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Whilst all you knowledgable sober lot are on here, i'll try and explain the latest with my recent problems and see if anyone can come up with any suggestions.
I broke down with a nasty rattle, overheating, and a fair amount (not tons but enough to worry about) of black smoke, about 3 weeks ago on the way back from an offroad session.
I also lost nearly all braking, I have since had new flexi hoses, 2 new wheel cylinders and new rear drums & shoes, and the braking is better but still not great. I only mention this as i'm wondering if i may be suffering vacuum problems, as 4wd has been noticably slower to engage/disengage on the last few trips, the brake servo i think is vacuum operated, as is the ADD, and now whatever this is, and i'm wondering if they could all be related.
Anyway, got recovered back home and washed everything down. Radiator didn't look too clogged, but i guess if i was experiencing other problems aswell the rad being partially clogged could have exagerated any effect on engine temp.
Played around on the drive, and although the rattle was still there it wasn't as loud, and i couldn't identifty it for certain under the bonnet. But i started to get a regular and definate click, which i am led to believe may point to a shot injector. I got this on two consecutive days but not really had it again since.
The way it stands now is this - she runs absolutely fine (if not better than she has since i've had her) from cold for around 10 minutes or thereabouts, once the engine warms up though, i lose all turbo boost accompanied by a very loud and rather embarassing whine at revs where the turbo would normally be starting to kick in. The turbo light does not come on either. And as you'd expect with no turbo there's a severe lack of power above say 2500 RPM.
Now here's the interesting bit, if i stop, switch the ignition off, and restart the engine she's fine again for another say 5 minutes, i can do this at least a couple of times to get an extra few minutes of normal performance. But the amount of time she runs well reduces to no more than a couple of minutes after a few times of switching off and on again.
Any of the learned among you like to cast any aspersions?
Cheers
I broke down with a nasty rattle, overheating, and a fair amount (not tons but enough to worry about) of black smoke, about 3 weeks ago on the way back from an offroad session.
I also lost nearly all braking, I have since had new flexi hoses, 2 new wheel cylinders and new rear drums & shoes, and the braking is better but still not great. I only mention this as i'm wondering if i may be suffering vacuum problems, as 4wd has been noticably slower to engage/disengage on the last few trips, the brake servo i think is vacuum operated, as is the ADD, and now whatever this is, and i'm wondering if they could all be related.
Anyway, got recovered back home and washed everything down. Radiator didn't look too clogged, but i guess if i was experiencing other problems aswell the rad being partially clogged could have exagerated any effect on engine temp.
Played around on the drive, and although the rattle was still there it wasn't as loud, and i couldn't identifty it for certain under the bonnet. But i started to get a regular and definate click, which i am led to believe may point to a shot injector. I got this on two consecutive days but not really had it again since.
The way it stands now is this - she runs absolutely fine (if not better than she has since i've had her) from cold for around 10 minutes or thereabouts, once the engine warms up though, i lose all turbo boost accompanied by a very loud and rather embarassing whine at revs where the turbo would normally be starting to kick in. The turbo light does not come on either. And as you'd expect with no turbo there's a severe lack of power above say 2500 RPM.
Now here's the interesting bit, if i stop, switch the ignition off, and restart the engine she's fine again for another say 5 minutes, i can do this at least a couple of times to get an extra few minutes of normal performance. But the amount of time she runs well reduces to no more than a couple of minutes after a few times of switching off and on again.
Any of the learned among you like to cast any aspersions?
Cheers
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