Rich
7th September 2004, 09:48
I have done what has been THE hardest job to do on a Maestro in all the time I have owned them, even the PAS rack was a dream job in comparison to this!
Due to the excessive smoke, I decided the Injectors on the van needed replacing, and managed to pick up a set on ebay. On arrival I realised that they were in fact the later 2 stage type, so all my supply and leak off pipework was no good, as was the pedastals and bolt arrangements for holding them in.
I scoured the IOW for a TD Maestro or Monty for the pipework. No chance! So I went down to Rover, and gave them the part numbers, expecting each pipe to be about £20. For the leak off pipework it was £85, for each pipe from the pump to the injector it was £60!! :horror: So I told them where to stuff that!
So another trip to Richard Noon carbreakers in Salisbury it was (thanks to Ricky again for telling me about that one), where for £8 (and the £40 for the car ferry) I picked up all the required parts from a TD Clubman, not even the price of one pipe from Rover.
I then returned home to replace the injectors. It took ALL DAY SATURDAY to get the rotten things out, they were stuck solid, I even went down to Rover to ask if there was a special tool to remove them and was told "we dont work on Maestros any more". It was amazing, the ones on the TD in the scrapyard fell out in my hand almost, these were solid, and wouldnt budge.
Got them out in the end after much swearing, much duck oil, a large spanner, and a larger hammer. The new ones went straight in, new pipework on, everything clamped down, fuel system blead. She started, but this is where I should have read the Haynes manual, "use new seat washers" this is why number 4 injector was having the contents of the cylinder chucked out around the injector. So after much searching I managed to find a new washer, which has done the job. Lurvley! New injectors, sweet running, much quieter sounding and not so much smoke!!
Took her out for a test drive, everything was fine. Until I went out again, and she wouldn't start, I kept cranking and eventually she got going. Air still in the fuel system, but very sluggish to pull away, got to the end of the road, and she cut out, got her started again, and she was fine! All the air must be out now I thought.
Went to see a friend on the other side of the island, and she was faultless, when I left there it wouldnt start again, and cut out again, and wouldn't start, and now I was getting worried :worried: . Had a look under the bonnet to find fuel ****ing out of the flexable pipe wich goes to the injector pump!! :rage: Why do these things happen when you have just worked on it? I never even touched that pipe!! It was all a conspiracy on the cars part to make me think I has buggerd it all up i'm sure!:banghead:
Luckaly I had the tools to cut the end off where it had split and put it back on, since then its been great!!
So the reason for the thread? Firstly I got to moan about it all, and more importantly, 2 stage injectors will fit, and work, but you will need the associated pipework and pedastal clamps. Job done! :cool:
Rich
Due to the excessive smoke, I decided the Injectors on the van needed replacing, and managed to pick up a set on ebay. On arrival I realised that they were in fact the later 2 stage type, so all my supply and leak off pipework was no good, as was the pedastals and bolt arrangements for holding them in.
I scoured the IOW for a TD Maestro or Monty for the pipework. No chance! So I went down to Rover, and gave them the part numbers, expecting each pipe to be about £20. For the leak off pipework it was £85, for each pipe from the pump to the injector it was £60!! :horror: So I told them where to stuff that!
So another trip to Richard Noon carbreakers in Salisbury it was (thanks to Ricky again for telling me about that one), where for £8 (and the £40 for the car ferry) I picked up all the required parts from a TD Clubman, not even the price of one pipe from Rover.
I then returned home to replace the injectors. It took ALL DAY SATURDAY to get the rotten things out, they were stuck solid, I even went down to Rover to ask if there was a special tool to remove them and was told "we dont work on Maestros any more". It was amazing, the ones on the TD in the scrapyard fell out in my hand almost, these were solid, and wouldnt budge.
Got them out in the end after much swearing, much duck oil, a large spanner, and a larger hammer. The new ones went straight in, new pipework on, everything clamped down, fuel system blead. She started, but this is where I should have read the Haynes manual, "use new seat washers" this is why number 4 injector was having the contents of the cylinder chucked out around the injector. So after much searching I managed to find a new washer, which has done the job. Lurvley! New injectors, sweet running, much quieter sounding and not so much smoke!!
Took her out for a test drive, everything was fine. Until I went out again, and she wouldn't start, I kept cranking and eventually she got going. Air still in the fuel system, but very sluggish to pull away, got to the end of the road, and she cut out, got her started again, and she was fine! All the air must be out now I thought.
Went to see a friend on the other side of the island, and she was faultless, when I left there it wouldnt start again, and cut out again, and wouldn't start, and now I was getting worried :worried: . Had a look under the bonnet to find fuel ****ing out of the flexable pipe wich goes to the injector pump!! :rage: Why do these things happen when you have just worked on it? I never even touched that pipe!! It was all a conspiracy on the cars part to make me think I has buggerd it all up i'm sure!:banghead:
Luckaly I had the tools to cut the end off where it had split and put it back on, since then its been great!!
So the reason for the thread? Firstly I got to moan about it all, and more importantly, 2 stage injectors will fit, and work, but you will need the associated pipework and pedastal clamps. Job done! :cool:
Rich