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JV sends his work to RVS Swindon. I've talked to them on several occasions and they seem OK.
Hmm…most interesting t1pper. What you describe sounds very much like what is going on with mine. I'm gonna try that trick. I guess having all the injectors serviced/ reconditioned should be good for a 21yr old engine anyway as a bit of a birthday present if nothing else.
In case I end up going down the injector recon route, does anybody know of a good company wot does it? We used to have Lucas CAV in Chichester but they've long moved on.
Popped in to S&S Diesel Services today. Easy to find, and, what looks to be a real gem. Spoke to Ian there who poked his head under the bonnet, revved the engine to varying levels, mainly low, and then said I had a slight misfire that could be felt at a certain RPM. So, either a valve or injector he says. So as there is no struggle to start, any smoke-at all, the prime suspect is…(fanfare) injectors or more specifically, an injector as yet unidentified. They charge a minimal charge for testing injectors and would normally do that when they arrive and report their findings.
So, out will come the socket and spanners to remove the injectors and get them over to them for a look.
Just the sort of place and people I was hoping for. Very knowledgeable, helpful and (necessarily) very clean, if slightly old fashioned workshop. And they're Denso agents. Impressed so far.
For the last few months my HDJ 81 has been suffering from engine vibration. Not badly, but it's there. Worse on cold start but still there when warm. Thing is, although the old girl has her 21st this year, she's not done many miles, about 130,000 in fact.
So, I've searched on here for threads on vibration, and there's a few, but they all seem to stop without someone saying 'aha! Thanks guys it was……and it's all sorted now!'
After reading these threads, I've checked/changed the following:-
1, BEBs- were in almost perfect nick, still vibrates
2, fuel filter-was overdue by 6000miles (oops) but still vibrates
3, filled the filter with Wynns Eco Diesel and ran it through-still vibrates.
4, ACSD cold start device-although the gaiter is split, this still operates (Has anyone got a gaiter they can send me?)
5, took the ACSD off as there is some talk of bits breaking off and lodging in the pump. I'm not sure which bit breaks (anyone know?) but here's a photo up the bore of the pump. View attachment 19826The actual lever on the ACSD was fine (as far as I could tell looking at photos of other people's on here) but I don't know whether the bits that can break are part of the pump itself?
Looking at the photo, I'm not entirely sure what the ACSD acts upon. Is it the grey wedge shaped lever at top left? If so it looks vaguely like the lever on the ACSD MIGHT be scoring on the face of it rather than acting to move it left, if you see what I mean, though there isn't any evidence on the edges of jumping or being forced around the end. Anyone got any experience here to know how this operates and what should be where, acting on what?
Thing is, I'm not entirely convinced it is the ACSD not acting on the lever, as the vibration is more noticeable when cold, this would surely be the time when it should be least noticeable due to the pump internals being set for cold starting and possibly staying there. Which surely would give poorer running (which it does) only? However, the more I look into this, the more I feel it is a timing issue as the vibration is mainly noticeable at idle, even fast idle, but is less detectable during normal driving…but it's there. Starting is the normal-half a key, and she still has plenty of go when driving.
Any help or suggestions gratefully received.
Richard
No probs, pm me your details and ill send it to you.