Thread: My first post and my s3 diesel ute

awsome thanks for that find isuzurover.

Originally Posted by Muckinhell

awsome thanks for that find isuzurover.

I have bought several pumps from them for work.Most recent was one of these:
vacuum pumps, compressors, blowers and centralized vacuum systems

They are compact, quiet, and great value for money.

ill have to try that second mob cause the first ones cant do 12v continuous duty so hopefully the second bunch can...thanks again. by the way does anyone know how to do the upgrade to the later glow plugs and wire them in paralell??? and or where is best place to get them as well thanks

Originally Posted by Muckinhell

ill have to try that second mob cause the first ones cant do 12v continuous duty so hopefully the second bunch can...thanks again. by the way does anyone know how to do the upgrade to the later glow plugs and wire them in paralell??? and or where is best place to get them as well thanks

That is a bugger, the first company are the OZ agents for the other.

I have never bothered converting my glow plugs. IRC they are something like 1.7V each, and the ballast resistor makes up the rest (to 12V) - so you would need to buy 12V glow plugs to start with.

WOW what a surprise this moring was......it was pouring rain and had been for some time this morning before i woke up...I thought awsome this is the perfect time to see how much my ute leaks into the cab...so i go out and hop in during the pouring rain and low and behold its as dry as the simpson desert in there. I had been expecting some leaks of some discription as my old ex army troopy with hard cover used to leak annoyingly right on me right foot. this may change of course when when i finally get it registered and were to drive it in same conditions...but very happy with it so far.

Even got it started this arv with out aerostart by holding me foot to the floor and winding...very excited.
blows some white smoke though wich is annoying.....
have put in a engine flush this arv and am changing oil and filter tomorrow so see how that helps.

White smoke from a diesel can indicate unburnt fuel, which could be a timing problem. Have you checked that the pump is installed correctly?

Cheers Charlie

NO USING AREOSTART OR STARTYABASTARD on diesels.

its a good way to break things.

the glow plug wiring should go

from the battery to a decent relay
from the relay to the current limiting resistor
from the current limiting resistor to the number 4 glow plug.
from number 4 glow plug to number 3 then 3-2, 2-1 and finally from 1 to earth.

the glow plugs have a sandwich of bits on the the top of them

a knurled nut
a wafer type spring washer
a ring type electrical connector (power coming in for number 4 this is the wire from the current limiting resistor)
a ceramic insualtor
a ring type electrical connector (power going out for number 4 this is the bridging lead to injector number 3)
a wafer spring washer.

my earth for injector number 1 is a second nut up on the front stud for injector number one.

its normal for these diesels to blow whitish smoke on initial start and while they are cold as they are an indirect injected engine. Once you have them started and they have oil pressure up give them about 1200 RPM to warm them up if its really cold put a blanket over the radiator to limit airflow.

there are other factors that contribute to the smoke factor. before assessing potential other problems I like to take them for a drive to warm up shut them down for about 20 minutes (to let the oil drain back from the rings and the valves) and then start them again without glow plugs. it should fire nearly instantly and blow only the tiniest amount of smoke from the unburnt fuel from the cranking process. once its got a stable idle it should be a nice clean exhaust.