I wanted to start the little writeup on how the rebuild went.... but before I do that, I have some concerns that I need piece of mind on.
1)
Cold start or first start in the mornings is quite difficult. I warm the glow plugs 4-5 times before attempting to start(they are still the old ones, but I cleaned them up due to money constraints after the rebuild. But I'll get new ones shortly) but the Maiden coughs and splutters for about 10 - 15 seconds with a fair amount of white smoke coming out the exhaust. After say 15 seconds all the white smoke is gone and all is clear and idles like a dream. Is this due to the glow plugs? I'm under the impression that once the motor is running the glow plugs are not supposed to be operational. the injector pump and injectors was sent into Bosch, and when the motor was all together and in the Maiden, Bosch set the pump timing, and did a dyno test. Is this normal ( I doubt it cause i never noticed this amount of smoke on the old engine)? could it be the rockers not being set to the correct gap (could be, as my feeler gauge is not in the best condition, so it might be +/-0.05mm out)?
2)
The motor sounds at times more noisy than others. The noise is a direct injection noise, more so when the motor is not labouring. I unfortunately cant recall the motors sound prior to the "big bang", but Its bugging me. Again could this be due to the rocker gap setting being slightly out
3)
When accelerating there is huge amounts of power and revs pick up quick (I haven't taken it over 3000 rpm ....yet) and the motor sounds sweet, but with a lot of black smoke coming out the exhaust. While traveling to Moz, the chap driving behind me in convoy, (who also drives a diesel, but a LR) said that he could see everytime I accelerated as the were plumbs of black smoke coming out the exhaust. I have been keeping an eye on the rearview mirror while driving around and I can't see this as being normal or right. your opinions please. Bosch said let the motor run in then it will improve.... but I'm not convinced. Again could this be the rockers being slightly out? I need to set them again as I'm +/- 200 Km short of 2000Km since the rebuild, and figured that 2000Km was a good figure to do this.
I know I've kind of gone on about the rocker setting, so yes I will do this in about 200Km time but I just wanted opinions on what else could be the cause. The motor used to date about 350ml oil, which I felt was acceptable, due to the new motor and filling all the nooks and crannies in the motor. The temps are beautiful, average driving on a flat road at 120km/h is 380 - 430deg C but under full throttle and 2700 to 3000 rpm on an uphill it climbs to 600 - 630 deg C, with one overtaking maneuver for about 15 - 20 seconds at 653 deg C. but cooled down to 450 straight after passing the truck.
Oh and bythe way....he he he...
.... I pulled a Range Rover out in Ponto, buried to his belly.... with my winch...(first time doing a winch recovery).... I feel good ...da da da da da da..... I knew that I would now....da da da da da da da
- LONG LIVE THE MAIDEN !!!
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