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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: Disco Geordie on December 29, 2005, 11:08:31
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Pictures in my gallery say it all,
http://members.mud-club.com/profiles/Disco%20Geordie/gallery/breakdown
How embarrasing. :oops: Engine ticks over ok, just no revs or power, off to check the fuel lines ho hum :cry:
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you need not of botheredwith all that de-icer then
told you to just call in for a snow day
:lol:
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Oh dear, never nice to see a proud wearer of the green oval being carried away :x
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latest update on behalf of DG
looks like fuelfilter may have got froxzen up so we have changed that.
possible that cheep diesel has"waxed" up in tank due to cold weather
further bullitens to follow .....
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:cry: hes had to borrow his mummys car for work tomorrow poor thing and he looks like one of santas reighndeer can you guess which one :o
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Put some parffin in it to stop the waxing.
Paul
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Do Discos have water seperators up by the tank? My 1990 Rangie TD did. If it's done it's job but not been flushed then that may have frozen.
The Same rangie also had a heater on the fuel filter in the engine bay.
Word of warning though if it is the seperator and the plastic screw snapps as mine did, I got a replacement seperator from a diesel specialist at the fraction of the cost of the Landrover replacement. Only difference this one has a plastic clear bowl so rather than fit it up underneath where a flying stone could doof it I mounted it alongside the filter. Advantage then.. it's simpler to drain without getting on your back (i.e. likely to be done!) and you can actually see the layer of water should one appear through the plastic bowl.
Same rangie suffered a corroded fuel pickup pick from the tank just where the unions to the fuel lines are. It was perforated for years which I know because if I parked a particualr way the fuel would syphon down the line to the tank thus requiring lots of cranking to start.. Park it with another way and it was fine. Eventually traced when the perforation became a hole and air was sucked in under acceleration resulting in it runnning like a tumble dryer with a brick in, ticked over fine though.
Lee D
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I've continued this on in the tech section as heading that way :cry:
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:D shes back on the road a big thanks to all who helped and an extra thanks to landylooney and craig thanks guys for standing out in the cold
happy new year to all :)
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One fit and well disco to report thanks all, fuel had waxed but once thawed ok.
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How cold does it have to get to wax?????
I thought it was about -18c
Can it happen at lower temps?
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Seems it can I'm the evidence :cry:
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Put some parffin in it to stop the waxing.
Paul
I used to drive a L/R in Norway and we had the Diesel and Parafin(?) mixed already, if we do it ourselves what kind of ratio should it be?
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How cold does it have to get to wax?????
I thought it was about -18c
Can it happen at lower temps?
I had the same problem earlier this year with my series.
First thing the AA guy who came out to look at when it wouldnt start was "Have you been using supermarket diesel"
It seems that they put less anti waxing agent in cheeper diesel to keep costs down.
I think diesel will frezze at -18 but will wax at about -10 and with the way the weathers been up here the last couple of days it would seem thats the problem
Oh buy the way Neil
Thats a pint you owe me and Craig (EACH)
:wink:
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An old trick which works and helps , put a gallon of petrol in with the diesel,old old lorry drivers trick.......
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No problem a pint each is well deserved :lol:
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An old trick which works and helps , put a gallon of petrol in with the diesel,old old lorry drivers trick.......
I thought that Diesel and Petrol did'nt mix (due to different densities), sounds like I'm wrong!
A gallon of petrol to what size tank?
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Put some parffin in it to stop the waxing.
Paul
I used to drive a L/R in Norway and we had the Diesel and Parafin(?) mixed already, if we do it ourselves what kind of ratio should it be?
I put a gallon per tank full.
Paul