Outer Limits 4x4 Board

I noticed yesterday while having a play that the engine was breaking down under load doing hill climbs etc. Seems to be an fuel issue but not sure,and before people ask had heaps of fuel in tank the pump was done up by previous owner so dont know full history of it.So i mainly asking if anyone else has had a similar issue and how they went sorting it .

cheers

Dirty Fuel or Air Filters


Cheers Keith

yes the actual fuel could be an issue but how can you tell i have one of those clear thingos on the bottom of fuel filter and it seems ok, but the air filter is fairly new and i had actually given it blow out with air comp on saturday

I had the same problem. I changed the fuel filter and it solved my problem. When I drained the filter the diesel came out clear but the filter was clogged. If the fuel filter is not the problem, check the little filter under the banjo fitting on the top of your IP. If it is none of these, then I would check the lift pump next. Also, bad injectors could cause this problem. Does it blow a lot of black smoke when your climbing up the hill? If it does, then it is getting more than enough fuel. I would then concentrate on checking the injectors for their spray pattern.

have a look at the small gauze filter at the bottom of the fuel fitting on the pump. You have to pull the fuel line of the pump and have a fish for the filter, this is probably full of muck.

Jes

jessie928 wrote:have a look at the small gauze filter at the bottom of the fuel fitting on the pump. You have to pull the fuel line of the pump and have a fish for the filter, this is probably full of muck.

Jes

Does anyone have a Photo or clear discription how to get to this, Is a new one required or just clean old one out?, Thanks

remove the banjo fitting on the top of the pump, beingcarefull not to drop the brass washers and other crap underneath it.
inside that hole you will find a little peice of gause. remove and rince with diesel
put it all back together prime it all back up and see if it makes a difference.

on the down side if this doesnt fix it id be willing to bet you either have pump or injector issues, or if your unfortunate like me they could both be fully shagged. as mine used to do this amonst other things

Thanks Badger

thnaks for the info i will get a new fuel filter for it and see what happens

cheers