A couple of weeks ago I damaged the Cambelt cover on my 300 tdi defender, upon replacement i checked the cambelt and found the tensioner, idle pulley and belt to be nakered, even though the previous said it was done 9000miles ago!
Anyway upon finding this I Decided to change the cambelt, before i removed the old belt i checked the timing, with the crankshaft and camshaft lined up wth its marks i tried to slide a locking peg into the fuel pump with little sucess, i found the pump to be about 1/2 a tooth out!
When I fitted the new belt and pulleys i got the timing marks bang on with the pump locked woth the peg. I turned the engine over by hand twice and rechecked with the marks and peg. With the marks lined up the peg slipped beautifully in to the injection pump. I was happy!
After rebuilding teh rest of the vehicle i started it and it ran horrible!! very lumpy at tickover, it wasnt overly happy to rev and plooms offsmoke!!
as it was already built up i adjusted the pump through the cover so it idled smoothly and reved up without smoking, Once it seemed ok i drove it up the road and realised there was a HUGE lack of power!!! ive tried slightly adjusting the poump again but with no gain!
Can anyone help me please???
Anyway upon finding this I Decided to change the cambelt, before i removed the old belt i checked the timing, with the crankshaft and camshaft lined up wth its marks i tried to slide a locking peg into the fuel pump with little sucess, i found the pump to be about 1/2 a tooth out!
When I fitted the new belt and pulleys i got the timing marks bang on with the pump locked woth the peg. I turned the engine over by hand twice and rechecked with the marks and peg. With the marks lined up the peg slipped beautifully in to the injection pump. I was happy!
After rebuilding teh rest of the vehicle i started it and it ran horrible!! very lumpy at tickover, it wasnt overly happy to rev and plooms offsmoke!!
as it was already built up i adjusted the pump through the cover so it idled smoothly and reved up without smoking, Once it seemed ok i drove it up the road and realised there was a HUGE lack of power!!! ive tried slightly adjusting the poump again but with no gain!
Can anyone help me please???