Steve Benson
Member
HI,
I have acquired an old series 3 Lightweight that has at some time in its life been converted to 2.25 diesel.
It did run, and ran well, but after being laid up for 6 months now refuses to start. I have changed the heater/glow plugs and the wiring for these thinking it may have been that. The engine can be made to run by by squirting solvent into the air filter, and it does run, but only on the solvent. When the solvent is used up it runs at tick over but won't rev. I have bled and re bleed the system. I get a good squirt out of the circular body of the CAV pump but only a dribble out of the Rectangular section one. I take it this is where my problem lies. But just want to check, before i shell out a fortune on a new pump.
Cheers
Steve
I have acquired an old series 3 Lightweight that has at some time in its life been converted to 2.25 diesel.
It did run, and ran well, but after being laid up for 6 months now refuses to start. I have changed the heater/glow plugs and the wiring for these thinking it may have been that. The engine can be made to run by by squirting solvent into the air filter, and it does run, but only on the solvent. When the solvent is used up it runs at tick over but won't rev. I have bled and re bleed the system. I get a good squirt out of the circular body of the CAV pump but only a dribble out of the Rectangular section one. I take it this is where my problem lies. But just want to check, before i shell out a fortune on a new pump.
Cheers
Steve