by Cider Andy » Thu Nov 23, 2017 2:10 pm
Well, five weeks after paying for it, the van has finally arrived. With no battery....
First impressions of the engine are not good. The seller had told me it was driving fine then it poured out white smoke and wouldn't restart. The first thing I was going to do was check if the intercooler was full of oil which might indicate turbo failure, then possibly swap the injectors. Instead, I put a battery on it and cranked it over. Judging by how it sounds while cranking it has little or no compression on one cylinder, possibly two. So, rather than wasting time removing the cylinder head to check for piston damage I've decided to remove the 110bhp engine and replace it with a good 85bhp engine I have in my old van.
The new engine will be going in complete with all ancillaries and I'll also be fitting the PCM out of the same van. My question is will I need to do any reprogramming? Obviously the injector tolerances will already be set in the matching PCM but is there anything else I need to do? I'm thinking of things like the new van having aircon, unlike the old van, along with certain other creature comforts (which I don't think the PCM has a bearing on, but I don't know).
Is there anything else I could quickly check that might explain the uneven cranking prior to going for an engine transplant? Or any other advice.....?
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