Alice, Jono and I got quite a bit done on Big Car yesterday. We refitted the refurbished fuel injectors and fuel injection pump. We put some fresh diesel in and flushed the fuel tank and pipes. We fitted a new fuel filter and we primed the fuel system.

We couldn’t get Big Car to start though. We went to squirt some Easy Start into the inlet and found that it was blowing instead of sucking. It was blowing so much that all of the Easy Start blew away!

I’ve put this message on Landyzone.co.uk asking for ideas. We figured that some of the inlet valves could have become seized open, so taking the rocker cover off may be the next step.

Take care all, Bob.

Last weekend I got Big Car’s fuel injectors out. Luckily, the battery had enough charge to turn the engine, and the compression in the cylinders popped three of the unbolted injectors out. The fourth injector soon submitted to the advances of Draper’s finest claw hammer. I took the injectors down to the Bosch specialists during the week and they tested them. Two of them were fine, but the other two needed new nozzles. Also, Shaun’s suspicion that the injectors weren’t seated properly was confirmed because two of them had carbon deposits where they shouldn’t. I picked the injectors up yesterday and (weather permitting) we can have a go at putting Big Car back together again at the weekend. We also need to drain the tank of the contaminated diesel and flush it and the pipes with some good stuff. We could also do with a new fuel filter. Take care all, Bob.