205 DT sleeper - boosting video pg10 and pg11

[ginge191]

Is the coolant system pressurizing?? Thats not injector related, sounds more fundamental... Does it get worse with ragging it or doea it get better??

The system warms up fine - NO HG failure, it' popped a hose the other day; cutting a long story short - a pipe on the block needed blanking, the blanking pipe was too short and shot out. Also used a bit of radweld to get me home, could contribue to some blocking somewhere - i've got a new, smaller RAD to fit, to accomodate for the engine. but water levels hold (well, the light doesnt come on for low water). And does what get better after 'ragging'? Not much gets better after driving, just slightly less smoke when 'cruising' but still a fairly heavy engine sound - see below


Does sound quite typical of severely retarded injection timing...

How 'clattery' is it? Doea it sound like someones got a hammer on the cylinder head?

YES; spot on sound, sounds like something is hitting the head... see above


When it starts, does it quickly fire up then suddenly stop, then quickly fire up again, or does it take ages of cranking to get it to start??

I prime the fuel purely becuase it doesn't reguarly get started, then it takes a fair bit of cranking. It cuts itself if i dont keep the revs high enough for about 20-30 seconds. If i start, it woulnd't hold it's idle

Hope this information helps a bit more. Thanks!