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hrgcb
Joined: 01 Sep 2020 Posts: 6 Location: Saxmundham
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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 12:36 Post subject: Diesel Injection Pump repair |
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Hi - not sure if this is the correct place to post this. I'm looking for someone in Suffolk / Eastanglia who can replace the seals on my injection pump (it's leaking). My Delica is the 1994 L300 Star Wagon GLX 2.5. It's a mechanical injection pump. I understand some specialist kit is needed to do the job. I've spoken to a diesel injection specialist in Colchester who has said I'd be looking at £1,200 + to do this. Mitsybitz have told me they do it in their workshop for around £300 but they are based in Rotherham which is a bit far for me.
Does anyone know a workshop that could do this a bit closer to the Suffolk / Eastanglia area at closer to the £300 Mitzybitz price. |
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mark3
Joined: 29 Nov 2009 Posts: 905 Location: Rainham Village, Essex
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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 14:11 Post subject: |
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£1200???? good grief! £400 to £500 to rebuild the pump so the other £700 is for two hours labour? _________________
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andyman
Joined: 08 Dec 2012 Posts: 5602 Location: Penrith
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:35 Post subject: |
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Mark - how much if it is just the usual front seal? hrgcb - does it start and run okay? _________________ Andy C L300 Super Exceed - over 100 smiles per gallon! |
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jejoenje
Joined: 20 Aug 2016 Posts: 785 Location: Alloa, Scotland
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:52 Post subject: |
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Sounds the like usual "quote £1000+ for a job I neither know how to do, or want to do, to make the man go away" quote...
Worth trying a few small independent places, perhaps? Sorry I can't suggest anything specific for your area but it may be worth ringing around, perhaps some places that specialise in Diesels?
I am fortunate that mine hasn't developed this problem (yet!), but would be interested to learn more about the reasons why this is such a specialist job? _________________ 1992 L300 Exceed "Selma" |
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hrgcb
Joined: 01 Sep 2020 Posts: 6 Location: Saxmundham
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:55 Post subject: |
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@andyman - yes it starts and runs nicely |
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andyman
Joined: 08 Dec 2012 Posts: 5602 Location: Penrith
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 10:33 Post subject: |
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Okay, probably NOT the front seal, then. _________________ Andy C L300 Super Exceed - over 100 smiles per gallon! |
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hrgcb
Joined: 01 Sep 2020 Posts: 6 Location: Saxmundham
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 16:10 Post subject: |
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mark3 wrote: |
£1200???? good grief! £400 to £500 to rebuild the pump so the other £700 is for 2 hours labour? |
Hi Mark - I see you are based in Essex so not too far from my neck of the woods. Sounds like you have some experience of this. Can you recommend anyone in your area who would do this type of work. |
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hrgcb
Joined: 01 Sep 2020 Posts: 6 Location: Saxmundham
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 16:17 Post subject: |
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jejoenje wrote: |
Sounds the like usual "quote £1000+ for a job I neither know how to do, or want to do, to make the man go away" quote...
Worth trying a few small independent places, perhaps? Sorry I can't suggest anything specific for your area but it may be worth ringing around, perhaps some places that specialise in Diesels?
I am fortunate that mine hasn't developed this problem (yet!), but would be interested to learn more about the reasons why this is such a specialist job? |
Just relaying what the mechanic at my garage told me - if any of the parts are taken off to replace the seals the pump needs to be rebuilt on a jig as all of the boltholes are slots that allow movement rather than holes per-say & timing etc needs to be readjusted when done. |
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jejoenje
Joined: 20 Aug 2016 Posts: 785 Location: Alloa, Scotland
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 18:28 Post subject: |
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Fair enough... like I said, I have no actual idea of what's involved just that by the sounds of it, it is a common problem, so I like to try to educate myself whenever I can, for future reference...
I thought that at least some of these seals can be replaced the pump in situ, and avoiding messing up any timing? But perhaps that's optimistic...
