1990 Surf fuel pump & veg oil

[DavidB]

Hello all

I have recently taken possesion of a 1990 Surf LN130, and am going to start experimenting with SVO. From everything I have read here (very very informative - thanks all posters)and on other web pages, I understand that a Bosch style fuel pump is more suitable for vegoil rather than Lucas/Cav variations. I have also read that the 2nd gen Hilux was built with a fuel pump that was based on a Bosch design, but having very little mechanical knowledge is there anyway I can check what fuel pump is in my yoke - either by looking at it or checking manufacturers details somewhere?

And if I cant tell which pump it is and I crack on and try this..... http://www.bio-power.co.uk/tryit.htm
and discover that it doesnt like SVO, am I going to do any irreversible damage?

thanks all

[Diezel Weazel]

Hi n welcome David, 1990 Surf sounds like ya have 2.4 Lt engine with a mechanical Denso I P (mine was) as a posed to the later 2.4 Lt/e, so you'll be fine.....
With the weather we're having it's ideal to start using SVO/WVO, start 50/50 n see how ya get on ....
I'm not saying ya will but keep an eye out for signs of Veg oil leakage from the I P caused by rubber seals degradation ....
Good Luck

Jess
nearly 10 years of Surfs
"Cos short cuts can cost more in the long run"

[DavidB]

thanks Jess....

As my first post I had to post this in the newusers corner and then lost were it went... thus the other post,
http://www.hiluxsurf.co.uk/showthread.php?t=70398
but thanks very much for replying to both.

I'm guessing that IP is injector pump, which in my clueless mechanical world is the same as a fuel pump, which is going to suffer the same problem as Albannach mentioned in the other thread????