On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:33:28 -0000, "Badger" wrote:
|> Hi. Thanks for your help here. The system is a Landi system. |> Fitted by ACC Autogas of Ledbury, Herefordshire. |>
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|Ok, that's not a system I'm familiar with, I tend to fit OMVL systems. To |check for inlet air leaks, first get the engine hot then work your way all |around the inlet manifold checking every hose joint carefully as you go, |tracing the hoses and checking both ends. You can squirt a little wd40 on |the joints and listen for a change in engine rpm, as the wd40 is sucked in |at a leak the engine will burn it and the revs will rise slightly. If you |need to replace the inlet manifold upper-to-lower gasket, remove the |throttle and cruise control cables, disconnect and plug the 2 water pipes at |the throttle body, use 2 m6 nuts locked together to unscrew the stud |securing the metal heater pipe to the drivers side of the inlet manifold, |catching the spacer washer that's between the pipe bracket and manifold. |Remove 2 8mm bolts securing upper edge of coil packs, undo the 2 8mm lower |coil pack bolts (awkward access) by about 2 turns to allow the coil packs |to ease rearwards enough to facilitate manifold removal. Now remove 2 |central 10mm bolts at front and rear of the inlet manifold, remove 4 10mm |bolts on top of the manifold, ease manifold upwards at the front and rear, |ease front end towards passenger side slightly and lift forwards off engine. |When refitting, be careful not to snag the new gasket, try loosely fitting |the manifold back into place a couple of times until you get the feel for |it. The gasket is expensive for what it is, about £20-odd and only available |from landrover! |Re-fitting is, as they say in all the best comics, the reversal of removal! |Don't over torque the mounting bolts, they'll strip the threads in the lower |half of the manifold. |Badger.
Thanks very much for your time with this advice Brian. Much appreciated. Prob won't be able to tackle it until next week, but I'll report back here afterwards.
H.