morris_marlin
First Engine Start!
It's Alive!
This is the second start actually. The first took at least 5 seconds of cranking before it caught. It sounds much less anti-social on this video than the reality which is seriously loud.
I couldn't take a longer film as I noticed a fairly stong smell of petrol and a steady trickle of liquid pouring off the bottom of the bell housing. Closer inspection with my nose confirmed that there was a fuel leak so I couldn't risk letting the engine or exhaust get hot so that's put a bit of a dampener on things.
As far as I can tell the leak is coming from the fuel rail pressure regulator so I've now taken the rail off and I'll order some new O rings. Hopefully that will sort things out.
In the limited few minutes I had to look at gauges etc before spotting the leak I managed to
- confirm the alternator was giving 14V
- oil pressure was at ~4 bar
- The rev counter does nothing which is a bit odd. May need to get a multimeter that can read the pulses.
- The fuel gauge reads empty. I put about 8 litres in the tank so I would have expected it to show something [EDIT] helps if you calibrate it on empty first, seems ok now though still doesn't pick up the 8 litres in the tank. I guess I'll have a sizable reserve to rely on.
As the temperature was around -1.5 and I had lost all sensation in my fingers I had to push it back in the garage to do the fuel rail work which of course means that the entire house stinks and will do for the next few days. I hate working with petrol.
First Engine Start!
It's Alive!
This is the second start actually. The first took at least 5 seconds of cranking before it caught. It sounds much less anti-social on this video than the reality which is seriously loud.
I couldn't take a longer film as I noticed a fairly stong smell of petrol and a steady trickle of liquid pouring off the bottom of the bell housing. Closer inspection with my nose confirmed that there was a fuel leak so I couldn't risk letting the engine or exhaust get hot so that's put a bit of a dampener on things.
As far as I can tell the leak is coming from the fuel rail pressure regulator so I've now taken the rail off and I'll order some new O rings. Hopefully that will sort things out.
In the limited few minutes I had to look at gauges etc before spotting the leak I managed to
- confirm the alternator was giving 14V
- oil pressure was at ~4 bar
- The rev counter does nothing which is a bit odd. May need to get a multimeter that can read the pulses.
- The fuel gauge reads empty. I put about 8 litres in the tank so I would have expected it to show something [EDIT] helps if you calibrate it on empty first, seems ok now though still doesn't pick up the 8 litres in the tank. I guess I'll have a sizable reserve to rely on.
As the temperature was around -1.5 and I had lost all sensation in my fingers I had to push it back in the garage to do the fuel rail work which of course means that the entire house stinks and will do for the next few days. I hate working with petrol.