TD5 struggles to start

tractorman said:

Hi all - back after a long TD5 absence and its already testing my patience!

Bought her a couple of months back, and when i start it from cold i have to keep the key turned for about 5 secs with the throttle pedal right down, then she fires up at very low revs, with white smoke pouring out the back that stinks of diesel. This lasts about 20 secs. When she makes it to idling speed the throttle response is very poor and have to give it a boot to get it moving. Once started its absolutely fine, and starts straight away but after its been left about 2 or 3 hours the same happens.

It's been in the garage and so far had:
Injector harness
Injector seals
Glow plugs
ECU
Fuel filter
Air filter
MAF sensor
Crank sensor checked and all ok there, same with coolant temp sensor.

These have made no difference, but since these have been done after an upchange there isn't much power for a second or so.

If i do a fuel purge first thing in the morning it does the same, but starts to run fine a bit quicker.

So i want to pick some of your more experienced brains to see what you could recommend, as starting run out of money and patience!

Cheers, TM

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