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#Post#: 82340--------------------------------------------------
Re: long distance reliability?
DIR By: Gozo_Joseph
Date: December 16, 2013, 3:09 pm
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hi
i always wished to try the 2.25 petrol variant but fuel costs
push me out of the idea,
I run the diesel variant of the 2.25, i try give it regular oil
changes and try keep it ok. dechokes every now and then, and
also injector servicing and never misses. it does have some blow
by gases but it always starts fine every time with use of heater
plugs that is. 10 seconds and off.
as said. learn to trust your motor, service it and you should be
ok.
(i did 2500ish miles in italy in 2008 i did lots of checks and
rebuilds prior to leaving. and i still felt uneasy afraid of
leaving it behind.) few niggles along the way - not engine
related. but man it was such a nice feeling to do it, especially
when spotting an overboiled Terrano, and a couple of modern day
cars riding on a towtruck.
joseph
#Post#: 82415--------------------------------------------------
Re: long distance reliability?
DIR By: daisydad
Date: December 17, 2013, 2:29 pm
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:banghead cant believe started this thread after 3 months of
daily use and today he wouldn't idle kept cutting out and when
got home checked oil and its turned to cappuccino! will do some
further investigating at weekend but looks like il be getting to
know my engine inside out :banghead
#Post#: 82429--------------------------------------------------
Re: long distance reliability?
DIR By: NiteMare
Date: December 17, 2013, 3:50 pm
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i've never worried about going "distance" in/on old motors as
i've mostly only ever owned old motors, i remember as a kid the
whole family (i have/had five brothers and three sisters*) being
piled in old Bedford CA dormobiles and the like for a weekend
away at the coast and actually making the return journey without
assistance, i see no reason to lack confidence nowadays
just go for it
*no telly/power cuts/frisky parents
#Post#: 82436--------------------------------------------------
Re: long distance reliability?
DIR By: divie
Date: December 17, 2013, 4:38 pm
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Like Nitemare I have run mainly old motors and had very few
problems considering the vast mileages covered.
My reccomendation for big miles in a series is Ear
Plugs...........
#Post#: 82442--------------------------------------------------
Re: long distance reliability?
DIR By: StuartN
Date: December 18, 2013, 2:14 am
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That sounds like a head gasket.
Shouldn't be tooooo hard compared to modern stuff. Just need the
right sized hammer.
S :thumbs:
#Post#: 82445--------------------------------------------------
Re: long distance reliability?
DIR By: NoelC
Date: December 18, 2013, 5:05 am
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When you say you have a bit of snot in the oil is this by the
dipstick? The later engines with oil fillers in the rocker cover
often get jizz on the inside of the cap, short runs will do
that. I swore I had a cracked head on the 88 as I kept seeing
this and had done the head gasket and after a weekend of long
runs it all went, the oil takes approximately 3 times longer to
get up to temperature as the water so unless you do regular long
runs a bit of condensation is going to happen.
If you do need to do the head gasket I'd recommend an Elring
composite type as supplied by Turners with their heads and
available from Paddocks. I've used them a number of times and
touch wood never had one fail. A 2.25 petrol head gasket is easy
to change, personally I'd disconnect the down pipe and leave
inlet/exhaust manifolds attached when you lift it off. An
assistant helps, they're heavy!
As for cutting out, you're not running a Weber 34ICH are you?
#Post#: 82458--------------------------------------------------
Re: long distance reliability?
DIR By: daisydad
Date: December 18, 2013, 9:38 am
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--- Quote from: NoelC link ---
>
> As for cutting out, you're not running a Weber 34ICH are you?
>
--- End Quote ---
has got weber on mate is it common fault?
was creamy dipstick last night but black this morning. to be
honest dont know when oil last changed should have done it by
now will do compression check at weekend and decide might wip
head off for a look any way.
its got the long tube filler
#Post#: 82932--------------------------------------------------
Re: long distance reliability?
DIR By: Glen
Date: December 26, 2013, 5:48 pm
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Could also be a core plug under the rocker shaft on the cyl head
- clue is a very clean patch on the otherwise very gooey rocker
cover (the engine I've seen it on was diesel so it was quite
dramatic black goo - replaced the head gasket before figuring
this one out!).
I'm not a massive fan of old carb and points petrols, they have
a habit of coughing and spluttering at anoying moments though to
be fair if your on it and make the right ajustments regularly
the likely hood of this is much reduiced, it'll also keep their
famously rediculous fuel consumption at a more bareable level.
Further in their defence the 2.25 petrol tends to be caperble of
spluttering their way slowly down the road even in unbeleavably
poor states of tune and genrally isn't perminantly damaged by
all sorts of abuse.
Diesels tend to much simpler to catagorise as one of the
following:-
1) good condition - run like clockwork, frugal, surprisingly
powerful and quiet
2) bad condition - run like clockwork when eventually coaxed
into life, surprisningly thursty or just gutless, smokey,
rattley.
3) fucked - no hope in getting that going at the roadside,
I think with some spare plugs and points and the knowhow of what
to do with them will see a petrol be fixed at the roadside where
a diesel needs to be towed away, though a well maintained diesel
would be less likely do break in the first place (though things
can just fail, I had a timing chain snap on mine last month
which didn't apear to have been caused by anything).
For many long trips in a standard powered Tdi I'd question
medium term reliability of the gearbox and rear axle/diff much
more than I would on a standard engined motor which usally give
you plenty of warning the end is nearing if you service them
frequently - thats the key to servicing - spotting whats about
to break and fixing it before you find yourself at the side of
the road in the pissing rain wondering how your going to get out
of this one.
Its a lot easyer to diagnose a stroppy landy with no tools than
a VW Passat that helpfully says "Garrage Now" on the dash after
abruptly conking out - maybe that explains why I've only driven
a passat to spain where as I've been to Morocco in a diesel
series and considerably further in a small petrol imitation Fiat
(even on Russian petrol I never needed the spare plugs and
points in the end).
#Post#: 82936--------------------------------------------------
Re: long distance reliability?
DIR By: daisydad
Date: December 27, 2013, 1:31 am
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so did a compression check got 130psi on 1 &2 only 85-90 on 3&4
so off with his head and found an inch wide channel from bore to
push rod tube on number 4 which explains the oil over the top of
rocker, and number 3 inlet valve failing to close due to carbon
boulders getting in the way!
but this has only improved my faith in this engine as it must
have been running like this for a while and I had tested and
removed head in just over an hour :thumbs:
so with a bit of time in the parts washer at work and about
30quids worth of parts should be better than ever fingers
crossed :smile1
#Post#: 82953--------------------------------------------------
Re: long distance reliability?
DIR By: mandylandy
Date: December 27, 2013, 6:12 am
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Suspect problem,research problem,locate problem,cure problem:
Sheer, f......g bliss!
Plus know motor better.
Good all round. :smilewide: :giddy: :thumbs:
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