umanemo
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After the recent timing belt change I had noticed a "harmonic" difference in the voice of my otherwise smooth sound of my 17 year old, 290,000Km trusty 2000 Ducato 2.8 Tdi Diesel. It seemed lower, more vibration and seemed to have a sweet spot just slightly higher on the RPM scale than before.
Well I just had my TUV, (MOT) performed in Germany and my exhaust emission numbers are up dramatically. On average throughout these prior years I have registered > 1.28, even last year before the belt change but yesterday I registered < 1.72!!!
Does anyone have experience with a timing belt change and exhaust particulate levels failure? It could be many things but this just seems to be such an abrupt change and the most obvious to begin this discussion with. The timing belt is the only recent variable in an almost unbelievably incredible engine's life's performance story.
Thanks in advance...
Well I just had my TUV, (MOT) performed in Germany and my exhaust emission numbers are up dramatically. On average throughout these prior years I have registered > 1.28, even last year before the belt change but yesterday I registered < 1.72!!!
Does anyone have experience with a timing belt change and exhaust particulate levels failure? It could be many things but this just seems to be such an abrupt change and the most obvious to begin this discussion with. The timing belt is the only recent variable in an almost unbelievably incredible engine's life's performance story.
Thanks in advance...