Interesting Experience Today...

[alexturner]

So I went down to Enzed today to purchase some hose barbs and such for my vege-oil system. Whilst i was there i was trying to discover the thread size for the fuel pickup that is on the sender of the 200tdi (if anyone know's that would be awesome).

Anyways, i went down my knees with a spanner to loosen the thread and crack - I had broken the thread with only the slightest of effort - breaking the fuel line to my car.

So instinctively I called the NRMA and asked for a tow home. After i was given a 90 minute estimate I emptied the petrol from my outboard motor, bought some 5/16th hose and routed the hose from the lift pump, through the bonnet, out the passenger side, through the passenger side window to the tank on the front passenger seat. I might add, I syphoned biodiesel from my tank into the outboard tank.

Well that was all well and good and I was all proud of myself until I realised that I totally forgot about the return line. Never the less the 20litres of fuel in that outboard tank didn't last very long at all. I was forced to turn my engine off at every traffic light or stall in the flow of traffic. It was at this time my electrics decided to fail. A problem, I've been having for the last while is blowing the fuse on the indicator/stop light circuit and there it went again.

Whilst driving I pulled my pliers out from the back seat and removed the fuse, replaced it and of course it doesn't work. So I'm driving through peak hour traffic with a litre of fuel, stopping and starting with no indicators or stop lights - and fuel leaking everywhere.

I made it to the service station with about a litre left in the tank. Whilst I was filling the tank with diesel (sacrilegious for me to buy petroleum) I noticed a fair amount of fuel spilling onto the ground and the staff member came out to have an absolute go at me.

All in all I still made my Physio appointment.

What a hassle. I'm thinking about driving my car around the back now and dropping my fuel tank to remove the sender. I ordered a new sender this evening so hopefully it'll turn up soon.

Does anyone know the thread size for the fuel pickup (and lift pump threads) for the 200tdi?

Cheers,
A

[newhue]

Alex Turner; young, creative, adventurous, even brave...tempting the Sydney traffic in a limping Defer.
I would have thought a coffee and 90 minutes of un-interupted phone time while waiting for NRMA would have been go.

A drive around the back and a good run over a few things will be time well spent I reckon.

[Hymie]

Try bodging a Japanese vehicle like that and see how far you get.

[isuzutoo-eh]

I've had the indicator/brake light fuse repeatedly blow too. In my case it was the hazards switch shorting out-despite being on a different fuse!
You're having a good run aren't you..

[Xtreme]

What an interesting story - you've made my morning and put a smile on my face for the rest of the day, thanks Alex.
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PS - I hope your time 'around the back' is fruitful and you are up and running again soon.

[rainman]

I am an avid follower of your stories/threads and I have to say Alex, you have my complete admiration. I may have had similar levels of enthusiasm when I was your age, but I certainly wasn't man enough to openly admit to my mistakes, and was too stubborn to accept advice.

You have made my morning, again
James. :BigThumb:

[bcj]

my annoying brake circuit problem was fixed as easy as just pulling harness out of chassis at front a bit (was at the point of re-wiring )- figure it must have been earthing inside chassis where it was rubbing

Brett

110 300tdi

[DeeJay]

I read it a bit fast & thought you said you still made it to your Psyco appointment !!:D

[rainman]

I read it a bit fast & thought you said you still made it to your Psyco appointment !!:D

:D Yeah - I was going to say Alex would probably need one of those after that experience.

[josh aka sean]

I had a short period where I was blowing the fuse for my left indicator and brake light every time I indicated left. Turned out that the flasher can had corrosion and was only affecting the left side of the circuit. Pulled it down cleaned it up with a bit of metho and 1 year on still going good.

[lambrover]

Hi Alex, are you running straight veg oil?

Hymie, "Try bodging a Japanese vehicle like that and see how far you get. " Come on Hymie, it's a mechanical injection pump, Landrover didn't invent it. Any vehicle with this fuel pump set up can be addapted to run like this.

Yes Land rovers are a great car but don't be so nieve to think that it is the be all and end all.

[alexturner]

Hey Guys,

All is well now and my car is chugging along happily. Thanks all to your uplifting comments - really made my week and it's great to know that there are some followers out there and that I'm really not writing to no-one. Thank you.


Hi Alex, are you running straight veg oil?

Hymie, "Try bodging a Japanese vehicle like that and see how far you get. " Come on Hymie, it's a mechanical injection pump, Landrover didn't invent it. Any vehicle with this fuel pump set up can be addapted to run like this.

Yes Land rovers are a great car but don't be so nieve to think that it is the be all and end all.

Your comment stood out to me as did Hymie's and it took me sometime to side with Hymie on this one. Although the Bosch VE injector pump is not dissimilar that of many other vehicles (including Japanese cars) I think that it'd be very difficult to route a fuel line out of the bonnet on a Japanese vehicle. So there!

And yes, I'm running on straight veggy oil and loving the freedom.

Alex

[superquag]

I think that it'd be very difficult to route a fuel line out of the bonnet on a Japanese vehicle. So there!

And yes, I'm running on straight veggy oil and loving the freedom.

Alex

...Thats 'cos the Jap bonnets fit properly. :p

Used to make biodiesel for my Mazda & Paj, understand the feeling.... ;-))