clean your fuel pump!!

[taffy]

well swappin my tomtom xxl for a pump today off a x reg 306 hdi...looks the same so hopefully im halfway there...50 for cam belt kit gsf and i gota check the rockers...gettin somewhere now lol

[CitroJim]

All the best of luck in restoring a running engine Taffy but do check those rockers very carefully...

[taffy]

thanks jim....its a mission ahead as was the clutch lol...that took me 2 days lol...i havent even taken rocker cover off yet...so when i check them i take it theres a possibility one might have bent the rocker but not broke it?...i gota take camshaft out to do pully bolt and im jus gona try and clean it up as best i can...bit scary thinking bout doing cam belt...never done one in all the years of bein a mechanic!..iv read it over a few times in the bible and this seems meter seams pretty precise..what would you say about the way to do it without the meter? thanks again jim ur a ledgend
a few pics of the pump ive aquired

[CitroJim]

What are you going to do Taffy? Fit it or cook it for dinner?



No need of a SEEM meter, that's just the BoL being safe against claims..

Basically, the tension is Ok when you can just turn the belt through 90 degrees between finger and thumb on its longest run which in practice is the run between the cam and pump sprockets across the top effectively...

[taffy]

hahahahaaaa! yea my choice of location could have been better!

ok thanks mate i get it now haha
cant wait for 50 quid and a sunny day now!
then windscreen and mot and tax lol!
thanks again mate

[Hell Razor5543]

The rockers are designed to be the weak link. In the past, when a timing belt failed it could cause catastrophic failures. On the HDi engines the rockers break, rather than something more expensive, a bit like the fuse in a plug.

[BA-CAM]

Hi There,
I have a complete 110HDi engine block with the head attached!
The engine came out of my previous xantia and runs!
I have stripped almost all the external parts from it,
but like I say it was running when i removed it, with NO damage to it.
Maybe this might be of use?
Let me know if your interested?
Bryan.

[taffy]

The rockers are designed to be the weak link. In the past, when a timing belt failed it could cause catastrophic failures. On the HDi engines the rockers break, rather than something more expensive, a bit like the fuse in a plug.

thank god they done that aye

[taffy]

Hi There,
I have a complete 110HDi engine block with the head attached!
The engine came out of my previous xantia and runs!
I have stripped almost all the external parts from it,
but like I say it was running when i removed it, with NO damage to it.
Maybe this might be of use?
Let me know if your interested?
Bryan.

hi bryan
thats a very kind offer thanks
do you mind if i just keep that offer for a week or so mate...as i would love for the original engine to run again if i can
im halfway to getting her bk on the road and id jus love to fire her up again from a bit of care and graft
thanks again mate i will keep it in mind

[BA-CAM]

Hi Taffy,
I have removed the head today,
The bottom end is going tomorrow to be scrapped as I need that out of my friends yard.
So no problems, it was just an idea, but I still have the head.
All The best,
Bryan.

[taffy]

thanks again mate

[citroenxm]

FEAR NOT Taffy REALLY!

I have been here! There will be little internal damage.. The one I had break was dooing 50mph when it went!

Fitted the rockers, timed it all up again and it went for another 50k... no problem!

As for fuel pump, as I said before HDi 90 8v or 1108v, it does NOT MATTER, the pumps will run both.. All it does is supply high delivery fuel to the rail... that doesn;t affect 110 bhp or 90bhp... So, stick it on.. it will be fine!

Ive done quite a bit of HDi internal and external work, without needing a Lexia to get me out.. But its still handy to have one, on that just incase sinario..

ALSO, you can tell by listening too if a belt is too tight, but the PITA thing is you need the bottom pully on before running the engine or the belt will run off. But, a belt thats too tight can be heard when the engine "Whines" and you can hear the "Whine" too...

[taffy]

thanks paul haha
I needed to hear that!
Well getting cam belt kit today then all I gota get is water pump and rockers
Another 50 I think...then water antifrezze...sealant...rocker cover gaskit?....bottom nall joints(he who buys cheep buys twice...for last time now I think)two tyres..windscreen...sill weled lol oh The list goes on!...
Still I ain't stoppin now I'm taking her to 300k...

[taffy]

well ordered timing belt kit today...skf 37.95 free delivery ebay...didnt know it was the same kit for such a huge range! fiat aswell

[citroenxm]

CERTAIN fiats Taffy

The Fiat VANS use the HDi 8v, as they are a joint venture with PSA.. but the Fiat Cars use GM Engines, their own Multi jet. The Vans are still badged multijet though.

The 2001 to 2007 Suzuki Vitara uses the HDi 8v engine too!!