I’ve recently down sized to a transit connect T230 LWB, it’s got the 1.8 duratorq engine in.
So I viewed the van and took it for a drive, now I neglected to keep an eye on the mirror to see what colour smoke was being produced under acceleration. At idle it doesn’t produce black smoke. So this lead me to believe that it was a simple service would sort it out. So new oil filter and air filter, only thing I haven’t done is the fuel filter.
Now this has reduced the level of black smoke but not completely removed it. From what I can see the vans had a new high pressure fuel regulator and pump, as well as new fuel lines.
I don’t know these vans very well and assume my next port of call is the injectors? Also what sort of range should I be expecting from these type of vans. I got 320 miles out of a tank. Is this normal or again would it point to the over fueling issues.
Any help or ideas would be a massive help. Also I’ve scanned it and believe it had issues with injector rail previously It’s not throwing engine lights. I’ve cleared the codes and keep scanning it but no codes keep coming back, only the air conditioning clutch?