TheKeymeister
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Problem number two! Finally came to the "magic moment" in my engine conversion, dobbed on the starter wire and it started in about 20 seconds, great I thought and jumped up and down everywhere. Oil pressure OK.
Gave it some revs, it seemed to accept it for about 5 seconds then sounds as though its running on three and rattling about like mad. Let go and give it some more and same thing happens.
Hoping it could be related to the other thing I noticed, it didn't stop straight away when I disconnected ignition. Power feed is OK as it's a brand new one run in so it's switching OK, pulled the wire off to the stop solenoid and it still ran on for a good 20 seconds before dieing.
This gives me a lot of things to check - just wondering if anyone could comment or suggest anything else...
-Possible stop solenoid sticking as per above
-Air leak in fuel pipes (they have all been replaced, but I replaced them with that thick walled universal type stuff and jubilees, so still possible)
-Lift pump no good - unlike the 2 1/4 engines I've had before, the hand pump didn't spring back - but it did pump OK - is this normal?
-Injectors or feed pipes no good
-Injector pump no good or timing out (shouldn't be as it was OK when removed from the disco)
-No exhaust connected to it at the moment (haven't got a jack man enough to lift it yet, and can't figure out a way to put in a series downpipe without having it in the air)
-Head gasket
Not after a definite answer as there's far too many variables here, just wondering if anyone can discount any of the above or suggest other things to check, and when I do fix it I'll post back with what it was... Cheers!
Gave it some revs, it seemed to accept it for about 5 seconds then sounds as though its running on three and rattling about like mad. Let go and give it some more and same thing happens.
Hoping it could be related to the other thing I noticed, it didn't stop straight away when I disconnected ignition. Power feed is OK as it's a brand new one run in so it's switching OK, pulled the wire off to the stop solenoid and it still ran on for a good 20 seconds before dieing.
This gives me a lot of things to check - just wondering if anyone could comment or suggest anything else...
-Possible stop solenoid sticking as per above
-Air leak in fuel pipes (they have all been replaced, but I replaced them with that thick walled universal type stuff and jubilees, so still possible)
-Lift pump no good - unlike the 2 1/4 engines I've had before, the hand pump didn't spring back - but it did pump OK - is this normal?
-Injectors or feed pipes no good
-Injector pump no good or timing out (shouldn't be as it was OK when removed from the disco)
-No exhaust connected to it at the moment (haven't got a jack man enough to lift it yet, and can't figure out a way to put in a series downpipe without having it in the air)
-Head gasket
Not after a definite answer as there's far too many variables here, just wondering if anyone can discount any of the above or suggest other things to check, and when I do fix it I'll post back with what it was... Cheers!