by amayesing » Tue Mar 06, 2018 1:28 pm
Well I'm back again, still got the faithful old buggeress. She started making strange sounds like a broken tappet about 40000km ago and after lots of expert opinions and stripping of tappet assembly the best prognosis a diesel mechanic could make was just keep driving it, if it gets worse it will die, if not it will probably not be a major problem. Good advice it hasn't got any worse after 40k and if i let her have a decent warm-up the noise seems to be less noticeable. The old girl runs like a dream, pulls up most hills in top gear and uses bugger all fuel, its just the frequent oil changes and road user charges that are a bummer. Oh yeah the bloody sunroof leaks a bit so shes getting a bit smelly in the rainy season (only lasts 12 months in nz).
I do need a bit of advice tho, the alternator belt screeches when I start off which is not great when I leave for work at 1130pm. I have been told that the generic belts sold by repco etc are not the correct fit. I would appreciate some advice on this please as am sick of trying to adjust the belt, my knuckles especially.