Timing????

How do I adjust/check the timing on a 2.25 diesel series 3????

I can do petrol engines and strobe light etc, but diesel, its beyond me.......

Any idiot proof way of doing it, guess you cant use a strobe can you??

not unless you got a doosul impulse reactor strobe.;ah think you just need to make sure some marks line up but ah duuno what they might be...int ye got a book?

slob said:

int ye got a book?

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Yeah but like a tosser I bought the HAYNES that covers petrol engines.....

oo!

Time to by a book then.
There is a mark on the Injector pump which lines up with a line on the block, the injector pump uses the same drive from the cam as the distributor on a petrol engine. You loosen the 3 bolts that attach the injector pump, the pump is then free to rotate as the bolts sit in slots. Move the pump Clockwise or Anti-clockwise either side of the mark to see which way the engine runs better. try moving it a bit one way , tighten it up, give it a go and so on, lots of trial and error.
All this assumes that you have'nt taken the Pump of in the first place and really buggered the timing up.

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To do it properly you need a special tool to get thebacklash out from between the camshaft and the rotaty pump. Timing marks are on flywheel. Dont rely on any around timing chain. Good luck they are a bas---d to time properly. --------BB

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Just checking. Turn the unit clockwise to advance and anti-clockwise to retard the timing, yeah?

Hope so. I've just this minute turned mine about 2mm clockwise and I haven't got time to muck about putting it the other way before I go out in it...

I reckon you're better off checking the camshaft timing first - the pump is connected to the camshaft if that is out then you're probably wasting your time (pun intended)

'Ave a look in the book (site linked above) - EP mark on the flywheel - compare with valve drop (zero backlash) - read the book on how to do it!

Cheers man. Thanks for the heads-up

I do hope you are slackening the pipe unions when buggering about moving the pump. If not expect a nipple to break off any time soon. To get a diesel timed up is not that hard but you do need a timing chain in good condition and the cam set correctly. Try and borrow a timing tool to do the initial setting or read the book and do the 20 degree setting thing. Once set do some fine tuning by moving the pump a millimeter at a time to advance or retard, you will be slackening the unions to do this...... It is also worth checking the injector spray pattern and get hold of a gauge to check injector pressure settings. 130/135 bar is correct, do not rely on so called diesel injector reconditioners to get this right I had a set done that varied from 120 to 165.

Don't forget to retard past the set point and come back (advance) so you take out the backlash a bit.

I'm back on this (been away working for a few weeks) and getting ready to have a look again tomorrow. I did move it clockwise about 1mm after asking the first time but before I saw the posts from divie and rob1.

Time to get the book out tomorrow then.