a bit of Hissing

Hi again,

Ok, give it to me straight - What have I REALLY let miself in for?

Is it possible to get a 1980 LWB Station Wagon with Diesel 2.25 in it up to such a standard that I can drive to the Lakedistrict and back without worrying? Are all my weekends now hijacked by my ever growing list of things to do?

That said, after years of company cars and 'getting a man in' I've really enjoyed mi first two jobs on mi first landy. 1. Starter motor swap and 2. Just cleaned up mi air filter (oil bath type). I've even bought a small tub of swarfega !!

So anyway, back to mi hissing. When bought no hissing. Left standing for two weeks while I sourced a starter motor and now I've got a hissing at the accelerator linkage where it joins the air intake manifold. Is this a, or going to cause a, problem?

OR, should I sell it and buy a disco???

Cheers,

Scared DIYer but putting on a brave face for the wife's sake.

as another DIYer
is it a sucking hiss? - possibly air intake
or blowing hiss? can't help

keep the faith series 3's are very rewarding.

tom

not quite sure where you mean but it could be a worn spindle. try squirting some water at it and see if it gets sucked in

If it's a worn spindle and its sucking air in, there will probably be a slight "flat spot" when you give it some gas.

Regards WP.

warped carb base?

here we go again.. its afooking DIESEL/desiel/deiles how every the fook you want to spell it. a fooking diesel!!!!! it don't got no carbatooter. its a diesel. and no we hav'nt got a video!!

p.s its a fooking diesel

what you tryin to say slob

diesel....
the fooking landy has a fookin diesel fookin engine and it fookin well ain't fookin got no fookin carfookinbarfookingtooter so how the fook can the fookin carbfookinahfookingtooter fookin base be fookin warped...
.. its a diesel...D I E S E L or for the ones that spell it that other way
D E I S E L and for any body that spells it any other way its not a fookin petrol fooking engfookin gin.
it is clear now ...not a petrol its a diesel.
gawd me nuts are itchy

LOVL at Slob's reply ....

Will check to see if sucking or blowing (I guess (hope) it's sucking).

Thanks for the encouragement, I'll stick with it. Taken loads a bits out of the interior today ready for new list fo things to repair/replace etc. starting with the passenger front door as it let just about every rain drop in a few days ago when we had a storm.
Then it's mi leaf springs, then mi oils levels, then mi timing then, then then......

so its a deesul then...............is it

I didn't think it was possible but this thread both sucks and blows at the same time!

One of these might help?

MOTOFLOW 1 Save Fuel Without Additives, Petrol and Diesel Carburettor Engines up to 7 Litres

http://www.dentallabs.co.uk/acatalo...Saving__Fuel_Diesel___Petrol__Engines_14.html

so is it a diesel or a petrol engine?

neiather ..its got a dilithium crystal

i had one of them once. terrible cooling problems, it used to blow head gaskets for fun.

aye the injun jist canny take it

One of these might help?

MOTOFLOW 1 Save Fuel Without Additives, Petrol and Diesel Carburettor Engines up to 7 Litres

http://www.dentallabs.co.uk/acatalog...ngines_14.html

Click to expand...

Why would you buy a fuel saving device of people who sell dentures? What do they know about fuel economy?

why not? you buy condoms from the freelander owner dont you?

obviously not as I have a baby on the way. Or they only sell them with blown gaskets!

You don't need to wear one if you're having your gasket blown, you only need one when you're doing the "traditional"
(Never heard it called a "gasket" before...)