COUGH
COUGH
HACK
COUGH
(spits black tar)
COUGH
COUGH.....
Well it runs. you've heard the phrase blowing coal?
A young petrol head golf owner had come round to buy some seats, but he was interested to see it run up, he was in for a shock.
This is how it went....
went for run three last night.... it bled up fairly quick, then showed 0 sign of life because the bleed bolt was loose on the head.
Bolt tightened I try again, it fired, spluttered a bit then took off, RUNAWAY!
I pulled the plug and escaped before the thick black cloud came down again. It was a good ten minutes before you could see the back of the garage again.
Backed the fuel screw down 2 turns and tried again
It didn't want to go, then I noticed the aux tank had been slurped dry, I topped it up and went again....
It fired up after a few seconds cranking and settled into a highish idle. I stopped the motor, disconnected the aux tank and switched to the main tank feed. The pump was sucking the aux tank dry in a matter of seconds.
Fired up again and there was a bit of splutter as the main diesel came on. then smooth idle about 1300 rpm
I tried to get the the idle down and ran out of adjustment.
Revving the motor produces huge clouds of thick black death, so maybe the fuel is a little high still! But boy does it want to rev.
There's no turbo at the moment, I can't fit the inlet manifold until the clutch master turns up and I can get that fitted.
I'll get the turbo/interrcooler pipework fitted up soon and back down the pump (timing and fuel delivery)
Then get a video....