You've not seen diesel smoke until you've driven a Volvo TD with a bad
IP -- smoke isn't the word! Before I got the IP fixed (the last time,
it's out of use again...), downshifting the automatic on the highway
would result in a black cloud that completely obscured the car behind.
They ALWAYS slowed down -- probably couldn't see anything for the
smoke!
Very rude, probaby stunk too, but hey, I really insist on being able to
see the headlights of the car behind me at 70 mph in a 55 zone when I'm
trying to turn left in half a mile in heavy traffic....
It still smokes some with the IP fixed (mostly a stuck cold start
injector, meaning I'm probably really looking at an engine rebuild
instead of a bad IP this time -- wears out the top of the cylinders
from over-advanced IP timing), but nothing like before!
Peter
