Quote to tweak 300tdi fuel pump...can someone explain this to me please

**weeds** · 29th January 2018, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by Young Angus

This is probably a good thing to do. Les Richmond said the dyno component would cost about $500, so that sounds like it's in the ball park plus they should know the cars well enough, regardless of whether they can still be bothered with the old ones or not, surely a dyno tune wouldn't be too horrible a job for them.

Other than them, where else does one take a 300Tdi for a dyno tune around Melbourne??? Any old place with a dyno? Or is it worth finding a rover place with a dyno?

You need a dyno shop that works on diesels......

I would visit a couple and have a chat....the first one I went didn’t believe or accept the 300tdi was factory set at 14.5psi

**vnx205** · 29th January 2018, 12:03 PM

All those people making disparaging comments about the performance of the 300tdi need to spend more time driving a Series Land Rover to get a whole new perspective.

I'm perfectly happy with the way my bog standard 300tdi performs.

**Young Angus** · 29th January 2018, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by vnx205

All those people making disparaging comments about the performance of the 300tdi need to spend more time driving a Series Land Rover to get a whole new perspective.

I'm perfectly happy with the way my bog standard 300tdi performs.

I'm actually happy with the way mine performs and I'm not trying to turn it into a race car. I kind of just want a good tune to make sure it's running at it's optimum, for fueling and EGT and efficiency reasons, and to just make sure that whoever has "tweaked" it prior to now hasn't done anything silly to it.

If doing that means it runs a little better then great, but that's not the aim...I can see how that may have looked like my aim from early posts though so my bad

**DazzaTD5** · 29th January 2018, 05:39 PM

A Dyno for a 300tdi .... mwwahhaaaa, comon someone is breathing in too much diesel fumes...

*A decent diesel mechanic that is say over 30 should quite easily and correctly adjust an old school injector pump.
*If its "got great power and economy" but it blows black smoke, it simply hasnt been done right.
*A 300tdi should be the factory "puff" of smoke on start up, and MAYBE a small amount of black under full noise, but clouds of black will be the quickest way to kill it.

All said and done, the 300tdi is an old school diesel engine, there really is nothing to go wrong and cheap to repair.

Regards
Daz

**uninformed** · 29th January 2018, 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by vnx205

All those people making disparaging comments about the performance of the 300tdi need to spend more time driving a Series Land Rover to get a whole new perspective.

I'm perfectly happy with the way my bog standard 300tdi performs.

The people stuck behind you arent! lol

**Roverlord off road spares** · 30th January 2018, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by uninformed

The people stuck behind you arent! lol

even worse those towing caravans LOL.

**modman** · 1st February 2018, 07:14 AM

just down the road from LRA is a diesel shop with s dyno
turbo engineering I think
did some work on my 200tdi about 10 years sgo
i was quite happy with their service and prices
Ray knew his stuff
have you looked at the boost pins available from the UK?
I found larger free flowing exhaust, tweaking pump and proper service made the 200 more responsive.
check and set boost levels as well.
proper egt. into the exh manifold is imperative for safety
Guard venting helped run cooler as well
exh wrap the first metre out of the engine bay as well
Dc

**Zeros** · 1st February 2018, 07:29 AM

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

Angus,they are talking the injector pump. But consider in all reality, its a Bloody 300TDI and it will never be a Ferrari!

Exactly! Just go with a fuel pump tweak Angus. I had mine done by an Indi LR specialist years ago. It made a big difference and it's been super reliable stock. We also replaced the head gasket at around 250,000km as a precaution. Keep it simple.

**markdaw130** · 1st February 2018, 08:24 AM

Id take advice that a good tune is as good as a 300 needs, yrs ago I went to a well known landy shed in Melbourne and purchased a ‘up grade kit’ included change over pump and turbo, yep it was a rocket ship .. and just like the Columbia it blue up, over fuel and boost. New every thing under the hood (@+$7000) now and all std and hope it’ll go for ever

**nrs91** · 1st February 2018, 08:31 AM

Hey guys greetings from the UK.
As the others have said thats a lot of money for a simple process... my dealers charge £50-100 to get up the injection pump for better performance, the performance parts I supply for the pumps are another £100 and 3 runs on a local 4wd dyno are £75.

My advice is get a reliable EGT gauge and boost gauge then have a read of this:
Turning up the pre 94 Ram diesel injector pump

If you want better results after than then you can increase the boost to 18-20psi and install a Boost Pin and Dynamic Timing Advance Spacer kit.
You can get further details of those here:
Steg's Supplies - Home | Facebook

Hopefully this helps you out, feel free to drop me a line for any more advice

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