rodders1980
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I have 90 with a 200Tdi disco transplant.
It have been running fine for the last year since I did the conversion apart from a lot of vibrations when it was idling.
However things took a turn for the worse on Friday, Jumped in it and it started first flick of the key, the usual puff of black smoke, dropped the lad off (who is a big landy fan at 4 years!!) and went to work. When I came to start it after work, it took a bit of cranking to get it started when it did start, the engine was reluctant to pick up and I could here the engine miss firing with loads of white/blue smoke.
I let the engine idle for a bit while I loaded some freebees from work but I could here the engine hunting and smell un-burnt diesel.
When I got back in from loading her up, the engine seamed to pick up better and the misfire gone somewhat. Thinking that it might be some air in the system I decided to driver her home gently, she drove ok but I could tell she wasnt 100%, was defiantly down on power and the engine didnt sound like it was running right also I could see a fair amount of smoke coming out the exhaust.
I've done a bit of searching over the weekend and it looks like its either the injectors or head gasket. I'm on the push bike to day and was going to do a compreshion test when I get home tonight and maybe take the injectors out and see if they are spraying or just dribbling (not sure if this is possible yet)
Any way was hoping to pick your brains, if any one has had a similar problem and if Im heading in the right direction or anything else I can check??
It have been running fine for the last year since I did the conversion apart from a lot of vibrations when it was idling.
However things took a turn for the worse on Friday, Jumped in it and it started first flick of the key, the usual puff of black smoke, dropped the lad off (who is a big landy fan at 4 years!!) and went to work. When I came to start it after work, it took a bit of cranking to get it started when it did start, the engine was reluctant to pick up and I could here the engine miss firing with loads of white/blue smoke.
When I got back in from loading her up, the engine seamed to pick up better and the misfire gone somewhat. Thinking that it might be some air in the system I decided to driver her home gently, she drove ok but I could tell she wasnt 100%, was defiantly down on power and the engine didnt sound like it was running right also I could see a fair amount of smoke coming out the exhaust.
I've done a bit of searching over the weekend and it looks like its either the injectors or head gasket. I'm on the push bike to day and was going to do a compreshion test when I get home tonight and maybe take the injectors out and see if they are spraying or just dribbling (not sure if this is possible yet)
Any way was hoping to pick your brains, if any one has had a similar problem and if Im heading in the right direction or anything else I can check??