mk3 mondeo 2.2 tdci starting problems

[kenhermes]

Hi. I have a 2005 Ford mondeo ghia x, 2.2tdci. When starting there is puffs of white smoke, the throttle doesn't react and the engine seems to rev itself. Once it has revved itself, the throttle reacts and I am able to pull away, however if I hit less than 1.5k rpm, the engine stalls (even with clutch down). I have taken to a local garage and had full code scan which showed no faults. Injectors are fine too and annoyingly (as engine was warm) it did not cut out. The coolant sensor was slightly inaccurate too. Please help

[harlowhammer]

Had similar thing with my old St tdci, was a dodgy Egr valve.
One of the pins driving the valve gears had snapped off, cleaned out the Egr replaced the pin and was good as gold after.

[thebigmacmoomin]

Clean out the EGR

[Chuffmeister]

Block off the EGR with a blanking plate. About £3 on Ebay. White smoke can be unburnt diesel, so it may also be worth you performing a leak-back test on the injectors.

[Andyendo]

I have a 20l tdci mk 3 euro4 engine and would take a good 20 to 30 second s to fire up then run rough until warmed up and plenty of black smoke
Turned out two injectors needed replacing and coded and a recon turbo hope this isn't you're problem cost 745 to get it running sweet again

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kenhermes said:

Hi. I have a 2005 Ford mondeo ghia x, 2.2tdci. When starting there is puffs of white smoke, the throttle doesn't react and the engine seems to rev itself. Once it has revved itself, the throttle reacts and I am able to pull away, however if I hit less than 1.5k rpm, the engine stalls (even with clutch down). I have taken to a local garage and had full code scan which showed no faults. Injectors are fine too and annoyingly (as engine was warm) it did not cut out. The coolant sensor was slightly inaccurate too. Please help

Sounds like the common issue which is resolved by having the PCM update. The ford dealer should know all about this as it was issued as a TSB.