Xantia 1.9TD yr 1999 Rough Idle

f00lzz · Post by **f00lzz** » 19 Jun 2006, 17:09

Hi. Would appreciate any suggestions....have recently developed a rough idle... reminicent of a missfire on petrol mtrs... goes smooth as soon as I increase revs above idle, I havent done anything to cause air in the fuel system, in fact havent done anything except change oil and filter in the last month

Clues please

jeremy · Post by **jeremy** » 19 Jun 2006, 19:23

Any smoke? Does it start well? Is it loosing any water?

Post by **Peter.N.** » 20 Jun 2006, 12:03

As above. Does it emit blue/white smoke on tickover? if so its probably down on compression on one cylinder. Another possibility is that the feed to one injector is leaking, that would manifest itself as a wet engine and strong diesel smell.

Dave Burns · Post by **Dave Burns** » 20 Jun 2006, 22:23

Is it a consistent missfire on the same cylinder, crack injector unions one at a time to find which one.

Dave

f00lzz · Post by **f00lzz** » 21 Jun 2006, 20:50

Thanks for the replys guys...

1. Starts fine
2. No smoke on startup
3. Irregular missfire sometimes only like a missed beat sometimes worse!
4. Not losing water (gasket replaced 10k ago)

Keep going guys