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17th June 2008, 08:04 AM
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|  Power loss I have a problem that I cannot solve, so maybe someone can point me in the right direction. 10days ago I changed the fuel filter, and all was fine for 2 days, THEN, the engine started to stutter, the revs wouldnt go above 3000RPM, and it wouldnt engage in any of the high gears. a short term solution was to pump the filter and I eventually changed the fuel filter again and the pattern continued. Yesterday the battery drained and after I got a boost from the RAC, everything seemed fine until this morning when the problem came back. I have been running on SVO/WVO and 2 weeks ago a bought some from a local guy who had treated it. My questions are 1) Could the fuel be doing this ?, 2) Is the fuel pump to blame 3) I have checked the fuel pipes for air leaks, but would an air leak cause this ?. | ||||||||
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17th June 2008, 08:36 AM
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 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Stretford, Manchester
| Sounds like the way mine was running when the seal on the timing piston went, have you been weeping oil from the pump at all??
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17th June 2008, 08:48 AM
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| Join Date: Mar 2008
| If I knew where the pump was I could tell you. It looks very tight in there. | ||||||||
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17th June 2008, 09:33 AM
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 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Feld am See, Austria, ski, skate, swim, sail - the snow is white, the drivers have a death wish.
| Could it be the small filter under the solenoid valve? Is you one the 3CT-E engine? | ||||||||
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17th June 2008, 09:36 AM
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  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Haverhill, Suffolk
| Mine had a load of problems last year when i was running on veg - similar problems. One day it was fine, half filled with deisel one night then topped up with veg when i got home - next morning it sounded like a tank, couldn't be driven as there was no power - got Bob on the case and after a change of fuel filter - pump and a tank drain we were back on the road again. I've not tempted fate by trying veg again but with current prices i might have to go back to it. | ||||||||
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23rd June 2008, 07:28 PM
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| Join Date: Mar 2008
| Need help now, One garage said "its the gear box", I took it another and they said its not but they dont deal with Diesels(THANKS). I drove it about 10 MPH to the garage and they suggest I drive it another 25, Do you know anybody in leicestershire who knows what they are talking about. | ||||||||
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23rd June 2008, 07:31 PM
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  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Nottinghamshire
| have you checked the gearbox oil? to see if its low as that can sometimes have somethign to do with lack in power and gears not engaging correctly | ||||||||
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23rd June 2008, 07:35 PM
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 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: essex
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24th June 2008, 09:29 AM
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| Join Date: Mar 2008
| 2 miles outside Melton mowbray about 17 miles from loughborough. My tel no is 01664812927 - peter | ||||||||
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10th July 2008, 12:18 PM
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 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: stockport, manchester
| did you get to the bottom of the problem? i thinking of using veg oil but just been put off  | ||||||||
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