Thread: So the PUMA goes back to the garage again tomorrow

Originally Posted by one_iota

Buying a Land Rover you are not entirely "out of the woods".

Some elsewhere would say "I'm glad I bought a Toyota"

But where's the fun in that?

Then again if you log in a Toyo forum some would say "I'm glad I bought a Land Rover"

Yeah, my other car's a Triumph so I must have it in for myself

Originally Posted by reeksyofoz

Yeah, my other car's a Triumph so I must have it in for myself

Once upon a time my other car was an Alfa...then I saw the error of my ways...haven't learnt much though.

did a search on google on "common rail diesel rattles" came across a English site who say this
" With the introduction of high pressure diesel common rail injectors a few years ago, we are now experiencing new diesel engine problems due to the failure of the diesel injectors. It has been found that a significant percentage of failures are caused by excessive return flow from the diesel common rail injectors. This back leakage problem within the diesel common rail injectors is causing hard starting, erratic idling and lack of power."
It may appear that you are not alone with the problems you are experiencing with you Puma. Look at some of the other forums and you will see that similar problems are also happening on other common rail diesels.

Originally Posted by one_iota

Buying a Land Rover you are not entirely "out of the woods".

Some elsewhere would say "I'm glad I bought a Toyota"

But where's the fun in that?

There is a LC200 getting chassis cracks repaired in town at the moment, some 50 hours warranty work so I'm told....Oh what a feeling!

JC

You want to see the dramas my friend has just been through with his Toyo 100 Series 1HZ. Has been overheating for a while after dropping belts and blowing out the radiator and expansion tank, so in steps over the last 6 months
New radiator after inititial overheat, system flush etc. No better.
New aftermarket viscous hub. No better.
Cooling system flushed again. No better.
Toyota Factory viscous hub fitted. No better.
Injector pump overhauled and set to strict factory settings. Now down on power a bit and no better.
Head off and crack tested. No problems found, head like new. No better. Had expected to have to purchase new head.
After getting annoyed he did a search and kept coming up with viscous hub issues and the fact that up to 80% of factory viscous hubs are not infact set up properly from the factory and the plates and holes that move to allow oil flow through correctlly can be 1/2 a turn out. So old factory viscous hub pulled apart, too much oil in and holes not aligning correctlly. Set the plate. Filled with correct amount of oil after reassembling, removed hub from car and installed this one. Pulled one apart just removed and pretty much brand new and found the same.
Vehicle now does not overheat.
This has had specialists and general mechanics baffled for months.
Glad I bought a Fender.

Ok, so we've discussed why td5's aren't having this problem. But my question remains. Why aren't other common rail diesels having this problem. Like the same or similar engine in the transit, or the mass of diesel golfs in Australia?

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

Ok, so we've discussed why td5's aren't having this problem. But my question remains. Why aren't other common rail diesels having this problem. Like the same or similar engine in the transit, or the mass of diesel golfs in Australia?

As the problem has yet to be diagnosed - it is rather difficult to say why (or even if) this is a problem effecting other CRD engines.