What did you do with your Range Rover today

kermit_rr said:

Drove to the office, managed 25.3 mpg on the dash, until i got to the dual carriageway!! 21.5 by the time i was parked! Not bad

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Go on, rub @hef19898's nose in it.

MacMan6107 said:

Bugger. I was hoping there were ones with an o-ring in them that I didn't know about. I may have to instead see if I can set up a test rig for them when I buy new ones before I put them in the car.

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Talk to these guys. They're the professionals.

https://activ-air.co.uk/

hef19898 said:

No compression test done yet. I did screw up the left carb already once, so my best guess would be to start there. And to recalibrate both carbs, now that the snorkel is off. Well, I'll do all that once the gaskets are there. I just hope it ain't anything serious... Thing is the MOT is due in July, latest August. And I have two weeks left to sort stuff out...

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Ah well, think you answered your own question there.

As for dodgy compression. After that connect an airline to the adapter and listen for where the air is leaking from. Could be rings, inlet valves, outlet valves or even HG.

Think you're right though, start with what you've tinkered with. @Ratae might know about the carbs. It must be 30 years since I last played with one.

Grrrrrr said:

Go on, rub @hef19898's nose in it.

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Works out to 11.3l/100km

Other than what's in the manuals & a few suggestions from many years ago on other cars can't offer much help. Mine's an EFi.

Finally made it to the aircon man, he's changed his tune!!
Now just reckons i take the condenser pipes off and wash with degreaser, bolt everything back up and regas it.
He was shocked when he saw how much goes in! Reckoned it's double what you put in the average car!! Wants £120 for the gas

Got her loaded up for the weekend

stustrong said:

Got her loaded up for the weekend View attachment 241697

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So when the rangie breaks down you can do your own recovery.
Now that's what I call forward planning.

stustrong said:

Got her loaded up for the weekend View attachment 241697

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Looks like a fun weekend planned
Is your tailgate starting to go? Or is it just dirt?

Ratae said:

So when the rangie breaks down you can do your own recovery.
Now that's what I call forward planning.

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Iv never had brakedown cover its done 40k with me now and its actually never worried me. Iv to set off down tomorrow 180 miles leave trailer down and come back up 180 miles finish a customers car and get it back to him tomorrow night.
180miles down Saturday morning 180 miles home with trailer and car sunday night.

gold rover said:

Looks like a fun weekend planned
Is your tailgate starting to go? Or is it just dirt?

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Tailgate is fully gone iv had another in the workshop for about a year. It got painted a month ago to go on but its just one of them one day jobs.

kermit_rr said:

Finally made it to the aircon man, he's changed his tune!!
Now just reckons i take the condenser pipes off and wash with degreaser, bolt everything back up and regas it.
He was shocked when he saw how much goes in! Reckoned it's double what you put in the average car!! Wants £120 for the gas

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Feck that, take it to Quicksh1t.

tomcat59alan said:

Feck that, take it to Quicksh1t.

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They won't do anything more though.
I was led to believe a clean system, with the right amount of clean oil is really important.
If nobody can be bovvered to do more than re-gas, do i need to do it myself? I really don't know what's involved in doing a flush/clean.
Must be someone on here who's worked on air?

kermit_rr said:

They won't do anything more though.
I was led to believe a clean system, with the right amount of clean oil is really important.
If nobody can be bovvered to do more than re-gas, do i need to do it myself? I really don't know what's involved in doing a flush/clean.
Must be someone on here who's worked on air?

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After they vacuum test the system they (QF) add the required oil and gas,if it doesn't work they never charged, that was a while ago, check for their latest policy.And if you've left the plug off the Tri pressure switch oops.

tomcat59alan said:

After they vacuum test the system they (QF) add the required oil and gas,if it doesn't work they never charged, that was a while ago, check for their latest policy.And if you've left the plug off the Tri pressure switch oops.

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There's supposed to be a plug?

kermit_rr said:

There's supposed to be a plug?

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For the wires.

kermit_rr said:

I really don't know what's involved in doing a flush/clean.
Must be someone on here who's worked on air?

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Wammers always said it’s easy enough IF you have the kit and the know. Somewhere on here he explains how with links to the connector pipe bits you need. Wasnt too long ago.

The most expensive kit is a vacuum pump.. and how often will you use it?

Does it need to be vacuum? Aren't the aircon connectors a schraeder type valve from the look of them? And they system operates under pressure. So if you can pump in say 60psi of air and it holds that for a day, why would it be more likely to leak on a vacuum test where you have 15psi of air trying to reach a system at zero? And a decent tyre pressure type gauge would allow you to check or at least get a decent idea if it is holding charge. It is all going to be vacced out buy the aircon tech anyway....

I’ve you fill it with air your going to get more moisture in it and your have to vac it out for a few hours