tommi786
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Hi all again - thanks for the continued input.
Paid a visit to the garage. The leaking injector was not really leaking as it was completely dry today. Was properly checked out. The misfire felt better today and the early morning startup was also quicker and smoother. In addition the mechanic could tell immediately from the strong odor in the exhaust fumes that I was burning sothing in addition to diesel and that the bluish grey smoke + strong smell was not oil but most likely kerosene. While I tested it with a clean can of Diesel, there must have been a fair amount additional diesel left in the pump and while I 'used up' around 2 litres of diesel doing the test, most of that I am told would have simply returned to the tank through the return fuel like and I may have actually only burnt up very little of the new diesel (I ran it for about 6 - 7 mins, max 10 mins). I will be draining the fuel out fully and then filling up with hopefully clean diesel along with a good fuel additive to get everything washed through and then see how it goes. I do suspect this is the issue as anything else would have just made the misfire worse and more apparent on the drive particularly in overdrive - there remains no misfire of exhaust visible smoke in drive even when cold.
The alternative problem could be slightly richer mixture but I do not want to change this (if this is a reason) as it drives really well as is with a lot of power. Will live with this without revving the engine when at a standstill.
I will post an update in a couple of day's time.....
Paid a visit to the garage. The leaking injector was not really leaking as it was completely dry today. Was properly checked out. The misfire felt better today and the early morning startup was also quicker and smoother. In addition the mechanic could tell immediately from the strong odor in the exhaust fumes that I was burning sothing in addition to diesel and that the bluish grey smoke + strong smell was not oil but most likely kerosene. While I tested it with a clean can of Diesel, there must have been a fair amount additional diesel left in the pump and while I 'used up' around 2 litres of diesel doing the test, most of that I am told would have simply returned to the tank through the return fuel like and I may have actually only burnt up very little of the new diesel (I ran it for about 6 - 7 mins, max 10 mins). I will be draining the fuel out fully and then filling up with hopefully clean diesel along with a good fuel additive to get everything washed through and then see how it goes. I do suspect this is the issue as anything else would have just made the misfire worse and more apparent on the drive particularly in overdrive - there remains no misfire of exhaust visible smoke in drive even when cold.
The alternative problem could be slightly richer mixture but I do not want to change this (if this is a reason) as it drives really well as is with a lot of power. Will live with this without revving the engine when at a standstill.
I will post an update in a couple of day's time.....