td4 problem

Hi there,

Hope your all well.

Cant seem to find issue with my 2003 td4 with 25k on the clock. As you know, had 6 year service in October, changed fuel filter, crank breather as well. A month down th road, started to get smoke on 1st Started of day and when warm into 20 mins into drive, hesitant at 1250-1500rpm and smoke. Taken to garage and they said it could be egr. They did not have time and was ****ed off with them as they lied through there teeth, decided to change egr myself. Cleaned original one on the car and for a week or so was ok. No smoke on cold start and no hesitancy.

Changed EGR yesterday and on 1st start, no smoke, but later started to get hesitancy. Today this morning, quite alot of smoke on cold start. Decided to put millers in yesterday as well. Went out and decided to trash it, plenty of black smoke on first few kick downs. Later was ok. Hestitancy started at 1250-1500 rpm and black smoke with it.

Checked Air filter yesterday and seemed brand new.

Any ideas to what it could be? Really getting cheesed off with it now and dont trust any garage with it!

Check hoses along the front of engine bay and no cracks or splits anywhere.

Injector issue?

Crank breather? Been told it has been changed but dont know what to think anymore.

Regards
Nick

Hi there,

Vehicle in at north ome Land Rover. Did diagnostics and only issue so far is that it needs new software!

Would this cause issue I explained? Further checks tomorrow! Just hoping they check injectors, glow plugs. Sure they will.

Hi there,

Got vehicle back and was told that they loaded new software on the vehicle as it needed the latest one loaded. They tested it but could not find any faults, no hestitations or smoke that they thought un usual.

Took it out for 30 mins and did only twice (slight hesitancy/jerk)from pulling away with little smoke. Never noticed it before but its making me crazy thinking about it. Maybe its just me! On cold start they said nothing wrong other, where I would notice quite a bit of smoke. To be honest, when they collected, and started from cold, no smoke!

Is this just the characterisics of the car then?

Regards