Greetings,
Been lurking for a while now, I will try and respect the pillars of knowledge that frequent this board. Hopefully this first post is worthy of this wonderful resource. Proud to see so many canajunz on here. Flaunting our rusty beautiful oilburners to the yanks.
Right-o, let's get into it, then. Proud owner of a new-to me BJ60 (I know, wrong forum, but this is definitely the 3B resource, so I'll try here first), nice truck, love it. Previous owner drove it slowly and changed the oil really often. Idle was about at 7-800 rpms. Took it on a marathon trip, down to the states, and on the way back noticed that the engine ran smoother, but idled at about 1400 rpms. I drove it for a while like that thinking it might have been s***ty fuel. Eventually after a few tanks, I decided to adjust the idle. I noticed witness marks and a missing little wire on the adjustment, presumably having been turned up before. I lowered it down some, but it is still idling high, not in itself a cause for concern, however the following has me worried. Off the highway, it will idle at 1400 rpms for a while (30 seconds) before settling down to a more normal and bearable 1100 rpms. It seems like the idle has crept up from when I adjusted it last, but I'm not certain. It may just be paranoia mixed with too much TimmyHoz.
What I think happened: Carbon/crud buildup from years of mild mannered driving got cleaned out during my trip, and I have pretty much returned the idle to normal. This is what I tell myself at night. But I am secretly wondering if there may be a problem with the pump or injection system causing the high idle and surge once coming off the highway. Yay? Nay? What is the normal spec for 3B idle speed? What about that perplexing high idle after coming off the highway? it's annoying in the drive-thru at Wendy's.
Thanks for any info or experiences you may have. Related experiences. Because although your uncle Marv's frog story is funny, it's just not appropriate around here.
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Bit about me - First post after all. Automaton, Ottawa, former Land-Rover freak, sold my soul and got a BJ60, never really looked back. Still building the Land-Rover equivalent of TippyR, 1980 109, 5.9CTD, auto, LT230 and 5.14 Eatons, but secretly thinking that I might ditch Brutus and just spring over the cruiser, swap the winch over and have fun. Lifted wagons have that "je ne sais quoi". Also have a mine-truck 1PZ laying around for eventual swappage into something Yota.
Cheers.
Been lurking for a while now, I will try and respect the pillars of knowledge that frequent this board. Hopefully this first post is worthy of this wonderful resource. Proud to see so many canajunz on here. Flaunting our rusty beautiful oilburners to the yanks.
Right-o, let's get into it, then. Proud owner of a new-to me BJ60 (I know, wrong forum, but this is definitely the 3B resource, so I'll try here first), nice truck, love it. Previous owner drove it slowly and changed the oil really often. Idle was about at 7-800 rpms. Took it on a marathon trip, down to the states, and on the way back noticed that the engine ran smoother, but idled at about 1400 rpms. I drove it for a while like that thinking it might have been s***ty fuel. Eventually after a few tanks, I decided to adjust the idle. I noticed witness marks and a missing little wire on the adjustment, presumably having been turned up before. I lowered it down some, but it is still idling high, not in itself a cause for concern, however the following has me worried. Off the highway, it will idle at 1400 rpms for a while (30 seconds) before settling down to a more normal and bearable 1100 rpms. It seems like the idle has crept up from when I adjusted it last, but I'm not certain. It may just be paranoia mixed with too much TimmyHoz.
What I think happened: Carbon/crud buildup from years of mild mannered driving got cleaned out during my trip, and I have pretty much returned the idle to normal. This is what I tell myself at night. But I am secretly wondering if there may be a problem with the pump or injection system causing the high idle and surge once coming off the highway. Yay? Nay? What is the normal spec for 3B idle speed? What about that perplexing high idle after coming off the highway? it's annoying in the drive-thru at Wendy's.
Thanks for any info or experiences you may have. Related experiences. Because although your uncle Marv's frog story is funny, it's just not appropriate around here.
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Bit about me - First post after all. Automaton, Ottawa, former Land-Rover freak, sold my soul and got a BJ60, never really looked back. Still building the Land-Rover equivalent of TippyR, 1980 109, 5.9CTD, auto, LT230 and 5.14 Eatons, but secretly thinking that I might ditch Brutus and just spring over the cruiser, swap the winch over and have fun. Lifted wagons have that "je ne sais quoi". Also have a mine-truck 1PZ laying around for eventual swappage into something Yota.
Cheers.
) that US diesel is MUCH better than canadian crap. not sure why, but thats what i notice.
