jonnyb Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 Hello all. Have read quite a lot of the forum and found the postings very helpful - thank you.I am the proud owner of a'96 Xantia hatch VSX. Till now has run beautifully. About six weeks ago it started to 'cough' just once or twice on starting accompanied with a puff of smoke out the back. This has got worse until i can't get her started under her own power (have got a jump from another car and once stopped coughing and smoking (10-20 secs) runs fine). This seems to be a cold starting problem as last week she would start fine once warm. On pumping the priming pump it goes reasonabley firm but very quickly (10 seconds later) goes soft. I followed the Haines manual procedure for bleeding the system. Not sure where the outlet union valve was though (think i worked it out). The picture in the manual is of the 2.1 diesel. Does anyone know where this is - it's a bosch pump. Also I noticed that when I pumped the primer fuel was moving in the seam between the fuel filter lid and casing - i've changed the filter and bolted it fimly now. Does this sound typical (baring in mind the smoke and coughing) of a leak in the fuel system and if so any clue to where i might look? If not any other ideas? I'd be very grateful and will give feedback if and when you help me cure her! Thanks. Quote
unclefista Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 Have you checked that the glow plugs are working ?Actually taken them out and watched 'em glow ? TBH if the problem is worse when cold, that'd be my first point of call... Quote
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