Renault - 1999 1.9 diesel - smokes & hardly ticks over

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Tue 24 Jun 2008 08:38
1999 1.9 diesel - smokes & hardly ticks over - carlwest
hello people new to forum help needed

ive just bought a renault kangoo 1.9 diesel , i got it qiute cheap because it smokes and also hardly ticks over like its running on 3 cylinders.. but when driven say down the motorway it clears and stops smoking/

i have asked a local diesel expert for advice and he said its probably the advance solanoid

so i purchased 1 from him but before i fitted it i disconected the old 1 and started it up , it ran pretty smooth and the smoke stopped.!



then i took the old solanoid out and fitted the new one and it started smoking and ran terrible again also when you run the engine without the solanoid connected it become louder!

any ideas on whats wrong?

any advice would be good

Subject header given a more meaningful title than the previous one - 'hello people new to forum help needed' as this doesn't give anyone a brief summary of the question being asked

Edited by Webmaster on 24/06/2008 at 12:01

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Tue 24 Jun 2008 13:54
1999 1.9 diesel - smokes & hardly ticks over - piston power
Start with the basics first, has it been serviced recently?

A new fuel filter air filter & oil change may be a good start if nothing as been done.

If the air filter is black and clogged up it will suck in more fuel and smoke, there is plenty of other things too but we need more info to help you.
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Wed 25 Jun 2008 08:09
1999 1.9 diesel - smokes & hardly ticks over - carlwest
hello , changed filters (oil air and diesel)

if the pump timing is out would it not make the engine run badly all the way through the rev range ? or just low down as its doing?
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Wed 25 Jun 2008 13:59
1999 1.9 diesel - smokes & hardly ticks over - Screwloose
carl

Do a compression test.
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