This may be a long post but would love any help please
300tdi auto .first I had a starting problem on a morning which seemed like glow plugs so I took them out and checked them and found 2 failed so I replaced the set ,no better next morning ,after the first start it would start fine the rest of the day,mornings spent ages cranking before firing then clouds of smoke and would go great with loads of power. Once started would run great not using any oil or water. put up with it for a while then decided to delve deeper. Thought it may be pump timing after reading about the woodruf key in the crank pulley so fitted a new timing belt kit and crank pulley, carried out a compression test all 4 seemed ok ,reset the valve clearances, replaced the fuel line from the tank and fitted a non return valve in the line ,fitted an electric lift pump ,fitted a new battery as it seemed slown to crank ,cleaned all the earth piont and fitted a new direct earth cable to the engine, still no good then another problem not only difficult to start but once started it would not pick up on the road ,it would run fine in the garage but had no power when driving, forgot also had the injectors tested in case they were dribiling ,tested ok ,
So deceided to buy an injection pump and set of injectors (second hand but was assured they were fine) ,fitted them and it seemed to start ok after bleeding the fuel system so thought that was it fixed then after a run of about 10 miles stopped it for an hour to visit my parents when I tried to start it it cranked for ages until it started but it ran fine home ,stopped it again to open the garage door restarted it and now it has what can only be described as a missfire and won't rev ,cracked injectors off and all seem to be getting fuel but when I try to rev it it just pops and bangs ,checked the pump stop switch and it's working fine,
I now think it may be an electrical fault ,sensor or ecu .
Can any one tell me the location of the engine speed sensor ?
And does any one know of anyone in the chester le street area with mobile diagnostic equipment to check the electronics even though there is no engine managment light on,
I checked the 4th injector for resistance as its the timing injector and it check ok at 98ohms
also is it correct that when the ignition is switched on the injection pump can be herd running all the time
totaly fed up now but need to fix it as I realy like the old tank
said it would be a long one so thanks for readihg this far
any ideas would be gratefully appreciated
looks like war and peace
300tdi auto .first I had a starting problem on a morning which seemed like glow plugs so I took them out and checked them and found 2 failed so I replaced the set ,no better next morning ,after the first start it would start fine the rest of the day,mornings spent ages cranking before firing then clouds of smoke and would go great with loads of power. Once started would run great not using any oil or water. put up with it for a while then decided to delve deeper. Thought it may be pump timing after reading about the woodruf key in the crank pulley so fitted a new timing belt kit and crank pulley, carried out a compression test all 4 seemed ok ,reset the valve clearances, replaced the fuel line from the tank and fitted a non return valve in the line ,fitted an electric lift pump ,fitted a new battery as it seemed slown to crank ,cleaned all the earth piont and fitted a new direct earth cable to the engine, still no good then another problem not only difficult to start but once started it would not pick up on the road ,it would run fine in the garage but had no power when driving, forgot also had the injectors tested in case they were dribiling ,tested ok ,
So deceided to buy an injection pump and set of injectors (second hand but was assured they were fine) ,fitted them and it seemed to start ok after bleeding the fuel system so thought that was it fixed then after a run of about 10 miles stopped it for an hour to visit my parents when I tried to start it it cranked for ages until it started but it ran fine home ,stopped it again to open the garage door restarted it and now it has what can only be described as a missfire and won't rev ,cracked injectors off and all seem to be getting fuel but when I try to rev it it just pops and bangs ,checked the pump stop switch and it's working fine,
I now think it may be an electrical fault ,sensor or ecu .
Can any one tell me the location of the engine speed sensor ?
And does any one know of anyone in the chester le street area with mobile diagnostic equipment to check the electronics even though there is no engine managment light on,
I checked the 4th injector for resistance as its the timing injector and it check ok at 98ohms
also is it correct that when the ignition is switched on the injection pump can be herd running all the time
totaly fed up now but need to fix it as I realy like the old tank
said it would be a long one so thanks for readihg this far
any ideas would be gratefully appreciated
looks like war and peace