Outer Limits 4x4 Board

hi just wondering if anyone knows a good and cheap tune-up joint in sydney. Mines hasnt had a tune up for a few years and its starting to blow a bit of smoke (when warm) so i guess its time.

thanks in advance.

g'day vane


None wants to help when it come to the old SD33!! What colour smaoke mate?? thats the big question when it comes to a diesel. More than likely just dribbley injectors, air filter maybe. Small drops in the compression as the engine wears mean that not all the fuel is burnt thus black smoke, this is a minor adjusment to max fuel on the injector pump..


Ive got a SWB SD33 It was a non-turbo and had a std nissan turbo from the SD33t fitted when it only had 50,000km on the clock in 1987.
Its now got 400,000Km on the same motor.. Ok so i had to put a new head on it at about 350,000. Still running the original bottom end!! Unreal donk..

Not that this helps much mate
Sterlo

hi ya Sterlo

yep, its the original donk, top and bottom only ever had a waterpump go on me. Got to it before the head went

anyhows, ive just checked the engine dipstick and seems like ive over filled it slightly, properly the cause of the black smoke under power. but iam thinking the injectors might need a service too.

air should be fine. i do filters around the 10k mark, so shouldent be a drama there.

i used to take it to a joint in manly called harbord4x4, but theve since moved on to somewhere else.

any further hints on where to take it?

if its black smoke under power then its just unburnt fuel. your engine will always do this under load, unless its under fueled. be happy with that unless the smoke is billowing out!


now if its blue smoke, then you have something to worry about, thats oil burning...

I had bright blue smoke it ended up being the injectors and it needed a really good tune , just go to a good deisel mechanic

ohkay, so anyone know any good places to take it?

cheers

right... dont need a tune up afterall, th3e air filter was completely blocked... no wonder it was going like a wet blanket.

sorted, the ol girl is back..

Good and cheap very rarely go togther

But for GOOD, I can thoroughly recommend Westend Diesels at Wetherill Park

^^^ I can second that. They did a good job on my SD33.

Try Chris Jordon Truck repairs @ Picton he's a wizard

thanks guys, mucho appreciated

KiwiAngler wrote:Good and cheap very rarely go togther

But for GOOD, I can thoroughly recommend Westend Diesels at Wetherill Park

I thought there was heaps of issues with westend. Could be wrong though but there is defiantly one in wetherill park that are sharks

macca81 wrote:if its black smoke under power then its just unburnt fuel. your engine will always do this under load, unless its under fueled. be happy with that unless the smoke is billowing out!

Mine doesn't blow any smoke unless i'm trying to keep up with some rice burner on a hill.