Hi to All........
My first post - I just swapped my old but reliable Hilux (am I mad ?)for a 2005 Freelander TD4 and the fun's started already.
I'm pretty used to fixing old Brit bikes and cars and so I'm not too daunted by venturing into 'Land Rover' land. Having read all the do's and don'ts before leaping in I picked up a 2005 car with 59,000 on the clock, one owner and FSH. So far so good !
As the crankcase breather had never been done and there was some evidence of oil blown from the dipstick I decided to swap the PCV for the modified BMW unit and also bypass the EGR valve at the same time. The car was running OK if a bit sluggish beforehand.
Once I got all the inlet manifold off, it was pretty clear that there was a lot of gook in there, so I cleaned it all out with parafin and a pressure washer having first taken out the turbo pressure sensor.
I also cleaned out the pipes before the EGR valve as there was a lot of oil in there too. The air temperature sensor was covered in oil so I carefully cleaned it off by just spraying it with WD40.
I then had to drop a good litre of oil from the crankcase as the previous owner had overfilled it, which must have added to the blow out of oil.
I was expecting some good results after all my efforts.......
Instead the car is now running very lumpy over 2000 rpm and kicking out loads of smoke (before the work it was OK).
It seems to me like it's overfueling, maybe due to the air temp sensor konking out. Would WD40 alone do this to it ? or am I barking up the wrong tree.
I'd be very grateful for any suggestions other than don't let the Hilux go just yet !
Cheers,
Perkins
My first post - I just swapped my old but reliable Hilux (am I mad ?)for a 2005 Freelander TD4 and the fun's started already.
I'm pretty used to fixing old Brit bikes and cars and so I'm not too daunted by venturing into 'Land Rover' land. Having read all the do's and don'ts before leaping in I picked up a 2005 car with 59,000 on the clock, one owner and FSH. So far so good !
As the crankcase breather had never been done and there was some evidence of oil blown from the dipstick I decided to swap the PCV for the modified BMW unit and also bypass the EGR valve at the same time. The car was running OK if a bit sluggish beforehand.
Once I got all the inlet manifold off, it was pretty clear that there was a lot of gook in there, so I cleaned it all out with parafin and a pressure washer having first taken out the turbo pressure sensor.
I also cleaned out the pipes before the EGR valve as there was a lot of oil in there too. The air temperature sensor was covered in oil so I carefully cleaned it off by just spraying it with WD40.
I then had to drop a good litre of oil from the crankcase as the previous owner had overfilled it, which must have added to the blow out of oil.
I was expecting some good results after all my efforts.......
Instead the car is now running very lumpy over 2000 rpm and kicking out loads of smoke (before the work it was OK).
It seems to me like it's overfueling, maybe due to the air temp sensor konking out. Would WD40 alone do this to it ? or am I barking up the wrong tree.
I'd be very grateful for any suggestions other than don't let the Hilux go just yet !
Cheers,
Perkins