Over a month-on with a solid mass flywheel and it's going O.K* . . . Idle is actually smoother, I noticed recently, with the SMF . . . which is a little bonus . . .
Now for the * : However - She's developed a little issue recently . . .
About a week ago I ran her about 20 miles into the reserve (ie. passed 0 miles in the tank) and after that I noticed a definite mis-fire.
Fair enough, silly me. So I thought blocked injector(s) caused by rubbish from the tank . . . add to that the fact that I haven't run any injector cleaner in her for over 6 months (I used to do this every 2 months or so) - it all pointed to injectors.
So I put in some injector cleaner in and a splash of diesel (to keep the mix ratio pretty strong) . . . 100 miles later and no improvement . . . worse in fact.
Bugger.
Fooked injectors ?
So I set out this morning . . . now, she's been a bit smokey recently, but today the smoke has turned to a smoke-screen at times with thick clouds of the stuff pumping out the back . . .
So I check the "MPG" setting and it's showing 2mpg less than normal . . .
Surely if she's mis-firing because of a blockage that'd be using LESS fuel . . . ?
So I guess she's over-fueling . . . . meaning the ECU-thingy is over-compensating for too much air.
So there's a leak . . .
Ta-dah !
The pipe just south of the EGR valve has gone . . err . . . south.
Ford want £70+ for a replacement but I've managed to find an "as OEM" one on ebay for £18.50 with free P&P.
I'll wrap it up in gaffer tape tonight to try and limp through the next day or so.
Could've been worse . . .