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Great fun when some clown is tailgaiting you and you boot it in second. Breathe my shit, scum!
Hang on – if it smokes on hard acceleration then something is wrong. Could still be MAF related. If the MAF is over-reading then it’ll put in more fuel, which won’t get burned. I think rough idle is a symptom of dodgy MAF. You can try unplugging it, which will cause the engine to revert to a default value which should at least be consistent.
Only when I really boot it and its soot. Mostly because it trundles about during the week on local short runs. A couple of blasts and its mostly fine.
My experience of running Renault DCi engines on a shoestring taught me that if in doubt, it’s the EGR valve that’s causing the problem.
Probably, thats why mine is in the engine bay still connected (so as not to throw a fault code) and the hole where the EGR was is plugged by another EGR valve that isn’t connected, thus blanking it off.
Glow plugs are used for more than just starting on modern diesels…
Has it only started running rough when cold since the mornings have turned chilly or was it doing so during the Summer?
It started doing it at least a month ago, so its unlikely to be temp related. When I say rough, theres just a little more vibration noticeable on start up, it pulls fine. Feels similar to when I had an almost solid engine mount (temp fix) which transmitted a bit more vibration through the chassis than usual.