by megalift » Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:05 pm
Hello all and thanks in advance for any help you can give.
I've got a Transit Mk8 with Euro 5 2.2 engine. Some time ago it developed a starting issue that's intermittent but has gotten worse to the point where today it won't start and unfortunately for me as a self employed guy, I can't work without it so it's a problem.
As I said, the problem is not new. It actually (usually) starts fine in the morning and gets progressively more reluctant as the day goes on.
I took it to a local garage that does tuning and remaps and they told me that my dpf was fully clogged and needed to be removed, so 1 dpf removal and remap later and £600+ lighter and off we go, still occasionally reluctant to start but I needed it to earn a living so couldn't afford further down time so I put up with it, but lately it's gotten rapidly worse to the point we're it won't start without a bump now.
What I do know; it's been serviced (filter and fluids changed) every 6-8000 miles since I've owned it (got it with 30k on the clock, it's now got 76k) as I was told that I'll be unlikely to have engine problems if I change the oil regularly.
Number 4 injector has an issue.
I have used injector cleaner fairly regularly to try to improve matters.
I have a friend who has snap on diagnostic equipment and it doesn't seem to indicate anything particularly relevant.
So in summary, it usually starts fine from cold and gets harder to start throughout the day. The nature of my work is a bit stop/start so it becomes an issue as the day wears on.
Any pointers you can give would be greatly appreciated because right now I don't even know where to look and I've already been sold a couple of remaps that didn't fix the problems on the basis that they would.