Diablo 306 HDi Project

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I had a week off work and the car was in desperate need of some TLC, I have been piling the mileage on it and had no time for any maintenance.

I noticed when going out to the car when it was cold or damp and it had been stood it would hesitate to start. This then turned into not starting at all one night as I was leaving work. The lift pump was not priming when the ignition was turned. I had this problem previously where a section of the loom had needed repair. I quickly checked the fuses which were obviously all fine, I then whipped the bumper off to get a good look at the loom running down the front of the car. I stripped it all back and there seemed to be evidence of water ingress, I cleaned the section up and the car started and got me home.

Now I have some time, I stripped the loom back all along that section and re-wrapped and protected it. Hopefully this should solve my issue. (Also I am aware that I'm gonna need some tires   )



The car had also developed a nasty inlet leak from the elbow, making it sound like a jet plane. This should have been pretty simple to solve, but talking to a few of my mates while removing it caused me to unknowingly round the last bolt holding the inlet to the EGR. I originally tried to smash a socket onto it, then resorted to drilling it out but access is so poor down there I eventually gave up with that.

I decided I would rip the whole EGR off and blank both sides, then I could take the elbow off while it was no longer on the car.



Mini upstack? 









I made a template from the EGR base and made up a blanking plate, it’s not pretty but it’ll do the job.



I then changed the top left engine mount which had been squeaking for a while under harsh gear changes etc. I’d taken this off anyway to get better access to the EGR bolts which are a nightmare to get to while the intake piping is in the way. Thankfully no cracks or rot underneath the mount!





I had also been having issues holding enough boost, the inlet would see 20psi but I was still getting black smoke and unburned fuel. So I went over my manual boost controller hosing and made sure everything was as it should, I shortened a section of it because it was longer than it needed to be. I also replaced some tired old silicone boost hose with shiny Samco so everything should be tight.



I serviced the car which was long overdue, including a flush of the coolant system.



Only other additions would be Evo 4 seats (currently only have the passenger side mounted due to the height adjustment on the base of the driver’s seat, I still need to make some mounting brackets)



These will be getting professionally recovered when I am happy that the mounts are all sorted. 

I’m currently in the process of buying my first house so I’m trying not to be retarded with money, with this in mind:
In the next month or so a turbo upgrade is in the pipeline. I have purchased a decent GT2052s already which will hopefully be gearbox mounted to be a bit different (among the other benefits) 



Finally, some shiny pictures! (Feat. the girlfriends 205)





Thanks for reading