Hi all,
I am need of your knowledge and advice.
My 2005 ictdi has become very sluggish to start, not all the time. It will start first 'crack' some of the time and other times it will take up to 10-15 seconds of constant winding before it fires up. There does not seem to be any specific pattern with this either. It might start first thing on a cold morning and after driving 1 hour it may be harder to start. In other words it doesn't appear to be only when the engine is cold.
Once the car fires up it seems fine. It doesn't seem to stutter or anything like that. It will sit at idle no problem and doesn't seem to be 'starved' of diesel.
Another problem I have and I'm not sure if it is related, or a different problem entirely is that it is very much 'down in power'. There is no power or acceleration in the lower rev range. If I needed to overtake someone I would need a long stretch of road to get the speed up. Once it gets up to speed though it drives fine. It will go along at 70-80 -90mph no problem and again doesn't misfire.
I took it to my local Honda dealer for a diagnostics but there were no faults found. The honda mechanic speculated that he thought I needed a replacement fuel rail. He also said the solenoid on the turbo was 'leaking' and he said that I might get away with replacing the solenoid but might need the turbo replaced.
I was reluctant about rushing out to replace these parts without being sure that this was the problem. So I took it to my local (indpendent) mechanic. He was not able to give me any more info, other than the egr valve was clear, that he felt the turbo was working ok and that I needed an exhaust manifold gasket ( although he did say this wasn't going to fix my problem).
I collected my car from him this evening and now the problem seems even worse than before. Still sluggish to start (surprise surprise) and much less power ( couldn't go up a gentle hill in 1st gear without stalling). It isn't running in limp mode as far as I can tell. That happened to it before and it wouldn't rev out over 2000rpm. That's not happening now. There are also no lights on the dash.
And a brief history - About 10 weeks ago I replaced the 4 injectors, injector pump and the egr valve (all second hand parts). Not sure if fuel filter was replaced but I imagine he should have. The symptoms I was having at this time were different to now. As I said It began running in limp mode until it cut out and wouldn't start. The replacement parts definitely sorted the problem at that stage. I just don't know where to go from here.
Sorry about the long winded story but there is quite a lot to tell about my car and I'm at my wits end.
I am need of your knowledge and advice.
My 2005 ictdi has become very sluggish to start, not all the time. It will start first 'crack' some of the time and other times it will take up to 10-15 seconds of constant winding before it fires up. There does not seem to be any specific pattern with this either. It might start first thing on a cold morning and after driving 1 hour it may be harder to start. In other words it doesn't appear to be only when the engine is cold.
Once the car fires up it seems fine. It doesn't seem to stutter or anything like that. It will sit at idle no problem and doesn't seem to be 'starved' of diesel.
Another problem I have and I'm not sure if it is related, or a different problem entirely is that it is very much 'down in power'. There is no power or acceleration in the lower rev range. If I needed to overtake someone I would need a long stretch of road to get the speed up. Once it gets up to speed though it drives fine. It will go along at 70-80 -90mph no problem and again doesn't misfire.
I took it to my local Honda dealer for a diagnostics but there were no faults found. The honda mechanic speculated that he thought I needed a replacement fuel rail. He also said the solenoid on the turbo was 'leaking' and he said that I might get away with replacing the solenoid but might need the turbo replaced.
I was reluctant about rushing out to replace these parts without being sure that this was the problem. So I took it to my local (indpendent) mechanic. He was not able to give me any more info, other than the egr valve was clear, that he felt the turbo was working ok and that I needed an exhaust manifold gasket ( although he did say this wasn't going to fix my problem).
I collected my car from him this evening and now the problem seems even worse than before. Still sluggish to start (surprise surprise) and much less power ( couldn't go up a gentle hill in 1st gear without stalling). It isn't running in limp mode as far as I can tell. That happened to it before and it wouldn't rev out over 2000rpm. That's not happening now. There are also no lights on the dash.
And a brief history - About 10 weeks ago I replaced the 4 injectors, injector pump and the egr valve (all second hand parts). Not sure if fuel filter was replaced but I imagine he should have. The symptoms I was having at this time were different to now. As I said It began running in limp mode until it cut out and wouldn't start. The replacement parts definitely sorted the problem at that stage. I just don't know where to go from here.
Sorry about the long winded story but there is quite a lot to tell about my car and I'm at my wits end.
