The engine started yesterday run unstable (09.01.2014) . I drove the car park and turn off the engine ( it was all ok). 5 minutes later I left . 4WD fault light came on and the engine seemed a bit inefficient. Just Like being driven SNOW mode is enabled . Car aside and a new start-up , 4WD light went off but the machine still seemed a little inefficient. The boost was found less than 1 bar. At this point, I moved to the motorway and I noticed the front torque meter bouncy . Asphalt and light acc, 4WD meter bounced between 0-70nm . Motor tugged and twitching was also reflected in the torque meter.
The car was then parked for three hours . I jump in then tried find fault with the motorway. Brisk acceleration ( engine was underperforming ), and the engine began clearly to run 5 or even 4 cylinder a few kilometers away ( 500m acceleration , light running 2000m ) . Hood open and smoke rised from the engine room , especially in the rear of the engine compartment . Oil level OK, no oil stains everywhere, no visible leakage but still smells and puff . ( I had previously leaking rocker cover gaskets , swapped them 2 weeks ago and since then has not stunk burnt oil . This smell was not clear oil. It is difficult to describe , but something between a very hot engine - overheated brakes - the first installation of the turbo first driving the red-hot .
I got in the trunk of the new spark plugs (to my friend car, but those IKH20 looks like a same?) and changed them from the same 're standing in the middle of the forest. The plugs were worn , but one was clearly the oily, the plugwell wasnt oily and oil the threads of the plug were oil . The plug at the bottom of the porcelain was darkened , and oily.
45 minutes later (it was snowing nicely during sparkplug chancement!) the engine was running with new plugs. Engine sound was better, but listening to the exhaust pipe to get heard clearly that one of the cylinder is missing or there is missfire . This step it does not stink any more unburned fuel or unusual smells.
5 km drive to the home. The car was better, but the 4wd torque meter is still unstable at asphalt and part of power is missing . At home i tried bleed air out of ATESSA system , no bubbles and no fault was longer active .
This stage, I shot the video and recording the video 4WD light came on . Indeed, the only fault light that burns is a 4WD, nothing else has been active today. 4WD fault code I didint check up. . At this point, the cold long drink in the refrigerator called seductively .
Video: http://youtu.be/9gKzesaP818
Today (10.1.2014)
It´s -2*c cold. First i check every hose and wire connectors. No oil leaks, engine oil level is almost maximum. I started engine and i listened engine sound with my knockpeltors. Everything sounds like a normal coldstart. At thispoint i did not heard any missfires or sound like that. Every injector got their normal ticking sound. Every ignition coil top sounds like a same. I closed the hood and start driving. At cold engine there was only lack of power when boost gauge tried to rise boost area, on vacuum there was no prblems. when i reach highway engine temp was almost normal and then engine running switched unstable, vibrating and its semms like a missfire. So lack of power and i noticed this happends -0,2 to 1bar boost range. After testdrive engine was hot and i heard random missfire. sometimes its runs like a normal and sometimes there is missfire one or more. So i took out one by on every invector and sparkplug wires just to heard wht happens to engine running. Everytime i took one plug out engine started run really unstable. Wire connector back to its place and i did this to every cylinder; everyone got same sound. After this test i took two different hoses out, no affects. Still got this same sound what you can hear on video. On idle random missfire, revs nicely and healty but under load at engine it start again run unstable and jerky. Boost rises nicely ect. No fault codes at ECU.. wtf..
Now i started to wonder these sparkplugs which borrowed from my friend (too cold plugs to this engine?)
Still wondering why 4WD torque gauge rises when i press littlebit of throttle on asphalt and there is no slip or slide at any wheel.
Suggestions for the next place to go find a fault?