by Genesis » Wed Aug 30, 2006 11:30 am
After receiving my pump back from the diesel specialists in 162 bits, having declined their offer of rebuilding it at a cost of N.Z. $4300, I have now managed to reassemble it,fit it to the engine,connect up all the bits that my garage had to undo to remove it and actually got it running!!. A feat that I would have thought impossible and one that my mechanically minded friends said could not be done by someone with no experience such as myself. So I've overidden my normally modest nature and given myself a small pat on the back. HOWEVER.......
The engine is not running correctly. I think it has put itself into "limp home mode" as it will only run at around 2000 rpm and the accellerator has little or no effect. I've tried five different timing settings but none make any improvement. On some settings all I get is clouds of blue smoke from the exaust and no ignition at all.
Any help I can get to remedy this situation would be most welcome as for the last six months I've been grounded and for a retired 64 year old Kiwi with thousands of places to go and things to do an immobile Transit campervan makes life frustrating and boring.
Cheers Pat