Billyisgr8
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So I got the word back regarding my injector pump, the advance piston was stuck .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Av6Nu2feXk
This was a rebuilt pump 21000 km's ago. The company that did the rebuild said it was caused from not enough lube in the fuel. I have used 95ml of Howes diesel treat in every tank, thats 3 times the recomended amount per tank. 4 of the 8 brand new Stanadyne injectors with 21000kms on were not even spraying properly, they were streaming in one steady flow, no pulsing. I was new to diesels when I bought this truck 2 years ago, and have religously put in howes diesel treat with every fill up thinking that more is better. Well how much is better. Apperently 3 times the amount is not enough. I run used engine oil anywhere from 30 to 50 % The oil goes through 4 filters being pushed by 5psi before it goes in my truck, 150 micron, 40 micron, 25 micron and a 10 micron, then my truck runs a 5 micron Napa gold filter water seperator. The rebuild company only sells Stanadyne diesel additive, cause they say Howes does not lubricate like the stanadyne does. hmmm. They also said there was a black fine layer of something inside the pump, so all the filters I use, still isn't enough to get the fines removed from the WMO. Is it the WMO fines that caused the advance piston to stick, possibly, not sure though.
So what did I do wrong to have this happen? What should I be doing to not have this happen again? Maybe this can be used as an example for how fine to really filter down WMO too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Av6Nu2feXk
This was a rebuilt pump 21000 km's ago. The company that did the rebuild said it was caused from not enough lube in the fuel. I have used 95ml of Howes diesel treat in every tank, thats 3 times the recomended amount per tank. 4 of the 8 brand new Stanadyne injectors with 21000kms on were not even spraying properly, they were streaming in one steady flow, no pulsing. I was new to diesels when I bought this truck 2 years ago, and have religously put in howes diesel treat with every fill up thinking that more is better. Well how much is better. Apperently 3 times the amount is not enough. I run used engine oil anywhere from 30 to 50 % The oil goes through 4 filters being pushed by 5psi before it goes in my truck, 150 micron, 40 micron, 25 micron and a 10 micron, then my truck runs a 5 micron Napa gold filter water seperator. The rebuild company only sells Stanadyne diesel additive, cause they say Howes does not lubricate like the stanadyne does. hmmm. They also said there was a black fine layer of something inside the pump, so all the filters I use, still isn't enough to get the fines removed from the WMO. Is it the WMO fines that caused the advance piston to stick, possibly, not sure though.
So what did I do wrong to have this happen? What should I be doing to not have this happen again? Maybe this can be used as an example for how fine to really filter down WMO too.