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I (always) do the same thing, but with the rubber friendly grease, the silicone one :cool:

Edit: Not 100 gr, but 100 ml. Well, if you are not converting it, maybe it's a liter :) If yes, it's a 3.38 oz. :)

1500 km - 100 gr.

No, no difference.

Coolant on the same level for years. Diesel purge used a couple of years ago, independently of the problem with the smoke... the smoke is present after parking the car downhill, never uphill.

Valve cover gasket in perfect condition, no even smallest leaks. The oil smell comes from the exhaust pipe smoke.

All the gurus are on vacation, eh?

1. Is it water cooled? I think not mine and egr is off already two years. Engine was smoking before egr turn off too. 2. It smells like an oil.

Why is my car smoking always when it is parked downhill?! Starting the engine after some time, the smoke makes such a horror... It smokes like somebody burned a tire (but smoke is white)! I need some good accel. pedal flooring and some 10 miles drive to rid off of the smoke. Drivers behind me...

I was just checking all my threads and found out that I "didn't end properly" this one, I forgot to inform you after solving the problem. So, machining the rotors w/o taking them off solved the vibration problems, but... ...replacing the wheel hubs (new ones!) made my braking nightmares to...

Yesterday I had a 200mi combined city/open road trip. Rpms normal, glow plug light behaving normal also, outside temp around 95°F, so I can confirm: one of the problems causing incorrect gp on/off light and high rpms at idle is the broken coolant temperature sensor! CTS part# 357919501A

Today and yesterday, 50 miles, all is ok. I think I can "close" this post with conclusion that the broken coolant temperature sensor can cause the problem described in my first post. Thanks for the help to all of you guys!

Another 40 miles today, same weather, city drive... no high rpms, yay! Test is continuing tomorrow.

I have already did what I did, described in my previous post, that's it.

40 miles today, downtown, hot weather +95°F, engine works like a charm... no high rpms. Continuing test to the end of the week.