[bose"o"]

gidday guys ,my 1987 shorty is a sd33 turbo and has got 380 000 on the clock some times when i drive it it goes hard <for a diesel> then other times its like sluggish could this be due to the amount of ks on it or should i shout it new injectors ? its my first diesel i have ever owned not sure if this is commen with diesels as my other 4bee is petrol injected 4.2 and its got **** loads of balls.

 

[Wish I Had Coils]

to start with, What have you done servise wise?????

Fuel, and air filters, , the fuel filter behind the banjo bolt on the fuel line going into the injection pump.. these being blocked or dirty will have an effect on power.

 

[landy]

Give it a good service and clean the lift pump banjo bolt.

It could be worn pump elements, my SD33T does it sometimes...not drastically but sometimes it feels less powerful than the day before...

Even TD42T owners say the same thing...one day feels great and the next its just average. It could just be an indirect injected diesel thing?

 

[Wish I Had Coils]

mine seems the same sometimes. the odd time it feels like it flys other times it just old birtha. like a said just check everything out.

 

[bose"o"]

thanks , i have replaced both fuel filters and both air filters a couple of months ago and put a new bosch hand primer on her as the old one was leeking bad when i went to prime it after replacing the two fuel filters i will undo the bolt on banjo ( is this the one directly under lift pump?)

 

[bose"o"]

i just finished cleaning out that little plastic filter , it was chocker block full of metal shavings looked like it was from someone drilling , the shorty has a long range tank in it may be from when the tank was made!!.may not have been cleaned out properly from new ?. thanks Landy & Wish i Had Coils for your helpfull information, Cheers Bose'o'

 

[Ric]

Don't forget to let us all know if it fixes the problem.

As the other guys said that little filter often clogs up.

put a new bosch hand primer on her as the old one was leeking bad when i went to prime it after replacing the two fuel filters

I thought that was normal LOL Mine leaks heaps too when I prime but never caused a problem.

Ric