Following on,
The need to check the timing is because she smokes on the little throttle overrun phase....
Thinking this could be FIP timing (most likely), Valve Stem Seals (quite possible) or Turbo Seals going (less likely)....I decided to take the intercooler to intake manifold hose off and give it a run about.
Heres a vid:
Then I recconnected the hose, heres the vid:
Seems like the smoke is the same, so this can almost remove the Turbo out of the equation so I am more convinced it is FIP timing as first cold start she fires on first turn of the key but smokes like a bitch and struggles to rev for about 30-40 seconds.
After the runs above, whilst parked up I revved up to about half throttle and back down again. She seems a bit lumpy at the midpoint and very smokey. At idle she is clear as a bell, so I am more inclined to FIP timing issues rather than Stem Seals at the moment.....
Until I can time the pump, and find TDC I am p**sing in the wind at the moment. Once I know the pump is timed it is pointless fault finding anything else.
So to find TDC without removing the cover, would it be possible to use a DTI and rod through the No1 glow plug hole and find where the top is....?? But would I be at the mercy of piston being on the rock and never finding the true TDC of the crank?
Thoughts??
The need to check the timing is because she smokes on the little throttle overrun phase....
Thinking this could be FIP timing (most likely), Valve Stem Seals (quite possible) or Turbo Seals going (less likely)....I decided to take the intercooler to intake manifold hose off and give it a run about.
Heres a vid:
Then I recconnected the hose, heres the vid:
Seems like the smoke is the same, so this can almost remove the Turbo out of the equation so I am more convinced it is FIP timing as first cold start she fires on first turn of the key but smokes like a bitch and struggles to rev for about 30-40 seconds.
After the runs above, whilst parked up I revved up to about half throttle and back down again. She seems a bit lumpy at the midpoint and very smokey. At idle she is clear as a bell, so I am more inclined to FIP timing issues rather than Stem Seals at the moment.....
Until I can time the pump, and find TDC I am p**sing in the wind at the moment. Once I know the pump is timed it is pointless fault finding anything else.
So to find TDC without removing the cover, would it be possible to use a DTI and rod through the No1 glow plug hole and find where the top is....?? But would I be at the mercy of piston being on the rock and never finding the true TDC of the crank?
Thoughts??
