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Gees I’m scared to post here after all that, but after reading the very first post the rattle has exactly the same characteristics if little end/ wrist pin and excessive big end clearance. Have had one engine fail while driving and rebuilt others that had that exact noise come and go at no load...

The old saying. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it !!

U may think ur doing ur engine a favour by running colder or no thermostat but believe me ur not. Most engines these days have cold start enrichment until temp gets to around 60 degrees in some cases. And ur engine tolerances are set up for normal running temps. And a bottom hose being not very...

Tl1000R. Suzuki. 70,000km and counting. Have to do the valve shins one day. Change the oil every year whether it needs it or not, lol. No fun to ride on the road unless it’s the wee small hours of the morning.

After reading all of this post, I’m wondering why u don’t just go for a hydrogen generation unit set up. Economy and power is there. They work. A mate has one on his semi trailer. It’s the future of any compression (diesel) motor anyway. Just a thought.

Hi. If u have a misfire, check compression especially on no 1 cyl. I take it u reseated the valves on head. Don’t take much for a diesel to lose enough compression to run rough. Checked injectors??

I also have the problem of flaps not working on D22 2005 model. Can one get to them at all? Feels like they are cable operated as there is a lot of drag on the dash lever.

Yeah probably air getting in somewhere. As it does it when engine is hot as well. Done all the easy stuff like making sure it’s not the primary fuel filter, etc. Sort of fixed it by putting an electric fuel pump in the pick up line from tank. From reading this forum there are so many...

This probably won’t help at all, but my zd 30 is hard to start as well, but always the same. Lights up on one cylinder and then catches on after a couple seconds. Engine, glow plugs etc all good and runs perfect. The thing is that it starts the best with foot off the pedal-go figure.

Before replacing thermostat( new or tested) , drill one or two 3/4 mm holes in skirt. This will make sure the bimetal spring has water flow and opens thermo. Engines with horizontal thermostats as in early Subarus had this problem which would cause severe overheating. I do it to any thermostat ...

Diesels hate air (and water ) in the fuel. U can spend ages tracking the air bubble probelem, a quick and cheap fix ($20 or so) can be installing an in line electric fuel pump in the pick up line coming from fuel tank. Closer to tank the better but near the engine firewall is ok. Find a wire...

Maybe I need to add that when I say clean, that does not mean it looks like new, just that the oil has not reached its capacity to keep engine clean. Yes it goes dark by 5k, but is not black, does not stain

Ummm. Oil goes black because of blow by and soot from poorly burnt fuel. The whole object of these motors is to burn clean, good for the motor , good for the environment. The trade off is complexity of the self monitoring bits.

2005 D22 with 3.0 l motor. Just clocked 250k and oil stays clean -never had a diesel that does that. Bought at an auction some months ago with a few problems which have now been fixed.

It can be a good idea to sit in the drivers seat either during the alignment if the mechanic will let u or when it’s done but still on the machine. See how everything looks then. Makes a significant difference on most newer vehicles with softer suspension and independent systems.

I have found over the years that the short black non telescopic ‘whip’ antennas get better reception and harder to damage.

Ninety percent of all problems with engines not starting , losing power and otherwise being a pain has been to do with those priming/strainers. Buy a low pressure fuel pump-$20/30 , put it close to tank on inlet line and replace filter with a CAV unit or similar. Have had them fail, as in leak...

Thnx for clearing that up for me. Only owned this for a couple weeks. Bought it at an auction and I’m not up with modern Diesel engines. But learning fast thnx to this forum!!

Diameter instead of ‘is meter’. Have to spell check the spell check it seems.

Hello, First post here. 2005 3.0 litre. Wondering what inner is meter and length of pipe was used. Same as existing hoses/pipes?? Erick