|
Search Results
|
| Post |
Author |
Forum |
Replies |
Views |
Posted
[asc]
|
| |
|
Thread: Drove 150+ miles with clogged fuel filter - now won't start
Post: RE: Drove 150+ miles with clogged fuel filter - no...
| The banjo bolts were the correct way round on the first pump - fairly confident the replacement pump ones were correct as well but I'll check. He's bought a new car now (needed for work) so we're goin... |
|
mikes |
XUD Section
|
21 |
3,652 |
13-04-2016, 07:17 AM |
| |
|
Thread: Drove 150+ miles with clogged fuel filter - now won't start
Post: RE: Drove 150+ miles with clogged fuel filter - no...
|
r3k1355 Wrote: (01-04-2016, 01:16 PM)
--
Did it run on easy start?
--
No don't think so - but I also don't think the breakdown guy knew how to bleed the fuel system properly, so he may have just sp... |
|
mikes |
XUD Section
|
21 |
3,652 |
06-04-2016, 11:11 AM |
| |
|
Thread: Drove 150+ miles with clogged fuel filter - now won't start
Post: RE: Drove 150+ miles with clogged fuel filter - no...
| It's the original wire which fed the solenoid on the lucas pump (I've ran a live straight from the battery to both solenoids on the bosch and tried starting it, made no difference). The breakdown guy ... |
|
mikes |
XUD Section
|
21 |
3,652 |
01-04-2016, 09:07 AM |
| |
|
Thread: Drove 150+ miles with clogged fuel filter - now won't start
Post: RE: Drove 150+ miles with clogged fuel filter - no...
|
connorcarp72 Wrote: (30-03-2016, 05:52 PM)
--
Did you mount the pump on the studs in the same place?
Did you pin the cam and crank along with the pump or just the pump?
Dose it run on eather at all... |
|
mikes |
XUD Section
|
21 |
3,652 |
31-03-2016, 08:20 AM |
| |
|
Thread: Drove 150+ miles with clogged fuel filter - now won't start
Post: RE: Drove 150+ miles with clogged fuel filter - no...
|
Dave Wrote: (29-03-2016, 03:09 AM)
--
Things to check;
Timing - screw timing bolts all the way in!, don't just do a couple of turns into the soft ally, recheck once belt has been tensioned
Pump o... |
|
mikes |
XUD Section
|
21 |
3,652 |
29-03-2016, 06:11 PM |
| |
|
Thread: Drove 150+ miles with clogged fuel filter - now won't start
Post: RE: Drove 150+ miles with clogged fuel filter - no...
| When I took the old pump off the timing was correct and when I put the replacement on I double checked it - so confused. |
|
mikes |
XUD Section
|
21 |
3,652 |
28-03-2016, 09:11 PM |
| |
|
Thread: Drove 150+ miles with clogged fuel filter - now won't start
Post: RE: Drove 150+ miles with clogged fuel filter - no...
| Yeah it's got a strong battery on it and was turning over well - when I took the injector lines off fuel was coming out of all 4. While it was turning over with the intercooler off there was quite a l... |
|
mikes |
XUD Section
|
21 |
3,652 |
28-03-2016, 09:02 PM |
| |
|
Thread: Drove 150+ miles with clogged fuel filter - now won't start
Post: Drove 150+ miles with clogged fuel filter - now wo...
| Hi all
I recently fitted a replacement engine into my old DTurbo which my friend now owns - it was all going well but he filled it with veg last week (has bosch fitted) and set off for Edinburgh. U... |
|
mikes |
XUD Section
|
21 |
3,652 |
28-03-2016, 05:54 PM |
| |
|
Thread: For sale £600 ONO
Post: RE: For sale £600 ONO
|
mikes |
Cars
|
6 |
2,400 |
13-06-2015, 03:36 AM |
| |
|
Thread: door handles never work first time!
Post: RE: door handles never work first time!
| I had this on mine, the door cards were a bit loose which caused the bits you pull up to unlock the car from the inside to foul against where they come through the door card. They were only 3-4mm away... |
|
mikes |
Interior, Exterior, ICE
|
5 |
1,133 |
20-08-2014, 06:06 PM |
| |
|
Thread: Bosch conversion problems
Post: RE: Bosch conversion problems
| Took the top off the pump and found the accelerator arm was way off - running well now :) |
|
mikes |
XUD Section
|
16 |
2,477 |
13-08-2014, 07:35 AM |
| |
|
Thread: Bosch conversion problems
Post: RE: Bosch conversion problems
| I've adjusted the max fuel out so that it only just has enough fuel to start but it still revs up to around the same figure - when I reduce it more it doesn't start.
I've just reduced the max fuel wh... |
|
mikes |
XUD Section
|
16 |
2,477 |
09-08-2014, 03:42 PM |
| |
|
Thread: Bosch conversion problems
Post: RE: Bosch conversion problems
| Thanks for the replies, I've got another pump now - a known working one this time :) but when I got it home realised the max fuel / boost had been adjusted and there was more travel in the accelerator... |
|
mikes |
XUD Section
|
16 |
2,477 |
09-08-2014, 02:44 PM |
| |
|
Thread: Bosch conversion problems
Post: RE: Bosch conversion problems
| As no matter how much I turned the engine / bled the system only one injector line produced any fuel. I got the Bosch with the bracket, lines and injectors and 100% didn't mix any of it up :) |
|
mikes |
XUD Section
|
16 |
2,477 |
06-08-2014, 10:15 AM |
| |
|
Thread: Bosch conversion problems
Post: RE: Bosch conversion problems
| Turned out to be the pump, put the Lucas back on and it was running within a few minutes. Is it difficult to free up the vane pump? Never taken one of these apart. |
|
mikes |
XUD Section
|
16 |
2,477 |
06-08-2014, 09:15 AM |
| |
|
Thread: Bosch conversion problems
Post: RE: Bosch conversion problems
| Yeah I swapped the bracket and replaced the seals - the pump was off a running car which had been off the road for a while and I've stored the pump off the car for a couple of months, although it had ... |
|
mikes |
XUD Section
|
16 |
2,477 |
04-08-2014, 09:49 PM |
| |
|
Thread: Bosch conversion problems
Post: Bosch conversion problems
| Hi all,
I've just swapped my Lucas pump for a Bosch but when I got it running the idle was awful and it was making a hell of a noise / smoking a lot.
What I've done so far:
Checked timing - f... |
|
mikes |
XUD Section
|
16 |
2,477 |
04-08-2014, 05:03 PM |
| |
|
Thread: Hello
Post: RE: Hello
| Thanks for the welcomes :) I know Knighton and that area quite well - especially the Peugeot Breakers just past New Invention! |
|
mikes |
Newbies
|
7 |
994 |
01-07-2014, 06:02 PM |
| |
|
Thread: Hello
Post: RE: Hello
| Hello! Im in Shrewsbury, whereabouts are you? |
|
mikes |
Newbies
|
7 |
994 |
01-07-2014, 11:25 AM |
| |
|
Thread: Hello
Post: Hello
| Hi,
I thought it was about time I did one of these considering I joined three months ago!
I'm now on my second 306, my first was a '98 nile blue Dturbo which for two years served me very well ... |
|
mikes |
Newbies
|
7 |
994 |
30-06-2014, 02:00 PM |
