Frustrated as hell with testing and retesting most things that I was comfortable with testing and at the end of the day narrowed down to my worst fears - The Diesel Inspector Pump.
Leaving it with Diesel Specialist, they performed a total overhaul (about 75%) of the pump. Bushes, Seals, Rods and a few other bits and bobs. While he was at it I asked him to look at the injectors to see if they needed servicing. Well I got shock of my life, when he comes back to me and said who had last done my injectors ? I told him not me must have been the previous owner and proceeded to ask why ? He told me the injectors where the wrong ones and were severely coked.
So after all that work done, Paddy starts (as expected) perfectly every morning and time since and she runs like a dream, best way to discribe it is the engine runs / revs easier / freer. Yes I had to dig deep into the back pocket :) but it had to be done.
Well for anyone who has been following, my original hopes that since I had the pump seals done 2.5 yr ago I was hoping it wasn't the pump, but the pump was in a bad way.
I hope if you're currently experiencing the same issue(s) as I was and you have ran the tests I did and still no joy, well you better find yourself a good diesel mechanic / specialist. I ended up going to a different diesel specialist to who had done my seals 2.5 years back and went to the follow guys and would high recommend them.
Queanbeyan Diesel Service
www.queanbeyandiesel.com.au4 Dominion Pl
Queanbeyan East, NSW 2620
(02) 6297 5248
All the best and take care, this blog is hopefully one for the books and put to bed :)
Regards
Mark (One very Happy Pajero Driver)
3 comments:
Hey Mark
I friend of mine has a 99' NL GLS Pajero diesel. He is having trouble starting it when cold. The glow plugs have been replaced, it has only one glow solenoid (so not a 6.2volt system)and is manually operated. Its done 220k kms.
Was wondering how many k's yours had done before you repaired the pump ?
It does blow some smoke when under load,eg chuggin up a hill.
Cheers Karl
The diesel service guy was a great help for you to do the required service for your pump to make it run smooth
Have been trying to sort the cold start issue on mine (4m40) and am no closer to a solution (just don't want to accept yet the costly injector pump rebuild). Have replaced the glowplugs, feed pump and still no go.might check the vapor tubes over the weekend but weirdly, when i added a one-way fuel valve to the line from the feed pump to the injection pump, it dies easily even though you try to keep the revs up. I did follow the arrow indicating fuel flow.
Anything else to check out over the weekend?
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