Diaphragm Issues

[hellbent40]

I remember doing this on Big Brown. .
I had to break a piece of mirror off the wall in the can at the old shop .. then a flash light and had to have a buddy with girly hands lay on the 3B and fish that thing in there.. my hands were to big to get in there.. he did it in like 15min. . Good old Barto..

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Glad your still around!

I know most of us local cruiser enthusiasts are too cheep to support a business but we all do appreciate having one there. Not that that helps you out much... Im sure frequenting mud gets old. But I know you miss out on some local sales by not checking in here. This might be your second best form of advertising at least locally. I know I have been ordering form elsewhere.

I have another bj to turbo, I love the turbo kit I got from you for my other one. I’m about a year off from buying it but would buy from you if it’s still available. Anyways glad your back!

Thanks

I still sell the same kits for the 3Bs and they are really solid units.

They can be in air freight in about a week once ordered.

John

 

[franken60]

Done deal, whole job took a few hours which included removing the edic, slave, starter and diaphragm and full re-install.

Having a spare pump to practice on made a big difference

 

[cruisedeisel]

Now to get rid of that four speed and upgrade to a h55. Its expensive but I do know where one is. $1500, 400,000kms.

 

[franken60]

Update, this did not fix the issues I was having. A part of me is leaning towards head gasket

 

[stevebradford]

What exactly is it doing and when? Check for a crack in one of the vacuum hoses. if you haven’t put hose clamps on them as well. Is your turbo old? It could be failing.

 

[franken60]

-Normal Cold Start, no smoke
-It has a loping idle when warm and pushes a blue/white smoke
*sometimes this is immediate, other times it happens when its been idling for a few minutes
*when fuel is applied, it smokes like crazy and runs midly rough until a certain rpm is reached, then all smoke disappears
-when holding in gear downhill (e.i 4th coming down the malahat) pushes blue smoke


Also Installed a newly re-cored rad, full system flush and new coolant yesterday

 

[stevebradford]

Could be over fueling or burning some oil.

I would check a lot before blaming the head gasket.

- it could be a small amount air bubbles in your fuel line before the injection pump. (Check for aged cracked hoses, fuel filter and bleader are tight, loose connections, rotted out steel lines at the tank and evap crap in the back)

- those vacuum hoses for leaks, cracks and hose clamps. (Can mess with your fueling bad)

- The intake for oil from the turbo seal.

- the water separator is that drained on the regular? (check it’s not full of water. if it is you have a hole in your filler neck)




That’s the easy stuff, then check.


- injectors (bad spray)

- last a compression test (bad rings/head gasket/bad valve. there would be a lot of blowby and spitting oil out the vent tube if it was the rings. Hard cold starts, rough idle like a misfire. dosent sound like your issue.)


That should keep you busy for awhile! I have a spare set of injectors and a compression tester.

 

[CountFloyd]

Blue smoke sounds like engine oil. Is there much blow by? Compression check might be in order. I would think checking the injectors might be in order as well.

 

[CountFloyd]

Beat me too it...

Could be over fueling or burning some oil.

I would check.

- The intake for oil from the turbo seal.
- the turbo bearing (spins freely no play, and the compressor isent scoring the housing)
- those vacuum hoses for leaks crack and hose clamps.

That’s the easy stuff, then check.

- the injectors ( bad spray)
- compression test (for bad rings)

 

[franken60]

Idle fine for the most part, but if left to idle when hot it will start to blow smoke and idle become rough/loping

Once you step on the throttle and pull away it instantly clear up, and stays away while driving

 

[cruisedeisel]

Turbo bearings maybe valve seals? I would do the cheap and easy stuff first. I had a buddy with an old lebaron that would sit at a red light for a few minutes and then accelerate when the light turned green. The whole intersection would be blacked out of gnarly black smoke. It was the turbo bearing leaking oil into the compressor housing. While idling the car didn't burn the oil but when you gave it fuel, oh boy, mad smoke. I would LMAO every time.

Come to your own conclusion of course!