dlt1617 Posted November 21, 2011 Report Posted November 21, 2011 My turbo charger unfortunately went recently, since it's replacement I've had an intermitant misfire on cylinder 4 at idle , the engine starts from cold and smokes excessively (smells of diesel not oil)but then stops as it warms up. I've replaced the injector harness and swopped a secondhand injector in but the new injector readings are worse than the old. The odd thing is the engine still pulls well and is not always lumpy at idle.Next step is too test the compressions but here's the question how do you do that on one of these engines as I'm a petrol guy so new to diesel, with an adaptor onto the glow plug hole was one thought but am I right also anyone got any other ideasd on the problem? Best wishes Dave Oh and one other thought new seals for the injector and the retaining bolts for replacing it came to 50 quid (quite a bit more than I thought!) Quote
dlt1617 Posted November 29, 2011 Author Report Posted November 29, 2011 Sorry to bump my own post, Ive bought a compression tester from e-bay so I'll hopefully have some results to report shortly as to lack of compression or not Dave Quote
dlt1617 Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Posted January 9, 2012 The injector on cylinder 4 was replaced and also wiring harness to the injectors, also removed the sump and the rods looked fine eventually paid for the compression test to be done at a local garage as the one I bought of e-bay was rubbish.Cylinder 4 was 300 psi when the others ranged from 400 - 450 psiSecond hand engine now awaiting fitting!A WORD OF WARNING......IF YOUR TURBO GOES AND IT MISFIRES AFTER IT COULD BE A BENT ROD! GOOD LUCK Dave Quote
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