I would call myself a newbie when it comes to these cars. But for a few months now I have been cleaning up this car because everything looked to be original @ 200,000 miles. The car started right up when I got it and drove great across the gears. A slight puff of dark smoke when hammering it between gears, otherwise no smoke.
I have rebuilt all the suspension, pimped the glowplugs and done allot of cleanup. I did not tear the engine down, but have now timed it with a new belt and tensioner along with another used pump, because my old one was leaking like crazy and main shaft was wobbling allot.
So the comparison based on how the car acted then and now is like night and day when it comes to the white smoke. Right now it is taking a good 10 minutes idling on the driveway to warm up to the point where there is just light haze of white from the tailpipe at idle and lower revs, and it stops what I would call missing every few seconds.
The first video is a cold start at around 30 degrees. Start it, then pull cold start lever. A bit through this video you hear the idle raise which is me putting it up to around 900 if the tach is reading correctly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BKL22rcnvsThis next video takes over where the first left off, a bit in you will hear me push the cold start lever in, the clacking noise goes a way a bit, and the smoke show starts all over again until it warms up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiN-la-Xmh4So this is with me trying to get the smoke screw where I think it was best with the car fully warmed up and driven. Also I timed the injection pump based on ear based on how the car was acting. Smoke was worse more retarded and it didn't run right, so I rocked the pump forward until the loud bang bang noise, then backed off a tad with the cold start lever in.
I guess I am wondering is it possible that this pump is ok and that my injectors needed rebuilding since they are so old, even though it all appeared ok with the old pump? The old setup ran so good, even though it leaked when running, even when sitting overnight, introducing little air bubbles
I think I will get them rebuilt regardless because I want to make this car right, then maybe revisit a new timing job for the hell of it and see what happens, if it could be that simple?