ok followed you thread to the 't', wow what a difference, i can now rev under load to 3800rpm (i never go that high usually 2500 tops) pull of is superb, no smoke, dont want to push my luck too far atm, i turned the smoke screw 1 1/4 turns, i turned the gear inside 90 degrees and adjusted the...

mine is manual, i have just had a look at it, when the pedal is fully depressed the throttle arm wont move anymore, so im presuming that is ok, whats the adjuster with the 2 springs next to it? the other 2 adjusters i have is the idle speed and the max fuel adjustment, any ideas on why my car...

Forgive me, sometimes i need things spelling out to me, are you saying to adjust the rev range i must check that the throttle cable is tight enough? rave manual says 1.57mm of free play?

Great thread..... im going to try this in the morning but before i do, i have had a complete engine refurbishment and a second hand turbo, it feels really sluggish atm, i can hear the turbo and it sounds fine, but its really struggling to get up to 3k revs, is there anything to adjust before i...

yeah i was told after i had a similar problem that you could cap the oil flow and return pipes to the turbo, not sure what you would do with the boost pressure pipe though?

great info, i will give it a go, just didnt want to leave it connected and burn something out if it was faulty

advice because this is the 3rd brand new battery (all different makes) i have had in the past 16 months, this latest one i have only had on for 3 months, i was asked to post readings here which is what i have done, i have sorted out the bad earth i had, and put the battery on charge over night...

ok so prestarting i had a battery voltage of 12.2v on cranking i had between 8.9-9.4v once started it crept upto 14.3v Advice?

are the glow plugs supposed to be powered even after the glow plug light has gone out on dash?

spot on guys, bad earth was the cause of my starting issues, not sure whether or not it has solved my hot restart issues, only time will tell, i also did some more investigations into the none functioning glow plug relay, i found that there was no permanent live feed, on further investigation...

after cleaning away rust, would copper grease be advised? james i will put an additional earth lead in once i have some cash, would this explain it being hard to restart when hot or is that another issue? thanks guys

ok guys, feel im making progress now, just connected a jump lead to the neg terminal and the other end to block as suggested, it hasnt been started for 35 hrs so is stone dead cold, and it started in less than 3 seconds with a half dead battery, so it seems to me as suggested that there is an...

cold as in left for 18-20 hours over night, and can take upto 30 seconds of turn over before it will go, usually i do this in 3 x 10 sec blasts

could this have any baring to the restarting when hot problem, i,e causing an electrical fault?

ok, cheers buddy, i have located it, it clicks once for around 15 seconds when i turn the ignition on, i can also feel it, after 15 seconds it clicks again, so im assume it has power and the timer is working, , i have just found a wiring diagram on google, i have tested the earth on the relay...

back again folks, ive sorted some major problems on my 300tdi now going through the niggley stuff, its a bitch to start when cold, ive just wired up a very basic tester, 2 crocodile clips to a light bulb, connected one clip to negative terminal and the other to the nut on top of the glow plug...

thanks to tyre man dave and iwallace for your offers, i brought the one from iwallace and touch wood all is ok, lads i appreciate you taking the time for me, it just shows there is some generosity in the world and this forum wouldn't be the same without guys like you, thanks so much!!

interesting thanks buddy, i think one of our delightful members of this community forum has come up with one for me, but im definitely interested in this as i have 2 dead housings now, might be worth buying 2 of them, selling one as part refurbished and keeping the other as a spare, we will...

not sure if last message went through, so just incase,,,,, if you still have it you would be a life saver, i live in the midlands so would have to get a courier to pick it up, i can pay by paypal, bank transfer etc just let me know cheers Dave

maybe,, but i forgot to prime the last one so i think that was more the point, still doesnt change the fact that i only got £50 to buy one, might just scrap the car tbh, shame though just passed mot and it has a completely refurbished engine, needing a small amount of welding and turbo,