Vauxhall Brava Diesel

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Mon 6 Jan 2003 15:45
Vauxhall Brava Diesel - Tom S-S
My brother runs a 1995 Vauxhall Brava 2.5 litre diesel with the Isuzu diesel unit. It went wrong before Christmas and was diagnosed with a faulty injector pump. He had a replacement one fitted and it went fine until a few miles from home when it stalled and eventually started with some difficulty. It starts from cold but he says he needs to crank it for much longer. It will then run for a few minutes and then will only rev to a certain point and then starts blowing white smoke out of the back and then dies.

My thought is poor compression, is this likely? the vehicle has only done 70,000 miles.

Any thoughts greatly appreciated.

Tom
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Mon 6 Jan 2003 16:52
Vauxhall Brava Diesel - BrianW
The white smoke is vaporised but unburnt fuel.

Sounds like the problem I had with my Pug 309 which was an air leak into the fuel supply at the filter.(Faulty seal)
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