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Sic Puppy
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Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:47 pm |
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Right.....I'll be taking a vid tomorrow of my TD cold starting. The smoke it throws out it amazing and smells nice too! I remember Chris saying it's some sort of pre heat problem but not too sure where to look, being a complete nonce when it comes to troubleshooting anf fixing my car  . Once the car is warm in runs sweet as a nut. But I'm not the most popular man in the round here when a plume of smog from my exhaust goes down the street every morning. Any ideas?
As I say I'll put a vid up tomorrow showing it all.
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Chris H
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Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:48 pm |
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what does it smell of/ oil/diesel or a sickly sweet smell? |
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Sic Puppy
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Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:49 pm |
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Diesely I think, smoke hangs around for a bit. Definatly not sweet. |
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Sic Puppy
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Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:49 pm |
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It's got abluish tint too |
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Chris H
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Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:51 pm |
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could just be a dodgy warm up capsule.
how long does it take for the revs to drop to a normal idle speed? |
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Sic Puppy
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Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:56 pm |
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Well if I don't start it without my foot on the accelerator it'll stall out. I have to rev the hell out of it to clear the smoke then it'll drop to normal idle. If I rev it again it'll stutter at around 1500rpm but at higher rev's it'll be fine. |
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Chris H
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Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:03 pm |
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have you given it a good thrash lately? A decent run?
Other than that cold start capsule. |
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Sic Puppy
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Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:05 pm |
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Yeah thrash the pants off it once a month down the A41 so must be that. Are they pricey/difficult to fit? |
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Chris H
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Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:07 pm |
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dunno mate, not hard to fit couldn't tell you how much it costs!
Is the coolant clean/ if not flush it thoroughly, might help it respond a bit better.
Is the air filter clean? What about the intercooler? |
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Sic Puppy
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Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:09 pm |
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Coolant's just had a change, the air filters about 6 months old but will give it a scrub up. Haven't check the intercooler will have a peek and report tomorrow.
Cheers Chris! |
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Sic Puppy
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Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:47 am |
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Right...Here's a vid
Video
It's about 5 meg. I had to resize it as it was 61MB!
If you listen, it takes 3 attempts to start. After that you can hear it stutter at around the 1500rpm mark. There was some smoke but the camera didn't really pick it up.
There appears to be a power problem with this, i'm guessing this is the warm up capsule??
The air filter is fine:
I still need to check the intercooler. Is this it?
Fianally here's a pic of the engine bay:
There's power to the warm up capsule but it ain't doing nowt on a cold start. Would this be the only problem or would there be something else wrong as well?
Cheers
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Chris H
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Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:58 am |
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vid doesn;t work
thats the charcoal canister solenoid, won't do anythign until car is up to temp and is an emmisions device, nothign to do with how it runs really.
yes thats the intercooler |
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Sic Puppy
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Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:09 am |
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Here's a link with just the audio:
Linky
May work better for you. |
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Chris H
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Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:11 am |
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not working either, i think its this pc, it'll prtob work on mine up the flat. i will look when Iget home. |
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