Patman1200
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I had the same symptoms with a 200TDi upgrade I did for a mate a few months ago.
It was the timing.
I can swear hand on heart we put the new belt back in perfectly with all the tension in the right places and all the locking pins in.
To alter and test this we removed the Injection Pump 3 screw cover in the timing belt cover. Marked up the current timing with copydex and scratching timing marks into it.
Slackened off the 3 bolts that hold the pulley onto the end of the IP. Put on a good fitting socket onto the large nut in the middle and wacked it with a lump of wood. This alters the timing a few small degrees. Tighetened the 3 bolts and started the engine.
We did this a few times until we got a good idle and high speed run.
Don't forget the exhaust will smoke white for a long time as the old unburnt diesel lining the exhaust has to burn out with heat.
It was the timing.
I can swear hand on heart we put the new belt back in perfectly with all the tension in the right places and all the locking pins in.
To alter and test this we removed the Injection Pump 3 screw cover in the timing belt cover. Marked up the current timing with copydex and scratching timing marks into it.
Slackened off the 3 bolts that hold the pulley onto the end of the IP. Put on a good fitting socket onto the large nut in the middle and wacked it with a lump of wood. This alters the timing a few small degrees. Tighetened the 3 bolts and started the engine.
We did this a few times until we got a good idle and high speed run.
Don't forget the exhaust will smoke white for a long time as the old unburnt diesel lining the exhaust has to burn out with heat.
It conked out completely earlier after drawing soo much air into the fuel line.
