| Irregular idling on diesel engine [message #790987] |
Wed, 27 February 2008 10:22 |
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My girlfriend's 2002 Honda Civic, which has a 1.7 turbo diesel engine, runs
very roughly when it is first started and generates quite a bit of black
smoke. The engine sounds as if it is limping - as if it is running on only 3
out of 4 cylinders. After a few seconds it is fine and it runs beautifully
after that. Seems to be most common if the car hasn't been driven for a few
days.
Could it be a glow plug that needs replacing - is one cylinder not firing
until the heat from its neighbours warms it up enough?
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| Re: Irregular idling on diesel engine [message #791009 ] |
Wed, 27 February 2008 18:11 |
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Mortimer wrote:
> My girlfriend's 2002 Honda Civic, which has a 1.7 turbo diesel engine, runs
> very roughly when it is first started and generates quite a bit of black
> smoke. The engine sounds as if it is limping - as if it is running on only 3
> out of 4 cylinders. After a few seconds it is fine and it runs beautifully
> after that. Seems to be most common if the car hasn't been driven for a few
> days.
>
> Could it be a glow plug that needs replacing - is one cylinder not firing
> until the heat from its neighbours warms it up enough?
>
>
When were the injectors last serviced? Have you tried using some fuel
conditioner? The symptoms sound like an injector is sticky and frees up
once it gets warm.
--
Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York
Life is not like a box of chocolates
it's more like a jar of jalapenos-
what you do today could burn your ass tomorrow!
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| Re: Irregular idling on diesel engine [message #791010 ] |
Wed, 27 February 2008 18:30 |
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I have never seen a civic with a turbo diesel. Are you in Europe?
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| Re: Irregular idling on diesel engine [message #791014 ] |
Wed, 27 February 2008 19:10 |
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Steve W. wrote in message
fq45kp$p1k$1 [at] aioe.org:
> Mortimer wrote:
>> My girlfriend's 2002 Honda Civic, which has a 1.7 turbo diesel
>> engine, runs very roughly when it is first started and generates
>> quite a bit of black smoke. The engine sounds as if it is limping -
>> as if it is running on only 3 out of 4 cylinders. After a few
>> seconds it is fine and it runs beautifully after that. Seems to be
>> most common if the car hasn't been driven for a few days.
>>
>> Could it be a glow plug that needs replacing - is one cylinder not
>> firing until the heat from its neighbours warms it up enough?
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>>
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> When were the injectors last serviced? Have you tried using some fuel
> conditioner? The symptoms sound like an injector is sticky and frees
> up once it gets warm.
Thanks. I'll suggest she gets it looked at when the car is next serviced,
and that she tries fuel conditioner (RedEx, or something like that?) in the
meantime.
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| Re: Irregular idling on diesel engine [message #791015 ] |
Wed, 27 February 2008 19:14 |
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jfrancis311 [at] gmail.com wrote in message
7af07f30-15cd-421c-b782-0ed2cde6107c [at] q78g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:
> I have never seen a civic with a turbo diesel. Are you in Europe?
Yes - the UK. The land of horrendously overpriced fuel (about £1.10 per
litre, which equates to about $8 per US gallon if I've done my conversion
correctly), so there's a great incentive for people to buy the most
fuel-efficient cars that they can.
I get about 50 miles per UK gallon (40 per US gallon) in my Peugeot 306 HDi
and my girlfriend gets about 60 in her Civic, which is a lot better than the
35 or so that I got in my old VW Golf with a 1.8 petrol (gasoline) engine.
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