[Peugeot-L] Re: leaking injectors / i-pump calibration for XD2s

From: churchandchurch <churchandchurch_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 01/10/08


Stefan,

On    Are you sure all 4 of your glow plugs are working? You can test them by taking each one out and hot wire it to the battery. It should glow red in about 5-6 seconds. Other thing is your injection timing may be a bit off.

                                Norb Church


  • In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, "stefan_ides" <stefan_ides@...> wrote:
    >
    > I'd much appreciate any input/suggestions from our diesel experts...
    >
    > 1. Following a cold start, are smoke and rough idle symptomatic of
    > leaking injectors?
    > 2. Does the pump output have to be matched to the injectors [#120,
    > 140lbs, etc]?
    > 3. Can they be cleaned effectively, rather than rebuilt?
    >
    > It seems that ever since I had the pump rebuilt, there is more smoke
    > from the tailpipe immedeately after a cold start while performance
    > seems lacking and fuel economy is down to 31 mpg [versus 37 prior to
    > the rebuild].
    >
Received on Thu Jan 10 06:10:07 2008