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If I am getting white smoke coming out the egr outlet pipe then I must be be igniting diesel, surely. But how could I be getting ignition if the engine won't start?
White smoke suggests it's not firing, but is vapour from the injected fuel.If I am getting white smoke coming out the egr outlet pipe then I must be be igniting diesel, surely. But how could I be getting ignition if the engine won't start?
good luck hope it goes well IanIt was playing up with difficulty starting and an odd noise. SO I took the injectors out to clean them and put them back and then got no start at all. I tried another set of injectors I had not touched, but same deal. Anyway, I am about to reseat the injectors in the video, but this time as firmly as possible. So will find out if it was lack of compression soon enough I guess.
good luck hope it goes well Ian
It is always hard to know what to do our td4 sometimes is hard to start, it fires goes to start and dies, sometimes it will take 3 or 4 goes to get it to start then white smoke as un-burnt fuel in system, clears after 30 seconds then is okay, has done it for over a year runs well can go a month with no problems then can do it 2 or 3 times in a row, need to spend some time on it but hard to find if not there all the time, so living with it,I think the fuel is running back into tank but not sure and do not want to make it worseThanks.
I had trouble starting it. Cranking as it is now but sometimes starting, sometimes not. When it started it was fine. That only happened a handful of times before I decided to clean the injectors.
I had previously had a smell of diesel in the cabin over some time. Sometimes there, sometimes not. Most had it when doing stop/start in town.
Together with that occasionally had what I'd call 'grumbling' noise. No idea where it was coming from Maybe what is called rough idle since it accompanied the smell of diesel on stop/start.
I put it down to leaking injector, which is why when car started to not start I decided to look at injectors.
It is always hard to know what to do our td4 sometimes is hard to start, it fires goes to start and dies, sometimes it will take 3 or 4 goes to get it to start then white smoke as un-burnt fuel in system, clears after 30 seconds then is okay, has done it for over a year runs well can go a month with no problems then can do it 2 or 3 times in a row, need to spend some time on it but hard to find if not there all the time, so living with it,I think the fuel is running back into tank but not sure and do not want to make it worse
Injector cleaners are just kerosene will a tiny amount of detergent added, so won't cause issues.
The injectors are spraying, so that eliminates anything fuel related.
Have you tried easy-start?
It might be worth a go, even if it eliminates the turbo or CAT being blocked.
That's a result
Maybe some effort yet - but running is a darned sight better that dead!
You didn't happen to get the blocks that hold the injectors in upside down by any chance ? There was a thread when someone did exactly that by accident, and therefore no seal or compression !!
It will start and idle just fine with the inlet manifold off.
However it won't run if the compression is leaking past the copper washers.
Glad it's finally running again.
Isn't there some innocuous bolt on the TD4, holds the engine cover or summat, that if its not in, and not in tight, opens a corridor for the engine oil to spew forth around the engine?
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