Opinion of a 150 Turbo diesel- 1998

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Hello all!
We have just purchased a 1998 semi hi top,SWB 150 TD van, ex-enviromental agency and have very mixed feelings about it! It is in wonderful condition, with only 84,000m on the clock. Prior to this we had an E-reg 190 flatbed pickup, standard Di, which was run down to the ground because it was such a good ol workhorse!

Now with this new vehicle, we find it a very different beast to drive- in particular the throttle- or lack of a throttle cable to be more precise!! The pedal is horrible- just a small sensor on the end of it- no 'springyness' or resistance as you would get with a cable going to the pump. It is because of this lack of feeling, we find it so horrible to drive. Especially when taking off from standstill or changing gear- the engine is always reving when you dont want it to!! and you just end up spinning-or getting stuck!!

Having said that when you are up and running, it does pull well on the hills. You can stay in top gear for much longer than in a non T!! However sometimes it really does help an engine if you can rev as your changeing down a gear- but with this Lucas epic sysytem its not the same. Ive been told its quite possible to take off the electronic pump and substitute it for a manual (proper!) pump. The new pump would have to be altered inside to suit a TD engine and maybe differnt injector pipes fitted aswell. Is this a viable option? or am I opening a can of worms going down this route?

[Luke]

cant you just fit an extra spring on the throttle pedal to give it some feel
would be an easier option than changing the pump!

[dan@dsfplumbing]

The problem is you're used to the e reg acient thing. get used to driving this and you'll be fine.

Surely thousands of others don't have ths problem.

[100ps_drw_hicube]

ye i used to have that problem too no resistance in the throttle pedal .. it equals worn out tyres v quickly but you will get used too it i have now

[stevew]

Yeah I know what you mean!
I don't really mind the throttle spring, I soon got used to that, but there is a big delay between moving the pedal and the engine reacting
It's particularly bad from idling, I'm always reving the engine by accident between gears and lifting the clutch before the enigne is up to speed. It was really quite annoying when I first got the van but I have to say I'm used to it now it's just a different way of driving
Steve

[madmark]

this is strange as i dont notice much difrence aprt from its light pedal mine is auto as well and doesnt seem to bad attal,my last was manual and didnt find that a problem! maybe the pedal cencor is abit strange!