I've been a lot of places offroad now in the CRD - and just came back from the Victorian high country in it. I have come too close to knocking off the fuel cooler - a few times. I haven't managed to kill it yet though. I'm investigating moving it up into the rear well near the fuel tank - if the air flow is enough for it to do its job. Given that the darn thing is full of mud at the moment, I doubt that it is really critical. Maybe I'll leave it where it is a build a guard for it made from a couple of longitudinal rods front to back.
The sump is a doozy. So is the transfer case that hangs off the back of an incredibly expensive Mercedes gearbox...... I'll be taking it to a fabrication shop soon. I'm not going to go to a Jeep "specialist" as I fear that their charges are opportunistic.
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'03 WG CRD 2.7 T/D
'00 Land Rover 110 TD5
'95 TD42T GQ Patrol http://www.omaroo.net
Does anyone know where the Merc ML270 has the fuel cooler positioned and/or shielded
I'm going to pick up my machine this evening after being in for 3 days to fix a problem with Turbo when cold. They are principally Merc dealers so I will ask.
Tricky - what turbo problem? Did yours make a slight, short and muffled "scraping" sound on reasonably hard acceleration when cold.... like a short "pip"?
Mine does this too.... I put it down to the variable geometry vanes within the turbine area that might be sraping along their rotational path when cold because the body of the unit hasn't expanded to full-temperature size or something.....
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'00 Land Rover 110 TD5
'95 TD42T GQ Patrol http://www.omaroo.net
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CRD had it over the pits the other day
