Omegatoy popped bround earlier, as he has said, and after swapping 5 of the injectors (would have done 6, but Mr Strongman broke my brand new tool
) and finding that made no difference, we decided to mess with diesel injection pump.
Undone the 2 bolts, but we couldn't shift it. So we undone the hidden 3rd bolt
and we could adjust. Move about 1mm, big improvement. Quieter, started on the button (this is with intake off as well!). So we decided to move more. Another 1mm, and it was better again. So another 1mm, slightly better again.
At this point Omegatoy really did need to go - only 2hrs after his original curfew time
- I hope he didn't get in too much trouble. If he now speaks in a high pitched voice, I'll assume Mrs Omegatoy was not best pleased.
Put it all back together.
We then had people around, and had a BBQ, so left it for a few hours.
Just been out for a test drive, very noisy at first, including a strange rattle until it warmed up. Took it round the country lanes first, then for a thrashing up the A43 to towcester, obviously keeping to 70mph
. Temp stayed low, and little pressure in system when I returned (after stopping at Tunnie's for a chinwag). No obvious water loss. Little bit of noise still when foot down, unsure if diesel noise, or tappety :-/. Little down on power as well I think, but then I've been using the MV6 for 2 weeks, which will always be more powerful....
So still a bit more to do on the engine to get it right, but its much, much, much closer. Any diesel experts who know how to adjust pumps fancy a little look - now it goes, I can drive it places? Not sure we can get it perfect by trial and error (I'm not as good as Mr DTM!).
Sassanach also turned up today, which as a pleasant surprise
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