Newbie sullied by the ravages of time!

[Hedgercrow]

Ow do there! I'm Crow and i'm from Cambridge way, got miself a Terrano 2.7 97 Manual back in November. Absolutely love it other than the fact it has been off the road since 28th November when i get recovered back from London. Head gasket as i though but then discovered two cracks in the head,cue top end rebuild by a "Friend" who is ex AA. It has gone from bad to worse, having to take the Garage near Haverhill to court over it as they would not respond, the fella i got to do the job doing nothing when he said he would (getting the head tested so i can build the case against them, rebuilding the starter, having it done by christmas, etc.......), so i sacked him off after he rebuilt the starter eventually and then promptly burnt it out completely with cranking it over too much (voltage drop, amp increase!). My partner asked him what had caused it to burn out, to which he said "well, i dunno!" (Kt knew full well what causes it to die :cool: .
So here i am with a hat full of fault codes and hope diminishing with the midwinter daylight................ A night in with t'laptop it is then....
Thank you for letting me join yer wonderful group, sorry for not posting a pic of Terrano-sore-arse, i just can't bare to she her sooooooooo sad!
May yer Diesel be bug-less and yer filters flow freely, Crow

[jims-terrano]

Welcome aboard and haven't you been really unlucky. Well no doubt about it you've done the right thing by joining here.

[Hedgercrow]

In the wise words of a good Mukka "If you didn't have bad luck you wouldn't have any at all!"
:nenau

[Hedgercrow]

Sure i'll have it sorted by the new year though!!!:jesterbg

[Hedgercrow]

Thank you fella, just been reading up on your project, top work there the pair of you!

[jims-terrano]

Cheers it was good fun doing the project. Been driving it today and have to say it's a great truck but I really need to make space so it'll have to go.

Have you checked out the downloads section in quick links? So cool stuff there.

Good luck with ya motor and don't give up you'll get there.

[AlexD333]

How in earth did the head get cooked?! :eek:

[solarman216]

Hi and welcome, if you need an engine, I got a good one Zexel pumped, Rick

[terrano bob]

hi mate :thumbs

[emjaybee]

Welcome!

:thumb2

[Blocky10]

Hello. I think I'd go for another engine you know runs ok and our Rick is the man to buy one from cos he has more than you can shake a stick at I reckon.

Ian

[Hedgercrow]

How in earth did the head get cooked?! :eek:
I bought it off Greedbay from a Garage that had it in as a PX, at what i thought was a very good price. Got really let down on transport to go and see before i bid but thought i would go for it anyway. The seller offered delivery fer 20 squids, job done....... So had a couple of short runs , thought that it was tickety boo, until i had a gig in Tottenham to be at. Did the run down there, thought it wasn't right that the Temperature Gauge wasn't climbing (you know what's coming next......), WHOOOOOOSH!!!!! Up it went, get recovery back to here and find the Thermostat is cranked wide open, had a massive overheat and it would seem there is no Glycol in the coolant loop (Taste test) which would indicate the lump had been topped up on a regular basis. So i thought the Head Gasket had gone, of course it had, and then running the feelers about and wet and drying it, find two cracks as well......... Seller won't communicate and i have paid out for a new head, Gasket set, Starter Motor etc...... And now trying to put together Terrano-Sore-Arse after the previous mechanic took things apart in not the most logical of ways....... Got help from another mate, wish i had asked him in the first place, so now sorting through the codes i have extracted until the Beast is fixed. Won't ignite yet so it's all down to.........
13 Engine Coolant Temp Sensor (probably cooked, gonna test in the morning)
28 Cooling Fan Circuit (same again, see what the multimeter says)
37 Knock Sensor (test in morning, i hope that isn't ill)
And for a full house
42 Fuel Temp Sensor (test and weep gently depending on outcome)

[Hedgercrow]

Hi and welcome, if you need an engine, I got a good one Zexel pumped, Rick
Thank you fella, gonna persist until the bugger kills me!

[Hedgercrow]

Hi and welcome, if you need an engine, I got a good one Zexel pumped, Rick
Failing that, i shall be in contact soon!

[Hedgercrow]

hi mate :thumbs
Ow do!

[Hedgercrow]

Welcome!

:thumb2
Ow do!

[solarman216]

none of those codes will stop it starting, and the knock sensor only applies to petrol anyway, Rick

[Hedgercrow]

Hello. I think I'd go for another engine you know runs ok and our Rick is the man to buy one from cos he has more than you can shake a stick at I reckon.

Ian
Ello and thank you, was (is?) tidy as, other than the roadside dramas, gonna keep on until the sod runs but i do respect your nod towards Rick and will most certainly consider that if needs be.I am a bit of a stubborn one!

[Hedgercrow]

none of those codes will stop it starting, and the knock sensor only applies to petrol anyway, Rick
Ahhhh, ok, will have to rethink this then.......

