,so much so that the valves could not be fully compressed on no. 1,hence the fluffy miss.
Next step was to physically check timing and inlet cam had jumped 4-5 teeth,my theory is that this caused piston to valve contact and it was that "hammering" effect that loosened the rocker shaft bolts via the rocker arms.Anyway,fitted new chain kit put it all back together and goes like a good un
My recovery guy had one last week which had done the same but his was a non start and on his all the rocker shaft threads were wrecked so needed another top half of head.
Message Thread Ford Mondeo TDCi 2.0, poor running and excess smoke - Fixed # - Tony Bickers April 21, 2012, 6:10 pm
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