So have the van running now and seems to be okay on idle though a little lumpy.
I drove it to a diesel specialist to get checked out and it blew a lot of black smoke on the way especially under high revs. It also seemed to have no power at low revs and struggled on hills.
The diesel specialist said he didn't know the engine but could here it had compression issues when he tested it with the glow plug electrics disconnected.
I have also read this could be the egr valve. So tested disconnecting the vacuum pipe but it made no difference.
I'm going to try a blanking plate next weekend. And hope this sorts it.
But otherwise I dread I may have to take the engine apart and start looking around.
Any thoughts here on what this might be?
It supposedly ran fine 5 years ago but that was 5 years ago and it's been sat for a long time I'm surprised I got it running in the first place.
Anyways any help is much appreciated ☺️
Cheers,
Jon