HELP!

[MZ6666]

MY 1990 160k 200 TDi WILL ONLY REV TO 2750-3000rpm .IT FEELS STRANGLED/CHOKED, I'VE CHANGED THE FUEL FILTER AND CLEANED OUT THE SEDIMETER, NO CHANGE. IT STARTS FINE AND RUNS SMOOTH AT LOW REVS. IT'S ALSO THE SAME WHETHER FREE REVING OR UNDER LOAD.
ANY IDEAS ??
CHEERS,RICH

[Paul]

A mate had this happen to him, He had emptyed his ash tray and
forgotten to put it back.... Guess where the RAC found it.... Yep
under the right hand pedal...

Have you checked for any obstruction under the pedal.?

[ChrisW]

Has anything happened to the accelerator cable, the adjustor under the bonnet or something?

[Wanderer]

semi blocked air intake?

Ed

[V8MoneyPit]

Not sure how the throttle cable fixes at the engine end. It could have slipped. But this would mean you have loads of surplus pedal travel before anything happens, or the pedal will be further down than before.

Or maybe an air leak on the inlet side? Manifold, etc.

[hobbit]

How about this for a classic, my lightweight started doint this, turned out that when I was refitting the carb, I left the pipe to the air filter on too and i sucked up a rag, it had fired so I left it, re-built everything else, ran down to the road to the garage and the thing died on me

Took 20 mins of fault finding to find it  whhooops  :oops:  :oops:  

Kev

[MZ6666]

HI FOLKS, NICE SUGGESTIONS BUT I'M AFRAID ITS NOT THE CAUSE.I'VE REVVED IT FROM THR PUMP SO NOT A LINKAGE PROBLEM, AND I TREATED IT TO A K&N FILTER AT THE PETERBROUGH SHOW SO THATS ANOTHER OUT
I THINK ITS EITHER FUELING OR EXHAUST RELATED (ALTHOUGH I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF IT ISN'T MY OLD FAVOURITE FROM THE HAYNES FAULT FINDING VOCABULARY
"MAJOR MECHANICAL FAILURE"    

[scorpio]

Right this is only a thought but when i had this problem it was air in the fuel mine was the sedimenter drain screw was lose, but i have been told that if you check under the boot cover there is a inspection hole that allows you to see the pipes from the fuel tank they are known to let air in there if they are perished.

[ChrisW]

I had a problem last year when driving normally with a light foot it went fine but when you put your foot down for more power it would cough and splurt - turned out it was one of the pipes on the spill line / return off the injectors - normal running and the diesel was pushed back to the injector pump fine, heavy foot and it would spurt diesel all over the block and let air in.

[thermidorthelobster]

Once you've fixed it, maybe you could take a look at your CAPS LOCK key...  

[MZ6666]

THANKS FOLKS, I'M LOOKING INTO WHAT YOU SAID CHRIS, AS THE INJECTOR AREA IS OILY............BUT THEN SO ARE MANY AREAS :shock:  :roll:
ANYWAY WE'RE OFF TO KIRTON LINDSEY TOMORROW SO MUDPLUGGING ON LOW REVS!......SHOULD BE INTERESTING?

OH...AND TO MR LOBSTER, I LIKE WRITING LIKE THIS AND AS I'M CRAP AT TYPING, IT'S EASIER.
BY THE WAY I USED TO LIVE AT BROOKPLACE COTTAGE, BAGSHOT ROAD. CHOBHAM IF THATS OF ANY INTEREST?

[scorpio]

If you like writing like that that is fine BUT IT DENOTES SHOUTING ON THE NET so you may want to type in normal case.


And how was Kirton

[lee celtic]

:-$ I DON'T MIND HIM TYPING IN CAPS AS I AM A BIT DEAF AND IT HELPS IF HE SHOUTS .  :D

PS.  I WRITE EVERY THING IN CAPS AS WELL WHEN I AM AT WORK OR AT HOME AS MY HAND WRITING LOOKS TOTAL SHEEIGHT (SORRY SPELINGS TERRIABLEE AS WEELLL)

[MZ6666]

UPDATE; SWARF IN THE INJECTOR PUMP :shock:   BUT ABOUT TO BE FETTLED BY A VERY TALENTED DIESEL CHAP

AS FOR KIRTON, WELL............. AT BILLING I INVESTED IN ONE OF THOSE  LAND METER TILT DEVICES. THE READINGS TURN RED AT 3 AND STOP ! WELL IT GOT TO WHERE 4 WOULD HAVE BEEN  :!:  :!:            (AND THAT'S WITH A SAFTY DEVICES ROOF RACK C/W 2nd SPARE WHEEL AND SAND TRACKS)
IT WAS DEFINATLY AN "IMMODIUM MOMENT" :oops:

[Wanderer]

Now you know why Landrovers don't have seat buttons :)

Ed