Armed Partisan
Registered User
Oh, it starts up lickity-split. I live in FL, and it's Springtime, it starts on perhaps the second or third cylinder; much faster than my Marauder did. When I first got it, in AR, I had to use the glowplugs, which were burnt out. I replaced three of them, and no problems after that, but here in FL, especially since I replaced the Lift Pump and nailed down some of the electrical demons, it starts without plugs, even when cold, even after a week or so of sitting.
I find the stories about people being screwed by Pensacola Diesel to be distrubing, but if they cheated me, they did a very convincing job. If these Delphis are some other brand remarked, they did it with very good consistency. They came in factory boxes, they're all BB marked. I guess they could be defective, but they're cetainly in better shape than the ones I had in there, which were likely the originals that came from the factory (all dated 86), one of which had extreme carbon build up around the nozzle, which indicated to me that it was leaking.
After turning the injection pump fuel screw down about half a turn (I want to see if I can choke this b-word) and seeing no difference in sound, smoke or performance, I'm gonna do a road test to work this week (either tomorrow or Wednesday) which should be a 75.6mi round trip. That oughta give me a pretty good indication as to fuel consumption AND some clue as to if my injection pump is simply putting too much fuel in there. Will report back when I find something out.
I find the stories about people being screwed by Pensacola Diesel to be distrubing, but if they cheated me, they did a very convincing job. If these Delphis are some other brand remarked, they did it with very good consistency. They came in factory boxes, they're all BB marked. I guess they could be defective, but they're cetainly in better shape than the ones I had in there, which were likely the originals that came from the factory (all dated 86), one of which had extreme carbon build up around the nozzle, which indicated to me that it was leaking.
After turning the injection pump fuel screw down about half a turn (I want to see if I can choke this b-word) and seeing no difference in sound, smoke or performance, I'm gonna do a road test to work this week (either tomorrow or Wednesday) which should be a 75.6mi round trip. That oughta give me a pretty good indication as to fuel consumption AND some clue as to if my injection pump is simply putting too much fuel in there. Will report back when I find something out.