Post by Simon Maher on Mar 20, 2005 23:20:32 GMT
After many problems, finally have fuel pump back for my Leyland Atlantean D635. Its had blown gaskets, misthreaded bolts and a charming crack in the casing, all of which are now repaired.
However, Im having no luck at all with matching the pump to the engine. Have the pump setting sorted (Its "E" on the pump for injector 1). Now, the engine says that injection is at 16 degrees before TDC. In the very olden days there would have been a timing plunger on the flywheel casing. Nowadays of course, theres nothing. So, Ive been setting the engine by hand. There are still the two holes on the flywheel, one of which is for TDC and one for injection point. Now, I can manually position these by watching the rockers on 1 & 6 and trying to judge where we are. I can then as close as possible set the engine up and stick the pump on.
However, when I go to start it, Nothing. Not even much by way of smoke. Have tried it in about 5 different positions (fecking up a thread on the fuel return at one stage delaying me by another couple of weeks!).
So the questions then. Is there an easy way to know Im getting my injection point right? Could I be struggling with a flooded or air filled engine now from the 5 attempts? I bleed as much of the system as possible every time I try the adjustment. Could I have a different (additional) problem too? Any further suggestions?
Cheers in advance,
Simon
However, Im having no luck at all with matching the pump to the engine. Have the pump setting sorted (Its "E" on the pump for injector 1). Now, the engine says that injection is at 16 degrees before TDC. In the very olden days there would have been a timing plunger on the flywheel casing. Nowadays of course, theres nothing. So, Ive been setting the engine by hand. There are still the two holes on the flywheel, one of which is for TDC and one for injection point. Now, I can manually position these by watching the rockers on 1 & 6 and trying to judge where we are. I can then as close as possible set the engine up and stick the pump on.
However, when I go to start it, Nothing. Not even much by way of smoke. Have tried it in about 5 different positions (fecking up a thread on the fuel return at one stage delaying me by another couple of weeks!).
So the questions then. Is there an easy way to know Im getting my injection point right? Could I be struggling with a flooded or air filled engine now from the 5 attempts? I bleed as much of the system as possible every time I try the adjustment. Could I have a different (additional) problem too? Any further suggestions?
Cheers in advance,
Simon
