Offroad-Express

as the title says...

my 80 died on the way to work this morning

went around a sweeping corner to the left and it wouldn't pick up after that

pulled over and it would idle but wouldn't rev past 1500rpm

pumped fuel primer thingy on top of filter and it had no movement and then motor died and you could hear an air leak which stopped after a minute and then you could pump primer thingy

which I did and it made it go, but now it has no poke and drives like its got no turbo punch anymore and its a bit spluttery at times

does anyone know what side of the tank the fuel pickup is on

it seems like an air block or something

but now it runs like shit

we're going to take incoming fuel line off and fart around to see if it goes better

any other quick solutions/suggestions

cheers

SKID

Put more Diesel in it

NJV6 wrote:Put more Diesel in it

and I really thought Jerry would be the first cock to mention that

but you win

Buy a Nissan

Probably gave up the ghost because it embarsed to be seen with you in your pink hat

curly12 wrote:Probably gave up the ghost because it embarsed to be seen with you in your pink hat

sadam still has it

great advice guys

sounds like fuel blockage to me, check fuel delivery

Can I come around with my camera and get a photo of yet another broken down toyota???

curly12 wrote:Can I come around with my camera and get a photo of yet another broken down toyota???

it still drives bitch

just

skid wrote:just

Need a tow home????

curly12 wrote:

skid wrote:just

Need a tow home????

just make sure you are heading along the motorway towards welly a little after 5pm in case I need that tow

Ive heard running petrol trough can help clear blockages, if its a block.

Cheap to try.

Just wondering if the air hole in tank is blocked. Try taking the fuel cap off and drive straight. Happened to me once and when i turned engine off you could hear air being sucked into tank.

NJV6 wrote:Put more Diesel in it

hahah that happend to me this weekend, said i had quarter of a tank and it came to a stop at the bottom of mount dick in the river. whats worse is i had to be pulled back to town by and landrover

Check the fuel filter, may have got some crap diesel in there,

and put some diesel in

Ok, so in between showers today we pulled the front fuel line off and pumped the filter thingy and it took 5 pumps before fuel came thru.

drove it home, but it surges higher up in the rev range and still feels slightly underpowered.

another thing to note is that every time I put gas in, the fuel cap releases air when unscrewed, but tonight when I unscrewed it, there was no air release ????????

any more ideas


and yes it has faaaarking deisel in it ya smart asses

skid wrote: it has faaaarking gas in it

Theres the problem - I'd be trying normal Diesel first.

fuel tank filter?

fuel filter first up,prolly hasnt been changed since you owned it ay?

adogg wrote:fuel filter first up,prolly hasnt been changed since you owned it ay?

true bro

Check the fuel filter. My terrano did a similar sounding after I used a high pressure under vehicle wash thing. Turns out filter was a bit old and had rusted from inside out and had pin holes in (caused by the water pressure but occuring anyway) ran like S&^T.

Tank breather could be blocked cause in theory the tank should neither blow or suck when you release cap.

Hope its something simple

madaz068 wrote:Just wondering if the air hole in tank is blocked. Try taking the fuel cap off and drive straight. Happened to me once and when i turned engine off you could hear air being sucked into tank.

it cant be blocked due to mud unless theres mud at the shopping mall

PR wrote:

madaz068 wrote:Just wondering if the air hole in tank is blocked. Try taking the fuel cap off and drive straight. Happened to me once and when i turned engine off you could hear air being sucked into tank.

it cant be blocked due to mud unless theres mud at the shopping mall

OK smart asses

lets just assume that maybe I went and played in the mud at Aotea one weekend and then maybe did it again 2 weeks later.

Lets just assume that it happened.


Now if mud was to block the tank breather, then where does it run from bla bla bla

p.s. if I try really hard I can get mud to flick up the side of the truck at the road works

it cant be blocked due to mud unless theres mud at the shopping mall

Does Spray on Mud count

Umm does Saddam's Cruiser workshop manuals cover the 80?

phils got my 80 manual skid

Jerry wrote:

it cant be blocked due to mud unless theres mud at the shopping mall

Does Spray on Mud count

Umm does Saddam's Cruiser workshop manuals cover the 80?

duh, I've got one of those manuals, now which box is it in

sig wrote:phils got my 80 manual skid

hahahahahaahahahaha

the bastard has mine too

just remembered

NJV6 wrote:

skid wrote: it has faaaarking gas in it

Theres the problem - I'd be trying normal Diesel first.

Did that to my old Safari early one morning by mistake - they still drive just smokes big time and loss of power...

You sure one of the fills you've done wasn't petrol by accident?????

Have you tried eating less pie's?

I've got 4 or 5 cruiser manuals here (thats coz Phil's never borrowed any of them) but none of them cover diesel engines?