pontyslapper
Brought a Landy to LZ11. Yay!!
Going to start operation home time today. Ta for the offer chap.
Hi guys n gals. Just arrived home. Kids safely in bed and Drover is spending his time on a pretty busy road under a street light... I know that's not ideal but I saw nearly a dozen police cars up and down the road in our time sat in car park.
Going to ring bank in morning about upgrading our old paid account to a slightly more expensive one that offers uk wide recovery rather than the miserly 10 miles we're offered at the moment.
I now have some thinking to do when Drover gets home and diagnosed - long term resto project or 2 into 1 with another disco???
Dipped the oil before we left and it was as it should be ... Black. No white smoke on the start up. Temp Guage bang on normal. Just a git to start and struggles to hold decent revs then cuts.
Could it be a bastid airlock from hell or is it the dreaded HGF or some random curse that seems to strike whenever Drover enters England??? I guess time will tell.
Thank you to my dear LZ friends for your help, suggestions and support during this evening. You are bloody legends!
Being rescued tomorrow all going well. So in a few days we'll hopefully have some idea!
Drover is home. Smooth trip on shiny noo wagon. Breakdown lads suggested might be worth checking fuel lift pump etc first, in order of cheapness n access.
So it might be pretty painless!
next time we should travel in convoys if possible,back up in numbers,brilliant news its home,you can tell if the lift pumps gone by lifting the lever and check if theres a bit of resistance,i would crank it see if diesel to the injectors first,if its getting fuel and not starting look at compression or timing,compression would be suspect as you lost water
I agree, I did think fuel starvation but the water loss is a worry. Could be coincidental
It's the lift pump. But going to take the oppo to change the rad, fuel filter and give the intercooler a clean out at the same time that we do the lift pump. Also going to splash a bit of paint around the bits under the rad area.