Recent content by simon allen

I haven't ignored anything, I've compression tested it. All 6 cylinders stable and with 10psi of each other at around 450psi from memory when cold and 430psi with the same varience when warm. Compression increased with oil in the bores which would tell me that the rings are ok. Ive got a tank...

I love the noise and the instant grunt of the a v8 too If I don't get to the bottom of this issue it will be getting pulled for either an m57, or a v8

compression tested ok, nice and even across the board and the same hot/cold as well. good call on the stop solenoid as well, I'll pull the plunger out and try it again. If you don't like the fact that I have a mechanical pump on it, you certainly won't like that its in what's left of a disco 1...

I don't specifically know your knowledge, but in all honesty you are the guy I was hoping to have spoken to after researching on google. Your name seems to pop up quite often. I am, however failing to see where I am asking anyone to diagnose a pump issue? I've told you that I've replaced the...

Wammers - what side of the bed did you get out of this morning? We've never met. You don't know my mechanical background. I was letting you know that I do have an internal understanding of these pumps. If that upsets you, I'm sorry. I was asking if anyone had ever had the problem, and answering...

Just to confirm my original post, I can start the truck from cold perfectly and it will idle and run fine. It will run until warm, BUT if I shut it off it will not restart even instantly. It just cranks.

I've not only fitted the pump, but I built it myself. I've had the truck running perfectly for 2 years on the setup I'm on now. It's not my first time building injection pumps, I used to rebuild them in house for the MOD for the 300tdi and 19j engines. Although I haven't got the calibration...

its still on the original chains, and they had stretched a bit when I checked the timing. I reset the cam timing to where the 4.5mm spacer fitted underneath the inlet side of the cam fixture, and the injection pump is set properly too. I assumed this would "adjust out" the error caused by...

yeah the glow plugs are on an override switch for diagnosis. I am using ngk ones though rather than the beru ones that people seem to like here?

I have to confess I don't like the easy start method of getting it going but it certainly does help with diagnostics sometimes, and that's all I use it for. I don't pump it through there, I give it a light mist as suggested. since the issue has arisen it has been started warm only a few times...

Hi Guys. I've got an m51 fitted to my discovery 1. I'm using a mechanical pump from a 524td fitted with the m51's camplate so that the fuelling is the same. I am getting a hot start issue, in that it won't start (even with easy start) when its been running for even 5 minutes. It will crank and...