Mike v.t.s said:

Hi all, got up this morning and fired the beast up... started first turn as usual but sounded a little "knocky" not crank or anything serious it just sounded like a transit engine, but i thought it must be the cold start so i waited for the engine revs to drop (i have a hot start box fitted) then i slipped her into drive and tried to set off...
She set off very slowly and wouldnt rev up past 1,200 at first so i pulled over and reved it in nuetral, she reved up fine but still souinded like a tranny, i had no choice but to carry on, then she seamed to pull a bit better, then got power again but not pullin properly. When power returned all was well even tho still sounding a little loud but then i stopped at the traffic lights annd again no power to pull away, got to school and engine still sounding like diesel injector knock as tho she was over fueling but with out smoke, i turned the engine off then re-started her and she sounded smooth again, plenty of power and drove nice... has any 1 got any ideas of what it could be?? is there another cold start sensor that could be duff??? but engine revs dropped to normal and she still had the tranny sound injector knock until i turned her off and re-started her??

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wammers said:

Could be air in the system.

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I think you might be rite about the air, drove it around all day no probs, a couple of times for a second its been flat when i set off and if i turn it off it can be a complete bastard to start even tho it has the hot start fix box fitted, i checked the conections on it but it seems fine... i did fit a 1 way valve on fuel pipe to FIP but removed it when i fitted new seals on pipes to fuel filter, then had to put it back on as it didnt solve the problem, so the connecting rubber hose i used is a tad short, hmmmmm il get a fuel filter and longer pipe. Thanks for the reply Mr Wammers