when it goes flat, are you getting any smoke out the back?
the injection pump can pull fuel enough so it doesn't stall, you'll lose power though.
see if you can undo the fuel filter bleed screw (or pull the pipe off into a jar) and manual do the lift pump. it should squirt out. engine needs to be in correct position for manual to work.
or if it's old, then it's worthwhile sticking a new delphi on it.
you won't have a turbo then. it doesn't start to spin up until 1500+ iirc (defenders don't have rev counters
)no, but i'd expect top end to suffer.. which yours isn't doing.
i'd suspect wrong setup from someone playing with it.
adjust the smoke screw a bit until you see black smoke before the turbo kicks in, then back it off until it's just visible
did you have another thread on this?
haigy
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The smoke screw as in the star wheel.
I thought the same as i tweaked it myself but the pin first fitted it ran well with alot of smoke so put it back to standard.and then since ive bij turning the star wheel back up but nothing seems to be changing.
I only tweaked the pump on the original pin because it was terrible in any gear so turned it up
I thought the same as i tweaked it myself but the pin first fitted it ran well with alot of smoke so put it back to standard.and then since ive bij turning the star wheel back up but nothing seems to be changing.
I only tweaked the pump on the original pin because it was terrible in any gear so turned it up
no, stick that back to orig setting.
it's the torx with locknut under the metal cap on the top.
mark th orig position and turn 1.5 times cw. get upto temp and on LOW boost (low revs) check the smoke. turn it down until there's hardly any smoke or you lose power.
see if that helps. remember if you turn these up too much you will raise your egt and cook something
haigy
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Right ive turned the smoke screw up 1.5 thrns cw and went for run seems to be running alot better low down the revs. Does that push the pin further down then producing more boost. So will see how that goes for few days.
When you say egt will cook something what will it cook turbo or more head gasket kind of thing
When you say egt will cook something what will it cook turbo or more head gasket kind of thing
have a butchers, explains it better than me http://www.landroverweb.com/Pdf-files/Tuning_Land_Rover_Tdi_engines_Rev_2.pdf
high egts can melt pistons, crack heads, kill turbos
though you would need to be going a bit nuts on fiddling imo.
long hills under load will raise them more.
if worried you can buy egt probes and gauges
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gl, let us know how you got on
