'02 2.2.tid intermittent eml & white smoke

[Audax]

Did you check the leak off pipes?

[andy.h]

it had new ones 6 months ago but just to make sure i changed them again last week..
it's still hard to start and on wednesday it's started to 'chug' like a narrowboat when it manages to fire up . this chug will last around 1/2 minutes the it'll run as normal .
   once it's started it will tear down the motorway no problem and it's good as gold but, it's just a sod to start ...
         ....  i really have no idea

this is it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIAT5zITkfM
at the start it chuggs then near the end of the video after i rev it it goes to normal

[andy.h]

now i've rpm increase when ive pressed the clutch to change up/down gears ..
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  i think ive found a problem , whether it's 'the' problem im not too sure ...
ive noticed soot around the turbo casing by the arm which moves the waste gate valve , and when i rev it i can see a small puff of smoke around that area being blown backwards towards the bulkhead, you have to look hard but it's noticeable but for the life of me a cant see where it's coming from .
could be the cause of my problems ? 

[andy.h]

it's the pump , more specifically it's the pump timing ... no wonder it's been hard to start but im quite lucky really that it's been a gradual failure instead of it just packing up as these BOSCH VP44 pumps are renowned for .