alan_131 Posted August 11, 2012 Report Posted August 11, 2012 Ah ha - success. Chalk one more up for seatkid and one for yourself for persistence. Actually that should probably be more than one for persistence 5 pages and lots of experimentation in... Misfire I think usual advice is start with loom section from injectors to plug & associated connectors and cyl one is indeed cambelt end - but after this you might want to wait for seatkid.... Quote
biturbo.s4 Posted August 11, 2012 Author Report Posted August 11, 2012 Seatkid +1!! Loom looks ok, but should probably be first port of call.Although my thoughts are low compression not combusting the fuel properly. Engine does not use any water, but cant really rule out headgasket.Compression test would be ideal. Glow plug connector housing is snapped and upon whipping the plugs out, cylinder one looked very clean, where as the others looked heat worn (if that makes sense?) ;) Quote
alan_131 Posted August 14, 2012 Report Posted August 14, 2012 Read a writeup a while back on a vw forum where after doing a lot of extensive diagnosis the guy spotted diesel bubbling round the glow plugs - he'd only done them up finger tight after a rebuild... Maybe that plug has had very little duty because it's poorly connected or dud. Assume the PD is the same as older engines and the ecu runs the glowplugs for a bit after startup (not with the warning light on). Suppose if this is so, and you have one gp not working, might not run very smoothly at startup - whether this would be enough to flag a fault, no idea. I thought glow plug faults were monitored and flagged a dtc. Compression or leakdown test sounds like a good idea for peace of mind, if you're confident the issue isn't the loom/injector. As each injector is independently controlled, there's a fair amount of wire from ecu to injector and I think I recall (seatkid?) saying it's easy to nick it getting it through the holes.... not long since somebodyelse had this here. Is this fault bad enough to detect with the human senses? Might be interesting to clear faults with the engine fully warmed up, then see if it comes back.... Other problems with early pd engines include lube issues with cam at cyl 1/2 causing extensive wear affecting the pump for that cyl, but I'd have thought that would have surfaced long ago and probably visible in a much bigger way... Quote
alan_131 Posted August 16, 2012 Report Posted August 16, 2012 Topic from the FAQ http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/index.php?/topic/11659-anyone-know-of-electrical-issues/page__st__30__p__97793#entry97793 page 3 on - post #44 might be your error code ? Quote
biturbo.s4 Posted August 16, 2012 Author Report Posted August 16, 2012 Hi alan! Pulled out injectors and swapped them round to see if it was a faulty one. And nope, still showing cylinder one misfire detected. Cam lobes all look fine, normal wear and tear for 210k miles, and highly doubt that injector loom is the cause of a street full of white smoke for ten minutes!! Compression test will be the best bet, but dont have a diesel tester :) Quote
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