RangeRoller dt
Well-Sprung Member
Smokes a bit
Needs to check his MAF
Needs to check his MAF
Shimsteriom
Master Procrastinator
Whenever I rev my TD5 too high, that's what I envisage happening to it.
RangeRoller dt
Well-Sprung Member
^^^^ that’s what I thought with mine started running lumpy, parked up shopping, came out wouldn’t start no click nothing - new starter & battery - wouldn’t bump
engine welded itself together
started running lumpy, parked up shopping, came out wouldn’t start no click nothing - new starter & battery - wouldn’t bumpengine welded itself together
^^^^ that’s what I thought with mine
engine welded itself together
Ever heard of oil?
Doubt it has EGR so won't need a MAF.Smokes a bit
Needs to check his MAF
RangeRoller dt
Well-Sprung Member
Ever heard of oil?
Overfilling the oil wouldn’t of helped
I had topped it up with chainsaw oil few times (it leaked like a sieve and a little wrong oil is better than no oil in a sticky situation).
It was fine til it got stolen, they used it to pull a few cash machines out then dumped it
Insurance wanted to scrap due to age of vehicle but payout wouldn’t have got me another, so I tried to keep it running.
Had to put a padlock bolted to door, dash was a mess, engine made a sound like you were listening to it underwater??
Ran for few months at reduced power then just stopped that night
Overfilling the oil wouldn’t of helped
I had topped it up with chainsaw oil few times (it leaked like a sieve and a little wrong oil is better than no oil in a sticky situation).
It was fine til it got stolen, they used it to pull a few cash machines out then dumped it
Insurance wanted to scrap due to age of vehicle but payout wouldn’t have got me another, so I tried to keep it running.
Had to put a padlock bolted to door, dash was a mess, engine made a sound like you were listening to it underwater??
Ran for few months at reduced power then just stopped that night
Sounds like you may have been better putting the oil in the chainsaw and using it to cut the bloody thing up with.
RangeRoller dt
Well-Sprung Member
Waste of a good chain was dustpan and brush job.
Had a good life, preferred it all old and beaten up compared to when it was new and shiny with 4miles on clock. It was 19, the 90 before it died at 15 so not bad.
P38 is 24 and like my defender at 6
Guy bought it -told him chassis is too far gone- he put (p60?) engine in it and new body off a donor. Looked it up while ago - it is off the roads, severe structural rot or something was the mot failure.
Had a good life, preferred it all old and beaten up compared to when it was new and shiny with 4miles on clock. It was 19, the 90 before it died at 15 so not bad.
P38 is 24 and like my defender at 6
Guy bought it -told him chassis is too far gone- he put (p60?) engine in it and new body off a donor. Looked it up while ago - it is off the roads, severe structural rot or something was the mot failure.
RangeRoller dt
Well-Sprung Member
Here it is
Excessive is puttin it lightly
Notice the part that says ‘deliberate’...
Guess whom?
Excessive is puttin it lightly
Notice the part that says ‘deliberate’...
Guess whom?
Datatek
Well-Known Member
No MAF on my Transit even with EGR
No MAF on my Transit even with EGR
That would be EU level 1 EC then. I did say earlier that the old Transit had a throttle valve linked to the mechanical pump linkage. It was a flyer would do at least 50 mph flat out. Lad had it for a while but got shut. MAF sensor was introduced for EU EC level II, that required feedback info of exhaust gas ingestion, for a finer emission control. Like that which is fitted to the P38.
Datatek
Well-Known Member
I had one of the first dealer delivered 2.5Di Transits, they even used mine for some publicity photo's as they liked my patriotic colour scheme . According to Ford at the time, it was the first direct injection small automotive diesel, apparently it was also the first to use a butterfly valve in the inlet. No glowplugs, instant starter even after being left over the Christmas break covered in snow. Just about good for 70 mph eventually with the race car trailer on the back, noisy and inclined to smoke. As you know, previously a pre combustion chamber such as the Ricardo Comet (5) was used, so the 2.5Di was quite an advance. Shame the body was not as good as the mechanicals.That would be EU level 1 EC then. I did say earlier that the old Transit had a throttle valve linked to the mechanical pump linkage. It was a flyer would do at least 50 mph flat out. Lad had it for a while but got shut. MAF sensor was introduced for EU EC level II, that required feedback info of exhaust gas ingestion, for a finer emission control. Like that which is fitted to the P38.
Yes Transits do tend to fall apart around you as you drive along. Pre combustion chambers cut down diesel knock, but they do need glow plugs, specially the M51 which has very lean start fuel maps.
Datatek
Well-Known Member
My next door neighbour worked for Ford Dunton R&D, as I understand from him, it was not possible to get reliable combustion at what he referred to as high revs with direct injection. Certainly Ricardo did a lot of development on cylinder head design coming up with the comet pre combustion chamber design in the 30's which improve efficiency dramatically just as direct injection has now further improved efficiency.
Direct injection has been around for a very long time, it is not new. What has improved diesel performance more than anything else is the modern very high pressure fuel delivery.
RangeRoller dt
Well-Sprung Member
Was it a CVH engine?
I’ve had a few of them through work in past.
I’ve had a few of them through work in past.
Datatek
Well-Known Member
True, my old Volvo boat engine was direct injection, no glow plugs, no battery needed, would start on the handle easily in an emergency. Very low revving though and very economical. The downside of modern very high pressure injection is the need for electronics, OK in a car, but has proved to be a liability in boats. More accurate metering of the fuel is the other big advance.
