it was low on petrol so i put some in but it still wo,t start , it is turning over , and at one stage i thought i was gonna start , but no . any ideas guys

Sounds like something shorting out somewhere. Possibly a loose injector wire or similar if its in the area of the fuel rail

thanks mate will check it out tommorrow

Any smells to go with the smoke? Different smoke has different smells ya see.

well its got a slight petrol smell to it , not a strong smell , and the smoke is a grey colour :?:

Not plastic or an electrical smell then?

no mate , its really got me foxed , i don,t want to spend any cash on it as i advertised it as spares or repair , on fleabay . the guys coming for it tommorrow , but in the ad i didn,t say it was running , still if the guy does'nt want it i will just have to put it down to expereince and readvertise it , i would like to know what it is though just in case the fronty has the same problem

Could it be a cloud of vapourised petrol from a cracked fuel line/fitting ??

when i looked earlier there was a plastic pipe that was sitting on the engine just below the injectors i thought it was just a breather pipe , as the one end didn't seem to go anywhere , i wonder if thats it

It mat well be the answer to your problem,as if fuel is escaping the engine will be running lean,for starting from cold the engine needs a fuel rich mixture.Got to be worth a look I reckon if only for elimination purposes.

yep thats what was doing it , the bloke who bought it is a volvo spares / complete cars specialists , when he came to pick it up ,i showed him the pipe , and apparently it is a common fault with volvos , because the pipe sits on the engine it gets hot and as time goes by the pipe becomes brittle , thanks sir doris and A friend

Well done guys :well done: