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BrianM
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« Reply #15 on: May 01, 2013, 09:33:37 am »

A leaking injector normally gives smoke on startup & a slight misfire. Fingers crossed for you that they find your fault. With mine you could lift the loom by the gearbox & the engine would cut out! never did find the fault.
At least you will get a better mpg & power with the new injectors.
We are away this weekend too but I have hired a minibus as the grand is not big enough & not having done the timing belt yet i'm a little concerned about putting the family in the car & going any distance from home. Plus it only does 28mpg max! Have a good weekend & let us know how you get on.
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kertrats24
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« Reply #16 on: May 06, 2013, 10:03:49 pm »

Got the car back on Friday in time for my long weekend away and it didn't stall once after the replacement injector so yay.
The only thing it still does is the car runs fine but normally when traveling on the motor way traveling at speed I sometimes get pulsing in the power..it feels a bit like driving on a road with bumps it was happening at the same time as the faulty injector so I thought it was linked but that's fixed and that faults still there
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« Reply #17 on: August 12, 2013, 08:49:18 pm »

A leaking injector normally gives smoke on startup & a slight misfire.

No you misunderstand the system Brian.

The leaky injector is not leaking at the nozzle into the combustion chamber.  It is leaking pressure internally back to the fuel system.  That is why it is called a leak BACK test.  This loss of pressure is what is causing the loss of power and cutting out.

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At least you will get a better mpg & power with the new injectors.

He will get better power certainly, but the consumption may not show much difference, because it was not over-fuelling because of a leak at the nozzle.

The pulsing is a different problem and could be that TDC sensor, or a boost or airflow meter problem.  It needs further investigation i think.  Since you admit you sometimes have to wiggle the TDC sensor wiring to get it to start, think what would happen on the road - it could be cutting out and in again giving the pulsing.

Roy
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kertrats24
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« Reply #18 on: August 13, 2013, 08:58:56 am »

Update I've fixed the pulsing power by bypassing the egr valve but would like to find a perenent fix I tried a new egr valve and the fault is still there.
The lack of power I've had since buying the espace I've sorted as the garage said the pulsing could be a leaky intercooler so I stripped it out and checked it was fine but there were signs of minor leeks at the joints in the hard plastic pipes so I stripped out all the intake pipes cleaned them all with hot soapy water let them dry and refitted ensuring all joints were good result lots more power ..
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BrianM
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« Reply #19 on: August 20, 2013, 10:26:50 pm »

Thanks for that info Roy, I am a dumb ass at times. Did you return to the garage, I'm sure there is a set up procedure in the clip diagnostics for the egr valve when it has been replaced.
I currently have two dci's here at the mo. One has lots of faults listed in the ecu. Basically it will not rev, its a bit smoky on start up also.
the other one, again smoky on start up which gets better when hot but still a bit of smoke when revved.
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kertrats24
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« Reply #20 on: August 20, 2013, 10:58:50 pm »

Hi brian
I haven't taken it back to the garage they had the espace for two days before they said egr setup and they could get the car to produce the fault but didn't know what it was or how to fix it and surgested driving it until it gets worse or brakes then they should be able to fix it.
it doesn't fill you with confidence when a Renault garage with £1000s worth of tools cant sort it and me with a screw driver a bucket of soapy water and some blanking plates can( at least temporarily ),... Wink
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BrianM
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« Reply #21 on: August 20, 2013, 11:13:10 pm »

 Cheesy  thats the way of the world mate!
Sounds like Roys our man! shame he cant see through your eyes, like remote viewing! Sure you would have it fixed in no time.
Your fault is very similar to runing low on fuel. I had it the other week in a hire van. It was late at night & I was trying to get to the cheap fuel station Smiley so pushed it a bit far & it was very low on fuel. I kinda got a surge as air was in the system, I assume? fine once I put fuel in it.
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BrianM
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« Reply #22 on: September 02, 2013, 05:12:55 pm »

