What Causes Engine Oil Leakage and Smoke Emission?
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Engine oil leakage and smoke emission can be attributed to the following reasons: Aging and hardening of sealing rings: Over 90% of oil leakage issues are caused by rubber sealing rings losing a significant amount of plasticizers and softeners due to prolonged exposure to alternating cold and warm temperatures, leading to corrosion, aging, and hardening. Incomplete combustion: A small injection advance angle results in incomplete combustion, slight water leakage in the cylinder liner, or water presence in the fuel, causing white smoke emission during cold starts, which disappears as the engine temperature rises. Smoke limiter failure: Air-fuel ratio imbalance, decreased cylinder pressure, premature fuel injection timing, failure of the smoke limiter on the fuel injection pump, malfunctioning exhaust brake system, engine cylinder liner wear, piston ring sticking, misalignment, aging and deformation of valve sealing rings, or excessive valve guide clearance.