AuthorTopic: not a good day  (Read 747 times)

0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.

Disco Geordie

  • Guest
not a good day
« on: December 29, 2005, 20:13:14 »
Got up de-iced left for work, got about half a mile and noticed no revs in engine, will not go past 2000.
Thinking air in fuel, got her recovered home, managed to reverse her into a space to work on in low revs.
Tried to bleed air out of fuel filter from top and bottom bleeds, nothing their. Took filter off empty with LandyLoony for support and assistance.
Primed and replaced with a new filter run for a couple of minutes and then same again, checked filter again empty.
Hmmm waxing fuel the next thought, warmed the tank with help from smudgersmiffs exhaust and a hose pipe ( no not committing hari kari)
Tried starting filter off at last fuel coming through if very slowly. Bled off the air but still not getiing past 2000 revs!!
No obvious breaks in the fuel lines tomorrow going to warm the tank up completly somehow. Thinking cheap supermarket fuel has waxed and caused a blockage and until fuel complety warm will not clear until then.
Anyone got any other ideas???????

Offline hobbit

  • Posts: 4750
  • Attack: 100
    Defense: 100
    Attack Member
  • Karma: +0/-0
  • Referrals: 0
not a good day
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2005, 21:01:51 »
Might be a bit of water in the system and froze up, it can build up sometimes in the bottom of the tank, and then freeze over the pipe end, if you can drain the tank through a drain plug, might be worth doing it, other than than get some emusifier additive which would disperse the water, allowing it to be burned through with the fuel
Kev

'91 stretch Discovery 200 Tdi
Hybrid for running round (got to go now)
Srs 3 Lightweight petrol (got to go)
Srs 3 Lightweight petrol, runabout

Not every problem can be solved with duct tape, and it's exactly for those situations we have WD 40

Disco Geordie

  • Guest
emulsifier
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2005, 10:17:03 »
Put the emuslifier in, fingers crossed :?

Offline petergalileo

  • Posts: 518
  • Attack: 100
    Defense: 100
    Attack Member
  • Karma: +0/-0
  • Referrals: 0
not a good day
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2005, 11:22:00 »
Could be an air leak,  I have had this before, minute hole bleeding tiny amounts of air in, affected starting, used to take half a minute to get her to start up and revs just wouldn't go above 2500 RPM.  What I did was get hold of one of those small plastic inline filters like they used on old Ford Sierras. Put that inline in the system and you can see the air bubbles.  Good thing is you can mover the filter around the system and locate the leak.
1996 300TDi Discovery ES - Java Black, Stainless Bullbar, Electric folding mirrors, TD5 Steering Wheel in Beige - Doesn't get muddy !

Freelander 1.8 Xi - LR Bodykit, Light Guards.

Disco Geordie

  • Guest
hoorah
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2005, 16:50:51 »
One fit and well disco to report thanks all, fuel had waxed but once thawed ok

 






SimplePortal 2.3.5 © 2008-2012, SimplePortal