series diesel engine

stevenmd

stevenmd

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The series truck I am looking at purchasing has a diesel engine in it. Anything I should know about the engine during negotiations? Can a compression check be done on a diesel like it's petrol counterpart? What should I be looking for?
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AlohaRover

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You can do a compression check but need a special gauge.
My engine reads 425psi, so you don't want to use a regular petrol guage set.
Depending on the engine there will be an adapter that screws into either the glow plug hole or the injector.
Don't try and do a wet test, the engine might actually run on the squirt of oil.
Make sure to disable to the fuel delivary and remove all the glowplugs.
 
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AlohaRover

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Is it a turbo or NA?
If the former you can remove the intake air hose and turn the turbo by hand. Check for free play and bearing noise.
 
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AlohaRover

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stevenmd said:
NA.

It is one of the cleanest IIa's I have ever seen. Very well taken care of.
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It's not going to be the fastest boat at the party but it will get you up and over anything that gets in your way :D
 
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AlohaRover said:
It's not going to be the fastest boat at the party but it will get you up and over anything that gets in your way :D
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The older I get, the less I care about speed.:cool: I have learned to do things on my own time and say screw you to corporate America (and I make more now too!)
 
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stevenmd said:
The older I get, the less I care about speed.:cool: I have learned to do things on my own time and say screw you to corporate America (and I make more now too!)
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Plus you always have the RV to tow the rover lol.
That will be cool if you get a diesel. We could do a trail run with just diesel Series trucks its looking like.
 
JackW

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My balanced and blueprinted 2.25 l diesel 109 SIIA wagon has been clocked at a stunning 69mph (overdrive engaged) - but it's much happier at around 50-55.

Usually a diesel will either run or it won't - if there isn't enough compression it won't run - if it's too low it will smoke. Diesels are VERY sensitive to the injection pump timing - its much more critical to get it dead on than the ignition timing on a gasoline engine.
 
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