on January 29, 2011, 5:23 pm, in reply to "Re: Nissan Vanette 2.3 1999 - Flat and smoking #"
Surely the engine needs Air to be drawn in, or it would not get compression.
On a ford transit 2.5, say for example 1998 year engine, the throttle cable controls the injector pump and at the same time the air flap, by the bar that connects the two. If you take the bar off and stop the air flap opening in sync to the pump the engine runs crap and belows black smoke.
just to make sure we are on the same page, I am on about the butterfly that lets the air in from the air box.
I know that the engine is regulated by diesel but the air flow, i think should not be in one set position all the time blocking the air intake.
