kuunder90
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Hi all,
I treated my 90 (300tdi) on a service a fortnight ago.
Bought a Britpart service kit of ebay for around £17 which included air filter, oil filter, fuel filter and washers.
As I hadn't done it before I had the Haynes manual out and a mate give me a hand.
Changed the air filter first as that looked the easiest.
We then changed the engine oil, used a tin of engine flush to get the crap out and poured in the new oil. I used 5L of "Mobil Super 2000 X1 10W40 Diesel" oil and another bottle 1.5L of Halfords 10w40.
Last up was the fuel filter; which looked pretty easy in the Haynes manual but turned out to be a right pain in the backside. Fitted the new filter after filling it up with diesel and then came to the bit where you have to prime it using the litlle handle. Played about with that for ages but it didnt seem to bleed at all.
We got fed up with it in the end and decided to google for an answer and found on landrovernet.com that the 300tdi engine should "self-prime".
So we started the engine and after a few go's it ran fine; took it for a spin and again seemed fine.
The next day I tried to start it in the morning and it was really struggling and found when slowing down at crossings and at traffic lights it just stalled.
At first I thought it could be the airfilter I fitted as I replaced my K&N filter with the britpart and it seemed to have lost lots of power. So I ordered a K&N "Recharger" kit with which I cleaned the old filter and resprayed the oil back on. Fitted it after it dried and got some power back but it still struggles starting and it still stalls.
So now I'm a little confused; could this be due to air in the fuel system, the oil I used or am I missing something else?
Thanks.
I treated my 90 (300tdi) on a service a fortnight ago.
Bought a Britpart service kit of ebay for around £17 which included air filter, oil filter, fuel filter and washers.
As I hadn't done it before I had the Haynes manual out and a mate give me a hand.
Changed the air filter first as that looked the easiest.
We then changed the engine oil, used a tin of engine flush to get the crap out and poured in the new oil. I used 5L of "Mobil Super 2000 X1 10W40 Diesel" oil and another bottle 1.5L of Halfords 10w40.
Last up was the fuel filter; which looked pretty easy in the Haynes manual but turned out to be a right pain in the backside. Fitted the new filter after filling it up with diesel and then came to the bit where you have to prime it using the litlle handle. Played about with that for ages but it didnt seem to bleed at all.
We got fed up with it in the end and decided to google for an answer and found on landrovernet.com that the 300tdi engine should "self-prime".
So we started the engine and after a few go's it ran fine; took it for a spin and again seemed fine.
The next day I tried to start it in the morning and it was really struggling and found when slowing down at crossings and at traffic lights it just stalled.
At first I thought it could be the airfilter I fitted as I replaced my K&N filter with the britpart and it seemed to have lost lots of power. So I ordered a K&N "Recharger" kit with which I cleaned the old filter and resprayed the oil back on. Fitted it after it dried and got some power back but it still struggles starting and it still stalls.
So now I'm a little confused; could this be due to air in the fuel system, the oil I used or am I missing something else?
Thanks.
