

No work will be done on the V6 this week either as I'm down in Hampshire on a week-long residential training course..
The good thing is that there is plenty of Internet hanging around here in the form of free Wi-Fi and an Internet cafe in the school proper so at least I can keep in touch. I'm posting this from the Internet cafe whilst we await classes to begin...
On Saturday I did something to my back and I'm not sure quite what but yesterday it was getting better and after a very restless night in a stange bed, it's all gone bad again


Food's good though!
So, it's a week of education for me and I hope the subject matter is interesting enough for me to not wander off day-dreaming in the direction of V6 gearboxes...
I ran down here in the Activa. I've still got the slight "misfire" on the 2.1TD at small throttle openings and therefore I'm just a bit cautious about taking it on any long and important journeys.
The last thing I did before leaving was to fill it with BP Ultimate and throw a bottle of diesel treatment in. Next week will see if that has helped.
I'm beginning to wonder though if the EPIC pump is beginning to show the first signs of sickening. If so then that long-standing mechanical pump replacement project just may happen on my own vehicle. I have a good Lucas DPC pump lined up for the job should the EPIC die on me. I do have a fair selection of poetential Bosch candidates but if I use a Lucas, I'll not need to swap injectors or pipes. And besides, I like Lucas pumps; even more so now I've stripped a couple and got to grips with how they work.
Time will tell on the EPIC front. Still, if mine does die, at least I'll have a dead one to disassemble and learn their inner secrets

