Hi everyone,
2.4Di Duratorq 125ps engine 2002
I recently had to change the timing belt cover due to it being damaged but that's another story, which consisted of removing all auxiliary belts and a few pulleys.
It did not involve removing the timing chain or even touching it!
So everything went back together ok but when I went to start it up it was terrible. Really struggled to get it started but if I held the engine revs it ran better once warmed up.
I noticed a load of white smoke which didn't clear much even when warm so decided to get my F-Super reader out to see if anything was showing.
I got the "fuel timing error" fault which sort of explained the white smoke and the rough startup.
So I cleared the fault code and it ran ok for a mile then it sounded a bit rough again although not as bad. Plugged in the code reader and the fault had come back.
Cleared it again and it was ok but noticed it came back at about 2000 revs.
Does anyone know what it could be please?