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  1. Darren Ritchie

    Engine idle rough, white smoke and vibration

    I snapped a glow plug so I'm all the way down and about to pull the head this weekend. (Off the car that is) Doing the oil cooler seals etc while there. U can clearly see all 5 inlet ports are carbon and cylinder 3 is very clean, so fuel has been around unburned that's for sure. I'll keep...
  2. Darren Ritchie

    Engine idle rough, white smoke and vibration

    I'm literally half way through stripping the head off. Might not be the issue but snapped a glow plug and also wanted to change the oil cooler seals and glow plug module. I'll keep you posted.
  3. Darren Ritchie

    Engine idle rough, white smoke and vibration

    Yeah I found that post already. I'm just hoping that someone somewhere has had the same thing happen to their car. I'm going to assume I will needs the injector coded now before moving onto any other possible cause. Maybe do my own little compression test at the weekend just for peace of...
  4. Darren Ritchie

    Engine idle rough, white smoke and vibration

    My ML320 2007 W164 CDI om642 has a very rough idle and produces a lot of white smoke. Car takes around 4 seconds of turning before it starts. There does not seem to be any coolant being used The idle clears up if you rev it above 2.5k rpm (still smoky though) Computer reads a misfire in...


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