Sounds like I have the same problem on my dci, I bought it to go on holiday with. It was smoky on startup. I found the egr valve disconnected so reconnected it. Cleared all the faults & changed the oil. This reduced the amount of start up smoke. I had some injector cleaner which I put in the tank on the way to the ferry, said it wanted 60 ltrs of fuel to the bottle of cleaner so just put in 40 ltrs as the fuel guage was on 2. We got to Dover fine, it was a bit sluggish & black smoke when booted to overtake. (4hr drive to Dover) I feared starting it when getting off the ferry because of the startup smoke. I imagined filling the deck with smoke Smiley but as it was hot the smoke was minimal.  When I got down to 1 fuel indicator I put another 40 ltrs of premium diesel from a Shell station. All went well to Strasbourg, had to floor it some 100mph for part of the way as time was getting late. We got to our destimation 10.30 pm. & driven 670 miles 1000kms. All went well I & sounded good. Next day car ran fine on the local roads, I topped up the oil by 1ltr! Following day we went to Europa park nr. Strasbourg. Trouble started when we were returning to our appartment, In the middle of the worst thunder & lightening storm I have ever driven in!. The rain turned the road into a river. Espace started to hickup so I came off the motorway & the first junction where she stalled. We reproged the sat nav to do no main roads. & drove gingerly as poss, at first it kept syalling at junctions & had no power. The stom passed & roads got better & the car got better but not back to normal. After a good night sleep I checked the diagnostics to find no faults! It ran fine when cold but ass soon as it warmed up it was back to stalling under pressure. I did wiggle sensor connectors but to no avail. On one occasion it to a good half an hr to get it started. Next day we loaded up the kids & our belongings & set the sat nav for our next destination nr Reims, France.  We did the back roads again & after 100k or so it stopped cutting out but as long as I only drove like grandad Smiley Max 100kms & let it slow down on hills. After 5 nights here we drove it home with the same problem. I filled up with fuel in Breisach, Germany & drove 950kms on it! Now need to find the fault so I can sell it & get back to my v6 petrol. Oh, there is no more smoke on startup & the engine sounds really sweet on tickover, I added some Molly oil & It hardly used any on the way back.

I tried to insert a couple of youtube vids here but the forum is too old to insert current html codes so here is what I have found http://vtedit.com/espace/
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roy4matra
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« Reply #23 on: September 03, 2013, 02:51:54 am »

Thanks for that info Roy, I am a dumb ass at times.

Not really, it's just that these are complex systems which I had training on plus experience and you can't think in normal 'old' mechanical diesel terms.  They just so different.

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Did you return to the garage, I'm sure there is a set up procedure in the clip diagnostics for the egr valve when it has been replaced.

There definitely is a Clip procedure for when the EGR has been replaced.  The injectors are also individually coded so if you replace any the ECU has to be given the new codes otherwise it will not run correctly.

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I currently have two dci's here at the mo. One has lots of faults listed in the ecu. Basically it will not rev, its a bit smoky on start up also.
the other one, again smoky on start up which gets better when hot but still a bit of smoke when revved.

It's been a few years now since I worked on these, so I'm a bit out of touch.  However, knowing the Clip and how it doesn't always tell the truth either, we always made a note of the faults, erased them, test drove the vehicle again and checked it again to see what came back, for starters.  Then there always a few faults we knew we could ignore as well!  You got to recognise them and simply knew they were not real!

If you give me the VIN number and Fabrication number of the vehicles and the list of their Clip faults, fault codes and DEF readouts, I can have a look through them and see if anything comes to mind.  I have some Dialogys software but I need the VIN and Fab nos. for it to work properly.  One immediate thought is 'when was the fuel filter last replaced?'  Whilst these filters will go a long time, and mileage before needing to be replaced, if they are getting old/clogged, they will often stop an engine especially if low on fuel in the tank.  Or prevent it starting easily.  So this is an item that unless you know it has been changed recently is worth changing just to eliminate it from the problem.  Never does any harm to have a known clean filter so it's not a waste of money.  And if I remember rightly, these have a tap on the filter housing that you reverse whilst bleeding the system after fitting the new filter, but you must make sure it is turned fully back afterwards otherwise that causes a problem.

Final thought for now - when an EGR has become badly carboned up, the inside of the housing is also usually badly coked too.  Sometimes the EGR valve is cleaned but not the housing, so make sure that is really clean.  And check the two valve heads actually still seat properly.  Once they get a bit of carbon under them, they can bend (or even break off) so whilst they might have been cleaned, make sure they are not bent.

Oh, and I'm off the the USA in less than a week so may not get back to you until I return.

