Smell??? and Oil

[andyj]

OOOH the smell of diesel in the morning nothing like it, just a bit rough when you come home smelling of it.

[AdrianL]

Dropped the car off this morning and will get it back lunch time tomorrow...Will give everyone an update!

[AdrianL]

Well gents...got the car back today and here was the diagnosis.

Suction control valve sticking affecting fuel pressure
refer to hotline ML13-002 (This was causing a funny smell and also should fix the surging problem on cold starts)

Drives better now but will monitot over the next few days.

Subi - can you add this Hotline Fix for future reference.

Cheers

Adrian

[rick]

ive had that repair also

[AdrianL]

Hey Rick...How does your run now?

[subi_man]

Thanks Adrian, I've added that fix to the fix-list

Cheers

[Magilla]

So Adrian does it smell like a diesel now.

[AdrianL]

smells more more like diesel than it did before...thank god!

[subi_man]

I think I might have this problem now... Engine seems down on power, surges terribly when cold and is using more fuel than usual

Looks like another trip to dealer is in order :roll:

[rick]

i had a new suction valve fitted and it made no difference at all

[High Country]

Subi - when yours is surging - you get blue smoke out the back of it too...?? Thats what mine was doing - 6 trips to 2 differant dealers within 2 weeks, did'nt cure it........

And it was just a curse!!!

[subi_man]

No blue smoke, but the injector noise when the surge hits is [i]very[/i] loud (like my old 2.8 Rodeo on a cold morning :eek: )

[High Country]

Mine also went through a phase of doing a big power drop while it was surging - accelerator pedal also loses all 'feel' at the same time - no EML came on though........