Hello,
I've searched the google a couple of days and everything that I found did nothing to my issue.
Ford Transit Connect 1.8tdci Europe 2008.
The car is starting and runing great, great performance and consumption, low level of smoke.
The problem is that if I start the car and let idling, after aprox. 30 sec it starts misfiring (lumpy idle, does not die) and if I hit the gas over 1500 rpm and let idle again it dies directly. It happens while cruising also, as soon as I hit the clutch and the engine is going to idle, it dies. When does this the rail pressure goes almost to 0. Errors present P0087 P0088 which is rail pressure too low and too big.
Changed until now.
Refurbished head due to 2 cracked valves on cil no 3.
New timing belt.
Injectors checked on test bench, all god.
Replaced the metering and the pressure regulator valve from the pump also the sensor from the rail (spider). no change.
Checked wiring.
New EGR
New MAF
Fuel filter changed twice now.
The DMF is playing around
) planning to do that later after I will solve this issue. Can a worn out DMF doing my issue? I've seen engines with completely destroyed DMF which were running like crap...
What I am planning to do next.
Replace camshaft and crankshaft position sensor
Check the leak off from the injectors on the engine, i think one or more injectors are remaining stuck opened and the rail empties, the pump cannot hit the requested pressure and the ECU is shutting down the engine.
What I know but I need someone to approve or correct me.
When the two errors P0087 and P0088 are together it means that something cannot keep up with the rpm changes and the rail pressure is suffering. The metering valve or the pressure regulator valve (PRV)?
I know that the metering valve is only supplying the HPFP and the PRV is supplying the rail. I replaced both valves and didn't cured my issue, could it be the HPFP which cannot keep up?
The leak off pipes from the engine has some sensors/valves or something on them, what is the purpose of them?
What happens when the engine is going to idle from higher RPM? What closes and opens to keep the engine idling? Something is lazy on doing that!
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I've searched the google a couple of days and everything that I found did nothing to my issue.
Ford Transit Connect 1.8tdci Europe 2008.
The car is starting and runing great, great performance and consumption, low level of smoke.
The problem is that if I start the car and let idling, after aprox. 30 sec it starts misfiring (lumpy idle, does not die) and if I hit the gas over 1500 rpm and let idle again it dies directly. It happens while cruising also, as soon as I hit the clutch and the engine is going to idle, it dies. When does this the rail pressure goes almost to 0. Errors present P0087 P0088 which is rail pressure too low and too big.
Changed until now.
Refurbished head due to 2 cracked valves on cil no 3.
New timing belt.
Injectors checked on test bench, all god.
Replaced the metering and the pressure regulator valve from the pump also the sensor from the rail (spider). no change.
Checked wiring.
New EGR
New MAF
Fuel filter changed twice now.
The DMF is playing around
) planning to do that later after I will solve this issue. Can a worn out DMF doing my issue? I've seen engines with completely destroyed DMF which were running like crap...What I am planning to do next.
Replace camshaft and crankshaft position sensor
Check the leak off from the injectors on the engine, i think one or more injectors are remaining stuck opened and the rail empties, the pump cannot hit the requested pressure and the ECU is shutting down the engine.
What I know but I need someone to approve or correct me.
When the two errors P0087 and P0088 are together it means that something cannot keep up with the rpm changes and the rail pressure is suffering. The metering valve or the pressure regulator valve (PRV)?
I know that the metering valve is only supplying the HPFP and the PRV is supplying the rail. I replaced both valves and didn't cured my issue, could it be the HPFP which cannot keep up?
The leak off pipes from the engine has some sensors/valves or something on them, what is the purpose of them?
What happens when the engine is going to idle from higher RPM? What closes and opens to keep the engine idling? Something is lazy on doing that!