[Hedgercrow]

Cheers it was good fun doing the project. Been driving it today and have to say it's a great truck but I really need to make space so it'll have to go.

Have you checked out the downloads section in quick links? So cool stuff there.

Good luck with ya motor and don't give up you'll get there.
I have done nothing but read through this site fella! Good to hear yer enjoying it!

[Hedgercrow]

none of those codes will stop it starting, and the knock sensor only applies to petrol anyway, Rick
But in saying that, there is a lead from injector 1 and it has put the code out for that?????

[solarman216]

But in saying that, there is a lead from injector 1 and it has put the code out for that?????

still will not stop it from starting, Rick

[Hedgercrow]

Ahhhh, ok, will have to rethink this then.......
My head has lead me to think the back of the Ignition, everything shows on the turn of the key until i try to last click, hopefully it is the back of there........ Odd how it won't reset MIL codes though........ (just realised i am sat talking out loud through a laptop, i do apologise!)

[Hedgercrow]

still will not stop it from starting, Rick
Nice one fella, i am gonna take that as word, you have BIG UPS from a fair few on here, cheers!

[Hedgercrow]

More used to my Merc T1 308d, there's wires on these new fangled things innit.....

[Davey Boy]

Welcome, and all the best!

[rustic]

...28 Cooling Fan Circuit (same again, see what the multimeter says)...

Hi and welcome to the site.
I just picked up on the above code, as far as I am aware the 2.7tdi had a viscous fan, so where does this code come from?
I have not looked at the service manual, that's on our site, any one know about this, if so what can trigger it?

I guess over heating, but must have been provision for an electric fan for the 2.7tdi diesel..
Seems very odd to me...

You also mentioned the knock sensor, which Rick has picked up on...
I have to ask the obvious question... is it petrol or diesel? Why would a diesel ECU be programmed with codes for a petrol version, they are totally different engines?:nenau
Rustic

[Banshee]

Ow do there! I'm Crow and i'm from Cambridge way, got miself a Terrano 2.7 97 Manual back in November. Absolutely love it other than the fact it has been off the road since 28th November when i get recovered back from London. Head gasket as i though but then discovered two cracks in the head,cue top end rebuild by a "Friend" who is ex AA. It has gone from bad to worse, having to take the Garage near Haverhill to court over it as they would not respond, the fella i got to do the job doing nothing when he said he would (getting the head tested so i can build the case against them, rebuilding the starter, having it done by christmas, etc.......), so i sacked him off after he rebuilt the starter eventually and then promptly burnt it out completely with cranking it over too much (voltage drop, amp increase!). My partner asked him what had caused it to burn out, to which he said "well, i dunno!" (Kt knew full well what causes it to die :cool: .
So here i am with a hat full of fault codes and hope diminishing with the midwinter daylight................ A night in with t'laptop it is then....
Thank you for letting me join yer wonderful group, sorry for not posting a pic of Terrano-sore-arse, i just can't bare to she her sooooooooo sad!
May yer Diesel be bug-less and yer filters flow freely, Crow

Welcome mate :thumb2

Are you cambridge educated? you certainly sound it :thumbs

Hope you get it fixed mate but we'll be here to help along the way, get lots of pics of the re-build if you can, it's interesting for the members that don't really get the spanners out :thumb2

[Blocky10]

Ello and thank you, was (is?) tidy as, other than the roadside dramas, gonna keep on until the sod runs but i do respect your nod towards Rick and will most certainly consider that if needs be.I am a bit of a stubborn one!
Nowt wrong with being stubborn. You'll know it inside out when you've finally sorted it and that is a very good thing. All the best.

Ian

[Hedgercrow]

Nice one Ian :thumb2 Just been going through the previous electrical threads and found the proppa gem with the Starter Motor, cheered me up no end...... Think i'm gonna like it 'ere :thumbs:clap

[jims-terrano]

Defo viscous fan not electrical cooling fan unless modded but if it was modded it wouldn't show on ecu codes.

So what's current state of play?

[Hedgercrow]

Nice one Banshee! :thumb2 Will most certainly get the pics up soon, took plenty of them along the way fer sure :freak3: As fer Cambridge Educated.... More of a Dorset Hedgemonkey really, washed up here 7 years ago and only Naaaarfak mates understand me :D
Wicked reading through yer Terrano Modding, top stuff, still got a bit more to read through yet though, cheers fella, c

[Hedgercrow]

Defo viscous fan not electrical cooling fan unless modded but if it was modded it wouldn't show on ecu codes.

So what's current state of play?
Currently i am enjoying being on here and smiling lots! I shall update as soon as the day dawns..... Thinking that when it was cranked over and starter burnt out that the notoriously iffy ignition gremlin got in there. Will bugger about in the morning, bearing in mind that "Wingnut the Mechanic" also left the sodding d/s window open one night and it chucked it down, (glad he is gone ffs!), so more than possible there is more moisture than an Otters Pocket in there. Will set up a push button start if so , cheers fella, c