04-09-2012, 01:39 PM
Black is over-fuelling. Could be an obstruction in the inlet tract or the turbo? Has that been checked at all?
Personally, if you've even vaguely mechanically minded it's not too hard a job to swap a new engine in, but it does sound like a simple fix. There's so little to go wrong with these engines, it shouldn't be too hard to solve it, and as you say it would be a shame to get rid of another one if it's possible it could be perfectly good with a bit of tlc!
Moneywise you'll DEFS get more breaking it than scrapping....
Personally, if you've even vaguely mechanically minded it's not too hard a job to swap a new engine in, but it does sound like a simple fix. There's so little to go wrong with these engines, it shouldn't be too hard to solve it, and as you say it would be a shame to get rid of another one if it's possible it could be perfectly good with a bit of tlc!
Moneywise you'll DEFS get more breaking it than scrapping....
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