rover diesel timing

hi does this help?

if you pm me with your model of rover and email address I can send over the full size pic and some other info
HTH mart

edit, IIRC number 20 is a locking pin on the diesel pump you can use a drill bit thats a tight fit

Yes my problem is when you try to start it up, it struggles into life occasionally on 2 pistons them maybe if you are lucky it goes onto 4.All the time its running on 4 it smokes, but will eventually clear i took it up the road when it was running and it flew then suddenly it just stopped dead for no reason.Eventually got it going again and it sat on tick over for 15 Min's sound, then i turned it off and immediately tried to start it again and it wouldn't go for love nor money. I have changed the injectors and the glow plugs and it still has the same symptoms had the electrics checked and everything is fine, thats why i think the timing on the pump may be slightly out or there is another mechanical fault

HELP

Sorry to state the bleedin obvious but might be worth checking to see someone hasnt put petrol in it by accident.

Could it be an ECU problem or intermiitent fault on something like the crank sensor

How did you manage to time it in the end then Ade

Have you checked all the seals on the fuel filter?
Sometimes you get the tiniest nick in one of those O rings it can cause you all sorts of grief.
I'd check the wiring loom too, 90% of the repairs i do these days are down to wiring faults, either broken wires or the loom rubbing on brackets or the chassis.

Thats normally just for hold the pump in posistion while the belts off.
To time it up you need to use a DTI on the plunger and know how many degrees BTDC start of delivery commences.

Forgive me if this sounds patronising but have you had the head off and checked the piston heights?
If the engines been hydrauliced then you might have bent con rods, hence the running on two cylinders.

Well i don't know the specs for a rover engine but auto data should give you the details.
On the back of the pump, where the pipes come out, there should be an 11mm bolt in the center of the distributor block. Undo this and put a DTI down the hole. You'll notice that as you turn the pump over the gauge will go up and down, this is the piston which delivers the fuel. You want to get the piston at BDC right at the point where its about begin its stroke (make sure your turning the pump the right way ). This is the start of delivery. Now, lock the pump up and zero the DTI, then set the engine to whatever the manufacture specifies as start of delivery, on a sprinter this is 12 degrees btdc. Then fit the cam belt.
Now you'll need to unlock the pump and turn the engine over to TDC and measure the piston travel on the DTI. Again, this is sprinter info, but at tdc the DTI should read .9mm. If its out adjust the pump timing untill its spot on.
Bobs your mothers secret lover.

If you want i'll have a look in the diesel data book at work tomorrow and find out the specifics for your car.