... in that case the project will be an absolute bargain, whatever it costs you!


I must have logged into that VW forum by mistake again :-)

The repair you did is fine if you just want a rough motor car to drive around - but if that is the case £4,000 is a bit steep. The rust will come back in a couple of years, you may have to do a bigger repair then :-)

Alan

Water pump changed in a few hours with help from some small hands ;)

Pretty simple

Drain system

Fan and cowl out

Cam cover off

Release tension on belts with the tensioner

Remove the 6 bolts

Remove the pump and clean the gasket off the face

Fit new pump and do everything else in reverse to put it all back

https://i.imgur.com/9Cv84DYl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/H8rHgrBl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/VbepTYxl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/i8J4mXQl.jpg

JJ

Made the scabby aerial look a bit better today (free)

Wrapped the broken bit in electrical tape

https://i.imgur.com/bb5l0uLl.jpg

And when I had enough bulk I used a bit of heat shrink to finish off

https://i.imgur.com/dcNGKD3l.jpg

JJ

A good repair, I like rough engineering like this. Well done.

:-)

So I’m getting really bad MPG on the Volvo

£25 of fuel has given me under 60 miles

That’s around 15mpg

The car idles nice but does smell rich

I also struggle to get above 70mph on the motorway (60mph on a hill)

Thoughts oh wise ones??

JJ

I've always found the hardest part about refitting the water pump is levering it upwards to compress the upper seal at the same time as tightening all the nuts.
I'm always worried that sliding the pump up the slots in the two studs will disturb the gasket.

Yeah that was a pain

I tightened the top one first (not completely) to make sure that top rubber seal was in the correct place.

It’s hard when some of the studs come out from the block attached to the nut and you only have 1 stud to hang the gasket off haha

JJ

A light coating of Hylomar on the seal & area (less is more)

A length of wood to lever the pump up on "lightly torqued nuts" seems to work well.
Bob.

Looks injected going by the flat top manifold.

In that case you probably want to buy / make a fuel pressure gauge and check your system, hot and cold pressures.

Unless it's something obvious like a sticking brake, I'm going to guess that the fuel pressures are off and it's running rich.

Edit : it's also worth checking that the cold start injector isn't stuck on the on position or leaking

Is the cold start injector the one on the top?

It had a new fuel pump before I bought it

JJ