This thread on the US forum is interesting and may be of use - https://~.com/index.php?threads/fuel-pump-leak-%E2%80%9892-L300.1746/
I think it's numbers 36 and 67/78 that seem to be mentioned as the main culprits in the above thread, in this diagram?
https://fuel-inject.com/fuel.zd/104/1047408232.png _________________ 1992 L300 Exceed "Selma" |
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hrgcb
Joined: 01 Sep 2020 Posts: 6 Location: Saxmundham
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2020 10:52 Post subject: |
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Some useful links there - was not completely sure if that was the pump for the 2.8 or 2.5 - mine is the 2.5 |
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jejoenje
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:02 Post subject: |
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This is an L300 Delica diesel right? So the engine will be 2.5L (code 4D56). I'm assuming the pump will be pretty much the same across all of those? I may be assuming wrong, mind...
From reading those forums, there are key differences between the 2.5 and 2.8 injection pumps in terms of common failure points, at least? _________________ 1992 L300 Exceed "Selma" |
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hrgcb
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:10 Post subject: |
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Yes - that's right it's an L300 Diesel, sorry if my questions are a bit clueless but I'm a new owner and not particularly mechanically minded. |
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jejoenje
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:26 Post subject: |
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Don't apologise That's what this forum is for, I came here from hardly knowing anything about car mechanics, let alone Delica specific stuff.
The vast majority (all?) of diesel 4WD L300's have the 2.5L 4D56 engine. I think the L300 in general (I.E. non 4WD) had some further engine variations, I'm not sure if that applied to the specific 4WD models as well. The petrols are different again.
I really don't know much about the L400's (so I'm sure someone will be along to correct me), but I think most have 2.8L diesel engines. _________________ 1992 L300 Exceed "Selma" |
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andyman
Joined: 08 Dec 2012 Posts: 5602 Location: Penrith
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2020 19:07 Post subject: |
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If you don't want to spend an age re-timing the engine (and pump) when you put the pump back on, punch or paint- mark everything before you remove the belt. Even better, you may be able to hold the timing belt on the various sprockets, except the pump sprocket, while you remove the pump (having first marked the pump position on the engine front plate), by releasing the tension on the tensioner. As the sprocket teeth are straight, they are not nearly so difficult to align as the 2.8's helical-cut gear teeth.
The 2.5L 4D56T (Turbo) was the only diesel engine used in this style of L300 Delica, the non-turbo version also being used in other, 2WD variants. I find it very reassuring that while the 2.8L 4M40 was not widely applied after 2005, the 4D56 continued in the Shogun/L200 models for several years after, as well as being made under licence by other manufacturers. _________________ Andy C L300 Super Exceed - over 100 smiles per gallon! |
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mark3
Joined: 29 Nov 2009 Posts: 905 Location: Rainham Village, Essex
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 10:17 Post subject: |
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andyman wrote: |
Mark - how much if it is just the usual front seal? hrgcb - does it start and run okay? |
The front seal on the 2.5s don't usually fail, in that i mean over the last 11 years i have replaced 1144 2.8 front seals BUT not one single 2.5 front seal, unless it's leaking fuel it its probably going to be okay _________________
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mark3
Joined: 29 Nov 2009 Posts: 905 Location: Rainham Village, Essex
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 10:19 Post subject: |
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hrgcb wrote: |
Hi Mark - I see you are based in Essex so not too far from my neck of the woods. Sounds like you have some experience of this. Can you recommend anyone in your area who would do this type of work. |
I'm in South Essex so not that far really, front seals only really fail on the 2.8 engines. _________________
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andyman
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 15:21 Post subject: |
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mark3 wrote: |
The front seal on the 2.5s don't usually fail, in that I mean over the last 11 years I have replaced 1144 2.8 front seals BUT not one single 2.5 front seal, unless it's leaking fuel it its probably going to be okay |
Thanks Mark, that is interesting. Mine has never failed, I just thought the pumps weren't that different. _________________ Andy C L300 Super Exceed - over 100 smiles per gallon! |
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mark3
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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:36 Post subject: |
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The basic design of the pumps isn't that different but one being for a 2.5 and the other being for a 2.8 means one will never work correctly on the other engine
the thing that differentiates between the 2.8 failing and the 2.5 not failing is the engines themselves
The 2.8 engine's injector pump is gear driven and because of this the seal is actually inside the engine and over time it gets baked hard and therefore won't relax to seal against the drive shaft when it contracts over the cold winter nights, meaning cold running sucks air in and you have stalling just until the engines warms sufficiently for the shaft to expand and seal the gap.
The 2.5 engine's injector pump is cam belt driven and is therefore exposed to fresh air and not in an oven like environment _________________
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