TX11 Won't start in the morning unless I rev up and belt out

Sandy McNab · **Joined:** Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:35 pm **Posts:** 266

clouds and clouds of what looks like black soot, there's black marks all up and down my road.Any sensible suggestions? Thanks.

tx_op · **Posted:** Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:55 pm

sounds like your ERG. valve is blocked.. take it for a run in a 70 zone and thrash the tits oot it m8...

grandad · **Joined:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:27 pm **Posts:** 19701

Do you by any chance sit stationary with the engine running for long periods of time? I have been told that this can have such an effect on diesel engines.

jimbo · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2007 7:35 am

Sandy McNab wrote:

clouds and clouds of what looks like black soot, there's black marks all up and down my road.Any sensible suggestions? Thanks.

You need to block your EGR valve. I did, and it cures the soot problem. 10 minute job.

Sandy McNab · **Joined:** Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:35 pm **Posts:** 266

Thanks, fellas. How long does that clear it up for, Jimbo?

gusmac · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2007 12:10 pm

Sandy McNab wrote:

Thanks, fellas. How long does that clear it up for

see this thread: http://taxi-driver.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4851

grandad · **Joined:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:27 pm **Posts:** 19701

Reading from the replies above I am confused

One reply says that the EGR is blocked so thrash the engine but another reply says that blocking the EGR will fix it.????????????? confused.com

Sussex · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2007 5:24 pm

grandad wrote:

Reading from the replies above I am confused

One reply says that the EGR is blocked so thrash the engine but another reply says that blocking the EGR will fix it.????????????? confused.com

Welcome to the world of TDO. :lol:

Stinky Pete · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2007 6:36 pm

Sandy McNab wrote:

clouds and clouds of what looks like black soot, there's black marks all up and down my road.Any sensible suggestions? Thanks.

find a quite road, drop it into 2nd gear or if its auto drop it into low then give it some welly, 5 or 6 miles maybe but watch your rev counter don't go into red, if you have one,
its carboned up, [ soot] from sat ticking over,

Sandy McNab · **Joined:** Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:35 pm **Posts:** 266

Pete, someone told me get it up to about 50mphand stick it in neutral. Sound right to you?

Stinky Pete · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:13 am

Sandy McNab wrote:

Pete, someone told me get it up to about 50mphand stick it in neutral. Sound right to you?

yes rev the arse out of it, you need to get the engine as hot as pos to clear/burn the carbon, but watch the rev counter, you may have a rev counter/govenor that won't let you over rev it

TDO · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:31 am

So why would you stick it in neutral then? :-k

Stinky Pete · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:41 am

TDO wrote:

So why would you stick it in neutral then? :-k

sorry i missed that out, you don't want it in neutral, it gets hotter on load

jimbo · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:18 am

Sandy McNab wrote:

Thanks, fellas. How long does that clear it up for, Jimbo?

Did it five or six years ago. Sails through emmissions tests ever since. No need for millers or redex.

marky v · **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:45 pm

i blocked my EGR valve when it was smoking bad, cured it straight away, well worth getting done

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