Thread: 2.8 tgv diesel (big 300tdi ) power loss any ideas?

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

yes you can set yourself up 180 degrees out and its stupidly easy toget the cam timing out a tooth or 2. From memory you dont get valves to pistons contact till you are more than 2 teeth out of in position.

heres my howto on it, if it helps

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/projects-t...ming-belt.html

post 9 details recovering from timing out of spec without specialist tools.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/projects-t...ming-belt.html

I have been reading and digesting, thanks.

The only thing I don't understand is how it canbe so far out it was running rough, we left everything else alone and just moved the injector pump pulley round so the pin went in, it shouldn't be this hard.

We are giving it a try without the radiator or anything reconnected, just wanted to run it for 2 seconds so we knew it did , there's no reason it wouldn't fire because of that is there, I'm pretty sure we tested it like that last time

Thanks to jboot51, you are a gentleman and all round top bloke, it was a pleasure to meet someone so knowledgeable, and a proper land Rover man.

Turns out we got caught with a difference between engines, on the tgv the injector pump is sitting upright rather than being on an angle as the 300tdi is, which means the locking pin fits at 12 o'clock rather than off to the left, we ended up getting the keyway for the crank pulley to the top, refitting the cover plate and pulley wheel and getting a set square to line up with the mark on the pulley to the arrow on the casting. Then took it all to bits again, being very careful not to move anything and reset the timing with the correct pin in the correct hole.

Kicked her over and she started instantly!

So if you have a tgv diesel engine, the locking pin for the injector pump doesn't go at the same angle as a 300tdi, even though there seems to be a hole for it to fit into.


Gary ( jboot51 ) you are the nicest bloke on earth and I cannot tell you how grateful I am, not sure I would ever have figured it out.

Couple of bearings to sort out and hopefully back together this week, I will let you all know how the test drive goes