Roy
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BrianM
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« Reply #24 on: September 03, 2013, 12:00:21 pm »

Hi, thanks for the info Roy, the one car I'm having the major problem with has no fault codes!
I understand what your saying about clip & ignoring some codes.

For a short time the symptoms died away after topping up with fuel. So yes I will change it.

If you have a couple of mins please have a look at the videos here > http://vtedit.com/espace/
this shows some interesting figures jumping around, I'm thinking it is a sensor voltage issue to several sensors. Interested to see what you think.
Cheers
Brian
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roy4matra
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« Reply #25 on: September 04, 2013, 01:45:42 am »

Hi, thanks for the info Roy, the one car I'm having the major problem with has no fault codes!
I understand what your saying about clip & ignoring some codes.

For a short time the symptoms died away after topping up with fuel. So yes I will change it.

If you have a couple of mins please have a look at the videos here > http://vtedit.com/espace/
this shows some interesting figures jumping around, I'm thinking it is a sensor voltage issue to several sensors. Interested to see what you think.
Cheers
Brian

I don't think I would worry too much about those v.high negative figures Brian.  The Renault software system is not that fast and from what I remember these figures can simply be that it has not caught up.  Of course knowing their wiring and connections, it would be a good idea to make sure you have no obviously loose or poor connections to sensors.  Often just disconnecting and re-connecting them a couple of times if they are quite tight will clean the contacts.

I would pay more attention to things like the injector pulse timings, fuel and boost pressure readings as the engine is revved and if possible on the road being driven.  A pulsing can be the boost pressure suddenly dropping and building back up, since it is leaking at the high point of the boost - sometime the intercooler or pipes or joins give but only when the pressure reaches a certain level.  We once had an intercooler that opened up near top boost but held fairly well at lower boost!

No fault readouts when there is definitely a fault only means the particular problem cannot be recorded.  For instance on an early car like say mine, there is no RCO so if the computer commands something there is no system to tell it whether it has been carried out at all, or carried out correctly. Later car like yours does have RCO on some things so it can check if it has responded and if not it can attempt to correct the fault by sending again but only when it keeps getting an incorrect or no response will it list an error and fault code.  For some things, the faulty RCO is enough to cause the ECU to shut down the engine since it can't control it when it doesn't know what is going on.  Other lesser faults, it will either go into 'limp home' mode, or maybe allow it to continue and simply display an error to be fixed asap.

So for example no TDC it has to shut down as it doesn't know what the revs are or the timing point, but no cam sensor is not a big deal since it can still work with the TDC senor.  With the cam sensor it can respond quicker as the cam is rotating at double speed.  Without it, it has to wait longer to react.

Your description of the fault appearing with the storm and wet roads, and improving as the weather eased, suggests maybe water affecting the electrics, so make sure all underneath especially are good; particularly the TDC sensor which is down the bottom.  You know that to set the TDC gap correctly you lift the clip and push the sensor actually against the flywheel then release the clip to hold it.  Once the engine starts it will push it off just enough.

The second fault caused by lots of water with any car with a 'hot-wire' airflow meter, is the effect on the hot-wire.  So make sure the air intake filter is good.

These common rail diesels need to be revved hard occasionally to keep their system clean.  The trouble is most owners don't ever rev them above say 2,500rpm thinking it will be good, but actually the reverse is true.  Low revs all the time never clears the carbon build up.  So your long and sometimes hard drive in Germany has cleaned the system of carbon which is why it no longer gives black smoke on start up or acceleration.  The trick is to hold it in first gear or second and take the revs to the governor occasionally (at least once a month) to keep them clean.  People wouldn't have EGR problems if they revved them more!

People used to complain diesels were slow as well as noisy and smelly, so didn't want them in preference to a petrol.  So they designed these common rail diesels to give the performance but you have to rev them more often.

Roy
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BrianM
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« Reply #26 on: September 09, 2013, 12:25:36 pm »

Thanks again Roy, The only connector that I had not touched was the crank sensor, on inspection it looked good - no damp or dirt. Just disconnecting & reconnecting it my fault has gone! I thought that these were either good or bad after all all they are is a small coil & magnet to pick up the metal pins on the flywheel. Seems strange that it gave up at a certain rev & got progressively worse, the car got slower. Anyways were good for now. Many thanks again.
Now to go rebuild a turbo on another dci!
Cheers
Brian.
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