Power loss

peteramone · 17th June 2008, 08:04 AM

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 ?.

owenmall · 17th June 2008, 08:36 AM

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??

peteramone · 17th June 2008, 08:48 AM

If I knew where the pump was I could tell you. It looks very tight in there.

yodeller · 17th June 2008, 09:33 AM

Could it be the small filter under the solenoid valve?

Is you one the 3CT-E engine?

therawtradingco · 17th June 2008, 09:36 AM

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.

peteramone · 23rd June 2008, 07:28 PM

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.

~Pink~Lou~ · 23rd June 2008, 07:31 PM

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

buffallobob · 23rd June 2008, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by peteramone

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.

Hi mate where abouts liecestershire are you i am up in loughborough next week
bob

peteramone · 24th June 2008, 09:29 AM

2 miles outside Melton mowbray about 17 miles from loughborough. My tel no is 01664812927 - peter

noney82 · 10th July 2008, 12:18 PM

did you get to the bottom of the problem? i thinking of using veg oil but just been put off

17th June 2008, 08:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
peteramone Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 19	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 ?.

17th June 2008, 08:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
owenmall Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Stretford, Manchester Posts: 2,061	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?? __________________ One day I'll get everything done....... Define irony - bunch of idiots dancing on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash.

17th June 2008, 09:36 AM	#5 (permalink)
therawtradingco Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Haverhill, Suffolk Posts: 1,570	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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17th June 2008, 08:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
peteramone Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 19	If I knew where the pump was I could tell you. It looks very tight in there.

17th June 2008, 09:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
yodeller Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Austria, ski, skate, swim, sail - the snow is white, the drivers have a death wish. Posts: 380	Could it be the small filter under the solenoid valve? Is you one the 3CT-E engine?

23rd June 2008, 07:28 PM	#6 (permalink)
peteramone Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 19	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.

23rd June 2008, 07:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
~Pink~Lou~ Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Nottinghamshire Posts: 2,998	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

24th June 2008, 09:29 AM	#9 (permalink)
peteramone Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 19	2 miles outside Melton mowbray about 17 miles from loughborough. My tel no is 01664812927 - peter

10th July 2008, 12:18 PM	#10 (permalink)
noney82 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: manchester stockport Posts: 151	did you get to the bottom of the problem? i thinking of using veg oil but just been put off