Carl Gibbs

Did it, I knocked on the door. The guy barely spoke English. After a bit of deliberating I managed to get the message across and offered him a grand. He though about it and said no. Its difficult to have a negotiable conversation with him unfortunately, but may go back in a few days and try a bit more.

Squeeze

Windsor 🏰

Purchase

Purpose

Fantastic taste in cars!! Well done, and welcome to the club

Strange, I always thought that the light would come on when the glow plugs were warming up. 

If the car is not starting, then maybe the glow plugs are all out and not warming up, hence no light, however, this seems strange that all of them would go together.

What mileage is on the car and is there any service history of glow plugs replacement?

I have the pleasure of driving my XF along the M4 and M5 for approx 130 miles each way, regularly to collect my children and feel that this keeps my DPF in good order.

However, I was always under the impression that a car should rev at around 2500 to give the exhaust and DPF system a good blow out, my XF will do 2000 at 90MPH and although I would love to go considerably faster, I cant get the car to sit steadily at 2500 rpm.  If I do 70mph the car sits at approx 1800 RPM.

I have tried using the paddles on the motorway, but after a few miles the car naturally reverts to automatic mode. Is there a way of turning this off?

I had a similar issue. All I did was turn the automatic settings on and off a few times and it seemed to work. 

Not saying this will help, but worth a try?

Jigsaw

Mystery

Somewhere

Request

Welcome to the club Chris

Welcomer to the group. Sounds interesting. It would be great to see some pictures and get updates on progress.

Force

Size

manual

interface

operative

Mars

Ground

Welcome to the group Keith

Welcome to the group. Car looks lovely and the guys on here are incredibly helpful and knowledgeable.

Welcome to the group Brent.

I was always of the understanding that:

Black Smoke = Fuel Issues

White smoke = water issues

Blue smoke = Oil issues.

I guess the garage sorting out the loose collar may have helped the blue smoke, but still seems a very strange place to see blue smoke appear from. Blue smoke and a smell of diesel is quite concerning. Didi you take the car to a dealer or a local garage?