96 2.5 TD auto - a few things.

ySo said:

Looking for some suggestions on the following issues that I can look into:

1) When I put it into drive the red light that should illuminate onndrive illuminates on 1 and in reverse it illuminates another gear, can't remember which. It selects the gear fine, just a wee niggle I'd like to solve.

2) I recently changed the fuel leak off pipes and glow plugs to try resolve having to light the glow plugs 3 times when the engine is cold for it to start. It now starts first time but a bit rough and I get a big puff of white smoke out the back. It drives fine otherwise, no smoke, starts fine when warm. Just when it's sat a while.

3) the AC system wasn't working when I bought it, when taking the cooling system out I noticed the pipes going into the condensor and the motor were disconnected. Should I reconnect and try regass or is there some way to test the individual components to see if something is broken?

Thanks for any help

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ySo said:

No water loss at all, can injectors be checked easy enough?

There was no belt on.

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Datatek said:

I would not worry about the puff of white smoke for the moment, could just be a glow plug with a bad connection.
I would suggest the compressor is fecked if it's been left with no belt and pipes for any length of time. A secondhand one from Emmotts might be the way to go.

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