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back on 3 cylinders afta mod?? help please

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back on 3 cylinders afta mod?? help please

Postby paullawton2007 » Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:43 pm

hi guys
i done the leak off pipe mod a few months ago an vanm goes like sh*t!!, i was on the m53 today an she went back on to 3 cylinders i reved her bacdk up an she went back on to 4, any ideas as whats going on? its a 99 ona t, 2.5 non turbo banana, ive bin runin on clean fresh veg oil on a 50/50 mix with white diesel, if anyone has got a picture to guide me incase i have do the mod wrong, i have changed the stop ends but dont no if the pipes is ment to be up high or low or put a u in it HELP PLEASE GUYS IM CONFUSSED NOW CHERZ PAUL
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Re: back on 3 cylinders afta mod?? help please

Postby MrMPuk » Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:48 pm

paullawton2007 wrote:ive bin runin on clean fresh veg oil on a 50/50 mix with white diesel

You didn't tell us that in any of your previous posts did you! Probably the problem.
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Re: back on 3 cylinders afta mod?? help please

Postby AndyG » Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:59 pm

Change the fuel filter and use normal diesel and see if it's now ok :)
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Re: back on 3 cylinders afta mod?? help please

Postby bortaf » Fri Jan 15, 2010 1:15 am

Even my TDi disco doesn't like cooking oil in this weather i'm on 100 diesel till it warms up a bit :?
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Re: back on 3 cylinders afta mod?? help please

Postby hifly » Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:56 pm

fit a piece of clear pipe from the filter to the ip. if you see bubbles you have an air leak. one of the problems with using veg is it is thicker then derv so the pump has more trouble pulling it up from the tank, if you have any weak joints in the fuel system or blocked filters it will pull air in at the joints. also check the lift pump located under the exhaust manifold, if it has a screw in the centre take the cover off and clean the gauze filter inside.

I had all the above issues and it drove me round the bend, all sorted now and running better then ever on anything from 100% derv to 100% wvo (when not too cold)
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