View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
Alex90 Articulating
Joined: 19 Apr 2010 Odometer: 861 Location: preston, Lancashire
|
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:08 pm Post subject: same pumps different cars?
|
|
|
i was looking on the pajero owners forum earlier trying to find out if the 2.8 engine will run on svo. the main feeling i got is you always have to mix the oil/derv out side the tank and a 50/50 mix seems the best way to go. the problem mentioned with the 2.8 shogun is the pump seals are prone to leaking. my question is how come the fourtrak doesnt seem to suffer with the pump seal problem as both cars have the bosch VE type pumps. and how come the fourtrak will run high percentages of veg no problem and you can just put a tenners worth of diesel into the fuel tank then dump in 15 litres of svo with no pre mixing needed (thats what i do anyway) with no ill effects?.
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
Jay reKx Just got MTs
Joined: 26 Aug 2010 Odometer: 296 Location: The Shire
1993 Land Rover Discovery
|
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:30 pm Post subject:
|
|
|
correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the 2.8 pump seal is the weak point in the whole system. It is not guaranteed to blow, but if anything were to go wrong, it'd most likely be that. not knowing anything about their dihatsu cousin, I'm not saying the fourtrak isn't prone to the same problem, but perhaps theres a weaker link somewhere in the fourtrak system that'd go before the pump seal?
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Jay reKx Just got MTs
Joined: 26 Aug 2010 Odometer: 296 Location: The Shire
1993 Land Rover Discovery
|
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:42 pm Post subject:
|
|
|
oh, and some people do run 100% or higher percentages svo in mitsi's, its just noone wants to recommend it as it starts getting a little dicey (for any engine) from what people tell me some engines (of any particular manufacture) love it, some don't
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Alex90 Articulating
Joined: 19 Apr 2010 Odometer: 861 Location: preston, Lancashire
|
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:42 pm Post subject:
|
|
|
i think you could be right and ive just miss interpreted some of the posts after reading them again.
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You cannot post calendar events in this forum
|
|
|