ok guys, to cut a long story short. Ive done a fair bit of work with my past petrol cars but diesels are new to me.
basically, my van started running badly from cold out of nowhere and drove really sluggish so I decided to investigate.
I suspected the timing had slipped a tooth so I checked the belt and it was like new , the tensioner was like this though
OK, so I tried to set the timing according to a guide or three I have read. I am not 100% sure I have the flywheel at TDC. The timing is either waaaay out, or this is the TDC marker as even with multiple rotations, when the cams for Cyl one were in or near the TDC position, there was no flywheel mark visible, only this pointer that can be seen through the right hand window
Is that the TDC pointer for my engine code? I was expecting a notch on the FW but there is zilch...
Ok, so I have paint marked all the pulleys and taken the old belt off, I couldnt lock the injector pump either!! This is what I see when I look through the inj pump sprocket
The cam timing is definately out if the flywheel is at TDC as I think it is. I had to move the cams two teeth to get my cam locking tool to fit in place.
Please can some derv experts help me out?
Im going a bit round the twist as I dont know how to proceed from here...except to put the belt on as it was and have the timing way out still :?
I have zero experience with injector pumps. I turned this one by hand and it wasnt free turning but felt like it had a cam inside of some sort!! and it did a cycle which was about 1/4 of a pulley rotation...I put it back to where it was but really need help please
What is the best course of action??
HELP!!!!
THANKS