What went wrong this week..

[Ja1983]

Radiator - fitted - £40
headgasket - f**ked - £250
fuel valve on turbo blasting diesel onto hot manifold resulting in "cab smog" - pending - £??
couple of concerns around the chassis - to be patched - £200
changing insurance back to old car for 2 week - 20 mins this morning - £42

hardly surprising SWMBO is p*ssed off!

also headgasket situation assumes that the head is good once removed..  :roll:  why do i feel like sods law hasnt finished with me yet.  

[TDi90]

whats SWMBO?

[Guardian.]

i want to know what it is to, obviously her indoors but?

[v8kenny]

She Who Must Be Obeyed

[TDi90]

HAHAHA! yup, undersdtood  :lol:

[Hairyduck]

spooky, I fitted a new radiator on Saturday and then dicovered that my headgasket has gone too, though looking at the head I think that's well and truly knackered too  

Any know a good (ie cheap) source of cylinder heads?

[Porny]

fuel valve on turbo blasting diesel onto hot manifold resulting in "cab smog" - pending - £??

Eh???

No fuel valve on the turbo.

Do you mean that diesel is being fed up to the actuator on the turbo - along the pipe that goes from the injector pump (FIP) to the turbo??

If so, I bet you that the diaphragm has gone in the injector pump.  Harder to change than a later 200 or 300Tdi - is just a bit awkward, nothing complicated. They cost about £20/£25 from a diesel specialist.

The diaphragm controls the fuelling on and off boost - when boost pressure is created, obviously more air is being put into the engine - thus more fuel is needed.  

When boost pressure is sense, the diaphragm gets pushed in supplying more fuel.  
On Td's these have a habit of splitting - and back fill the pipe from the injector pump to the actuator. Meaning that the turbo gets filled with diesel – and allows the engine to run uncontrollably!


Ian

[Porny]

headgasket - f**ked - £250

Really not that hard to do yourself on a Td... and a gasket set isn't that much.

In fact, I've got a Td headgasket and exhaust manifold gasket going spare (no longer own a Td) yours for a few beer tokens.


Ian

[Ja1983]

porny - yep, the diaphram problem sounds about right!

my main problem is time, working 5 days, additional work on an evening, plus house duties (keeping SWMBO sweet )

i have limited tools, no torque wrench, and only a rough drive to do any work on.

if anyone is volunteering their services locally then i could sort something out as the bloke who currently has it is ver busy!

cheers

[bigfatsi]

if anyone is volunteering their services locally then i could sort something out as the bloke who currently has it is ver busy!

cheers

I'll be happy to give you a hand doing it if you need one. I've got some tools to bring and would welcome the experience in case I have to do it at some point!  :lol:  Give me a shout on 07883 086251 if you decide to do it. It'll have to be at your place as I've got enough oil all over my drive/garden/street/village as it is  :shock: Travel past from Gateshead every weeknight and am usually free on weekends.

Simon.

[Cassillis]

Nothing so far, but I’m sure it will :roll: The weekend however was different. The pig has had a clattering clutch ever since I got her. Worn clutch arm was the diagnosis. After a horrendous 4 hour drive through London the other day I decided, that’s it get it sorted! Whilst the engine was out I decided to replace the radiator and change the timing belt.

Finished work at 3pm on the Friday, took her to the workshop and stripped the front out removed all the ancillaries in anticipation of lifting the engine out on Saturday. Then it all started to go wrong. Because I was without transport my mechanic friend, chauffer and all round good egg dropped me at the pub at 8 o'clock. Big mistake :!: I  had had a bloody awful week etc etc and of course I drank far too much, so much so I was as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike on Saturday :oops:

Luckily there was another helping pair of hands at the workshop as all I could do was crawl into a corner and hope I would die, god I felt rough.
Engine out clutch changed (the arm was punched through as expected) along with the timing belt and tensioners engine back in.
Sunday now, no need to rush jobs like these. Everything connected, new rad in and front end replaced with only one washer left over, a miracle :!:

Test drive goes fine then she overheats in traffic. Aha :!: forgot to fill the thermostat housing as well when replacing the coolant so the thermostat didn’t know when to open :roll:
Refill and ran her with the heater on at 1500rpm. Hooray all correct, no leaks, running cool, heater works. Clutch is smooth as a baby’s bottom and she is running sweet as a nut. Fantastic :!:    

Get in on Monday to go to work 20 yards down the road the wing mirror falls off............... :roll:

Landies, I love em :lol: