Car D.I.Y.

[MrGrumpy]

Engine Management light came on this week ! Code reader tells me EGR valves stuck closed . Bah ! It’s due to go to the indie for service a week on Monday . Shall chat about my options . Not looked to see if it’s an easy one for me to do !?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Engine Management light came on this week ! Code reader tells me EGR valves stuck closed . Bah ! It’s due to go to the indie for service a week on Monday . Shall chat about my options . Not looked to see if it’s an easy one for me to do !?

Not the 1.6L Peugeot diesel is it?

 

[MrGrumpy]

Nope 3.0 V6 Disco 4

 

[Jameshow]

Nope 3.0 V6 Disco 4

Son sold a horsebox trailer and guy came to pick up in svr range rover as has pickup was broken 9mpg! Cannot have made any money on the delivery!!

Lovely car but getting old looking the MK1 sport!

 

[november4]

Engine Management light came on this week ! Code reader tells me EGR valves stuck closed . Bah ! It’s due to go to the indie for service a week on Monday . Shall chat about my options . Not looked to see if it’s an easy one for me to do !?

At your service....2hrs if your a German called Christian - this couple are really funny, they send a new video every Sunday. Worth watching their series of disco 4 engine rebuild

Coincidentally this was Sunday's episode


View: https://youtu.be/Tj5ojmUHU0A

 

[MrGrumpy]

Actually that’s quite funny ! Sound a hoot ! Video I watched , talked about degassing the air con ? No jokes about that with Christian ?

 

[rockyroller]

Engine Management light came on this week ! Code reader tells me EGR valves stuck closed . Bah ! It’s due to go to the indie for service a week on Monday . Shall chat about my options . Not looked to see if it’s an easy one for me to do !?

I've done 1 EGR valve. older '80s Toyota 4Runner. that was actually pretty easy. good luck w/ yours!

 

[rockyroller]

wish me luck Saturday. will be attempting to get Mother unit's annual state auto inspection sticker

my parents always made it a giant ordeal, bringing it to the stealership & giving them carte blanche. I will NOT be doing that. I MIGHT get an oil change, in addition to the sticker, but the sticker is the goal

just heard from family boots-on-the-ground, they are handling the car inspection ... yay!

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I hate illogical things, I bought a spare set of camshaft covers & inlet manifold, got them powder coated & fitted them over the last couple of nights with new seals, then of course the car then wouldn't start, went over all the wiring that I'd unclipped to see if they weren't home. It would crank but not run, then occasionally there was a backfire, so it had to be timing, checked the crank sensor which I hadn't moved. At the back of the camshaft cover is a sensor, so cleaned up the area where it sat of powder coat just in case it was making the gap too large, but still not starting. However just by chance I was pressing down on it & moved it slightly, the car fired & rang for a few seconds, holding it at a slightly turned from where it should fit it would allow the car to run but it still wasn't right. I do however have another kit with exactly the same engine in that is not fully built yet, so stole that sensor fitted it & hurray all was good again. But this is the annoying bit, I put the 'broken' one back in the other car only to find that one runs perfectly with it in

ARRRRRGH!!

 

[Gunk]

That’s a sad old BMW E36 in the background

 

[MrGrumpy]

I hate illogical things, I bought a spare set of camshaft covers & inlet manifold, got them powder coated & fitted them over the last couple of nights with new seals, then of course the car then wouldn't start, went over all the wiring that I'd unclipped to see if they weren't home. It would crank but not run, then occasionally there was a backfire, so it had to be timing, checked the crank sensor which I hadn't moved. At the back of the camshaft cover is a sensor, so cleaned up the area where it sat of powder coat just in case it was making the gap too large, but still not starting. However just by chance I was pressing down on it & moved it slightly, the car fired & rang for a few seconds, holding it at a slightly turned from where it should fit it would allow the car to run but it still wasn't right. I do however have another kit with exactly the same engine in that is not fully built yet, so stole that sensor fitted it & hurray all was good again. But this is the annoying bit, I put the 'broken' one back in the other car only to find that one runs perfectly with it in

View attachment 691531 ARRRRRGH!!

I’ve been looking for that chisel !

 

[Deleted member 26715]

That’s a sad old BMW E36 in the background

Still goes well or rather it did, but currently no camshafts in it, tappets were getting noisy, just not got around to finishing it

I’ve been looking for that chisel !

You can come fetch it if you want it's very blunt, wouldn't even scrape powder cost

 

[Fastpedaller]

I had a 'bit of bother' recently with my Rickman Ranger blowing the head gasket. Long story short the head was cracked, so I had to find another head (not easy for a 2.0L Pinto engine. Fast forward a few weeks and I'd re-assembled everything, so time to try it. It wouldn't start, and a second battery was brought into play with jump leads, still no joy. As the battery is in the rear (and it's a LWB) I suspected a voltage drop. As it was getting late I gave up and put batteries on charge. Next day it was turning over fast enough, but still no joy, and delving deeper I identified spark was ok, but removing a plug..... bone dry. Looked into carb and operated throttle to find fuel 'squirt' wasn't there. Hmm.... don't want to take carb apart! Check fuel to carb, tick. I used the bike track pump on the fuel inlet...... a healthy push, and fuel vapour everywhere. The throttle jets must have been blocked due to fuel 'gumming' with non-usage? Ran sweet after that. Bike pumps are good.

 

[fossyant]

Nearly got stranded by the Qashqai earlier. Popped to the beach so MrsF could have her second sea swim of the day with the local group. As it was 7pm it was a bit chilly so sat in car with radio on for 45 mins.

Car didn't start. Fortunately someone in the group had jump leads and car fired first time. £100 for an Excide Premium battery isn't too bad. The car is on it's original 11 year old battery. Can't complain.

Only issue is the nav system wants a code now, and its not in the Nissan documents as the boxes haven't been filled in. Grr.

£5 via ebay seller (once you lock the unit you get the serial number and various codes). Pass on codes via ebay, and vola, nav system code returned. Just got 5 more minutes for the lock to expire, then can put code in. Down side is key needs to be left in for an hour, so the car has been blocked in by another.

 

[fossyant]

Code worked a charm