Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Rb25sil80 wrote:What are the chances with the previous owner stuffing with the gearbox/diff ratios?

not very likely, he didnt maintain anything at all, and it was in std trim except for a set of sunraysia's

ill just hit up the diesel guys at next service and tell em to fix it!

hmm the injectors were screwed, the pump was fine so he redid the injectors and tuned it all up, he didn't mention the poor low down performance one thing that you mentioned was the flex joint, mine does make a weird noise when i get to a certain rpm, the mechanic said its stuffed, maybe its causing ...

hmm yer it is blowing a bit of smoke, but not overly, getting the injectors done fixed this. it hasnt got progressively worse, its just always been crap like this its only underpowered at take off, its fine at other times the mechanics didnt fix the issue thats why im asking here! ill just tell em ...

its been like this ever since i owned it, which is over a year, so yer it did it before i had the injectors done, and its not a bad batch of fuel again for the same reason ive always wondered if it was a clutch issue but it doesn't slip at all so i sort of ruled that out, but you never know i haven ...

CV Smasher wrote:Have you changed the fuel filter recently?

How many kms on the clock?

Have you had the pump and injectors serviced?

Fuel filter is probably 15k old now
230k on the clock
And yer pump and injectors have been done recently

It runs really well once its going, for what it is

So yer i have a 92 2.8d dual cab lux and it runs fine when its going, but the thing is an absolute pos to get going. Its okay if its on a flat bit of road, but if i have to start off on a decent incline i have to rev the nuts off it and ride the clutch to get it going. And this is without a load, if ...