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- Mon Jan 26, 2015 1:43 pm
- Forum: Engine
- Topic: mgzs td diesel pump
- Replies: 28
- Views: 47029
Re: mgzs td diesel pump
Did you get any further with this? does it drive ok? is it ok on fuel economy? from what I read 40 to 50+ mpg is considered normal, Im no mechanic but im wondering if perhaps its just noisy and theres not really anything wrong with it? having said that I hate it if one of my cars dosnt sound right, ...
- Wed Dec 31, 2014 7:25 pm
- Forum: Engine
- Topic: mgzs td diesel pump
- Replies: 28
- Views: 47029
Re: mgzs td diesel pump
IDK anything about leak off tests so cant help with that but I have used injector cleaner that you add to the fuel tank, I was recommended to use millers, I think I read somewhere that euro car parts sell it or perhaps ebay? My friend has a garage and he has a little tool for testing injectors, you ...
- Wed Dec 17, 2014 3:41 pm
- Forum: Engine
- Topic: mgzs td diesel pump
- Replies: 28
- Views: 47029
Re: mgzs td diesel pump
Hi Mat sells the timing pins, actually they are just drill bits so if you have the right size you could use them?
- Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:49 am
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: mgzs td water in footwell
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14149
Re: mgzs td water in footwell
Not done this myself but I would think it would be bumper off, wheel off, remove plastic wheel arch liner.
- Thu Dec 11, 2014 10:51 am
- Forum: Engine
- Topic: mgzs td diesel pump
- Replies: 28
- Views: 47029
Re: mgzs td diesel pump
As far as I know the pump solenoid would be noisy all the time, they call it tractor syndrome or something. As a process of elimination I would change the injectors, you can get used ones off ebay or if you want to add up to 30bhp instantly get sdi injectors from a rover 200 or 400 but not from a 25...
- Tue Nov 11, 2014 10:08 pm
- Forum: Fuel
- Topic: bio diesel
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9972
Re: bio diesel
I meant to say that the farmer had changed to bio fuel and this was the cause of the blockages
- Thu Jul 31, 2014 6:41 pm
- Forum: Fuel
- Topic: bio diesel
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9972
bio diesel
I maintain a 25 year old Kubota diesel ride on mower for a charity and we get our red diesel from a local farmer. Recently I was asked to look at it as it would not start and the new diesel supplied smelled funny, when I looked at it, and im no expert, I thought as its a simple engine it might be fu...
- Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:10 pm
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: odd electrics
- Replies: 2
- Views: 13235
odd electrics
Over the last few weeks the car, R45 diesel 4 door has been showing a few electrical issues. 1, there is engine noise coming through the stereo, like you used to get in petrol cars, I didn't know diesels did that so im wondering why its doing it and if its a sign of a problem? and if the following p...
- Sun Dec 01, 2013 6:24 pm
- Forum: Clutch and Gearbox
- Topic: CV joints
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13273
Re: CV joints
In the last month or so I had the O/S drive shaft off of the car and the garage changed the boots, then some time after I could hear a rotational rubbing/grinding noise from the O/S front, on inspection we discovered the O/S inner drive shaft boot was rubbing in the engine & the inner cv joint w...
- Sun Dec 01, 2013 2:46 pm
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: Improved lighting
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13116
Re: Improved lighting
I tried HID and the beam pattern was appalling, so they replaced them with projector bulbs instead of reflector and they where better but pointed to far to the left, they wernt very good as they had plastic bases rather than metal, maybe this affected the aim? they where bright but the beam was not ...