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Peugeot 306 1998 1.9 Turbo Diesel - Misfire - professionalbeachbum
Hi all

My 306 has recently developed a misfire on one of the cylinders not on startup from cold but after it has warmed. I noticed this because of the cold weather I have been starting it and leaving it idling to defrost. It's starts first time and runs correctly for a couple of minutes and then it starts misfiring and puffing out blue smoke

Any thoughts?

Regards
Peugeot 306 1998 1.9 Turbo Diesel - Misfire - Peter.N.

It could be air ingress into the fuel system, next time it does it try the effect of operating the primer while the engine is running, otherwise it sounds like low compression on one cylinder probably due to insufficient valve clearance which of course gets worse as the engine temperature increases.