Problem solved.
The inlet manifold was gummed up with carbon also blocking the butterfly valves.
Who had the brilliant idea of recirculating a % of exhaust gasses through the inlet manifold??
Removed and cleaned by hand .
It was not Turbo which was OK. Does not appear to need injectors.
Too...
The symptoms in mine are moving off from stopped the Amazon runs smoothly at tick over add a little bit of throttle it runs rough and smokes very badly until you boot it and it clears and runs smoothly
or you are running in traffic at slow speed and minimal load add a little bit of throttle...
Thanks uHu.
Most of the 127 k miles is in Guernsey except for the odd holiday in UK or France. In Guernsey speed limit 35 mph so slow cool max 35mph and longest run 10 miles with a fair amount of traffic. So lots of cold running, in traffic, many gear changes, few hills and no mountains to work...
First Post , David Norman from Guernsey,UK
I have had from new a 2002 100 series Amazon 4.2 diesel with a 1 HD-FTE engine.
127,000 miles it has been the best car I have ever had and bullet proof until recent gremlin.
I have had a problem where one accelerates it feels as if the throttle sticks...
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