Cheers ..rained off at presant .so ill make a glow plug adaptor on lathe .pass a hour on ...

Cam looks mint .no signs or marks or worn lobs ...or tigh rub marks . Glow plug compression test next then ..cheers bud .then head off .knew it wouldnt be simple its a td5 lol

removed rocker unplugged one injector refit rockercover and start engine . I noticed that the injector at front unpluged the engine starts and smoke clears When i did this idea with the rest engine struggled to idiol and smoke came bk hernce why im going for that clyinder not fireing...

I assumed these are called green tops with the green rings on the injector spring tops. Removed injector .copper washer looks fine no black spots were its been blowing .cleaned bottom off injector out .no noticeable fine cracks in the chamber .nd wouldassume injectors fireing due to diesal fumes...

Right guys ive unplugged one injector at a time smoke clears on no1 .checked ecu for oil and tested engine loom .its lookibg like injector head or piston .cheers for the above

Thing is is this normal for 88k td5 ? Just plugging in what sure injectors read guys

Surely if it was loom would it cause amount of smoke and missing would it .on one clyinder ? Ill replace loom for piece of mind ..and plug in report back..

Hi guys my discovery 2 ive bought with a geniune 2 owners from new with 88k on the clock and full history. Starts great but running poorly on 4 clyinders .with blue swirly smoke and if left turns to more off a white colour .theres no nasty noises .im fearing the worst cracked head or headgasket...

lol you can read my mind as well ;) tbh bought it from auction with a td5 which sounds more of its running on 4 clyinders with loads of bluey white smoke , im assuming head cracked yet full of water oil and dosent over heat ,but I suppose that depends on were the fault is ,, looked underneath...

:D many thanks for a price under a 1000 I couldn't say no ;)

I wouldn't know im just happy for the price ;) looked on logbook dosent say overly mutch other then model gs 16p engine etc,, 2002 and 7 seats, rear ladder,side steps ..later dash type Audio remote CD Multichanger (not looked) Electric sunroof no manual x2 Isofix child seat anchor...

many thanks on the info guys its not the best picture (cammra threw window ) but I have to say ,if you bought a brand new interior ,that's how good it is inside , not a mark scratch or any wear , maybe it was added , yet if it has someones gone to some right hassle to matching dash,, carperts...

many thanks john , nice info and help,, as ive just sold my 51 td5 es with 140k to buy a 2002 facelift gs with 88k very cheep with either headgasket,injector, injector oils or a cracked head ,,as one forium member advised these get stolen ie headlights and vechical :(looks like its a repair and...

Thanks for clearing this up john ..i assume id also need the new injector codes adding

Bloodyhell wishing id kept my 51 plate instead .i didnt these were that bad for stealing the whole vechical as well ..thats it im selling it then

im a little confused as my logbook for my 2002 td5 auto gs says 16p?? are they same injectors as the 15p engine ,,

I assume 10p are white tops and 15p/16p are green tops? can I use a 15p injector in a 16p engine ? any major differnces between the 10p/15p 16p (as ive not heard of a 16p tbh

full black leather as std ? reason I ive just bought a what I think is cheep 2002 facelift td5 gs auto with history 2 owner with 88k on the clock with a engine fault which I should sort , as ive never seen a interior on this model in mint condition , no rips wear or evern scratch marks on the...

anyone had a faulty injector loom , if so do you any technical data of testing loom

as ive read tw.ts are piching headlights is there anything that can be added to save this happerning , ie extra anti theft kit that can be bought to save them going for a walk,, ive aready security marked mine with reg and address , in invisible marker but ,, need some extra fixing or something...