shinns on track again

Paul, Done the business and back on the road. Always amazes me that you can put the car away and everything is working and then you come to take it out and it will not start becuase the fuel pump has decided to give up the ghost. Fortunately fairly easy to diagnose and all sorted now and fuel a plenty! Hope you're still on course to fire your's up - keep us posted. Regards, David

Thanks 'Mad' - sorry I do not know your name - I will go ahead and make the order. DJBS

Hi 'Mad', Were you happy with the replacement? Need to replace my fuel pump (K-Series 1.8 160 VVC) and thinking of using the same. Any feedback appreciated. Thanks. DJBS

Hi guys - in particular StEVEN - and sorry for the delay in coming back to you. A synopsis of what the problem was follows (to those that might be interested) and I am pleased to say we are 'on track (well the road) again. It turned out that there was no compression in cylinder no 4 and the reason was this - and please bare with me as I am only now just about understanding the basic workings of the Rover VVC: The camshaft for C4 is hollow to allow the passage for the camshaft to C2 and is only pressed into the drive boss. What had happened was that the camshaft had turned(!) in the boss and as a result the lobes on the camshaft for C4 were no longer at a 90' angle to C2 - in fact they were in line! Bottom end ok but needed some work and a new camshaft to the top end. Not sure what caused the problem, but has been suggested that over revving the engine might have caused it. Certainly was not doing so at the time it happened and whilst conscious that on a few occassions the rev limiter might have come into play, I thought that was what it was there for!? Anyway, everything seems ok now and thanks to Dave Andrews (Oily) for his chat with my guy down here. Looks as if it is going to be a nice weekend down here in the South, so feel a couple of blats coming on. Hope you all have a good one. David

Hi John, My man has had a look and I fear it is something more than the fuel pump (working) and coil(s) (appear to be ok). She is being collected on Monday and taken to the garage and we will go from there. Thanks to those that replied. David

Found - thanks guys. Sadly it does not look like a simple fix and she's being collected and taken to the garage on Monday. David

Following on from my earlier thread, sadly not pump and does not look as if it is the coil(s) either. John, my man, has come to have a look and we are trying to locate the diagnostic socket. This assumes there is one? 2004/05 Roadsport K-Series 1800 VVC. Does anyone know if there is one and where it might be located? Thanks. David

Thanks guys. As you can see from the timing of this post it has been a late night and so I will give it a go in the morning! Thanks for the input and I will keep you informed as to the outcome. David

Thank you for the response Paul and I am the more knowledgeable for it - not hard when it comes to me and things mechanical! Somewhere for me to start either this evening or in the morning. Hopefully John, my mechanic, will be on the case soon, but useful for me not to look too ignorant. I will keep you posted. David PS Thanks for the offer of help and whilst Brighton not too far from Guildford, the seaside is not necessarily the best place to be with this weather we are currently having!

The guy who looks after my car is currently away and so I am hoping that one of you might be able to give me some idea as to what might have happened so that I can give him the 'bad' news when he returns. I was returning from a shortish blat when my car lost all power and just coasted to a stop. There was no associated 'bang' or any other indications that this was going to happen. The engine 'turned over' when trying to restart but did not 'fire up'. After a couple of attempts I tried pumping the accelerator and was able to get her to start but she sounded v sick, a cross between a bad case of timing out and a badly blown exhaust, and as soon as I took my foot of the accelerator or tried to move forward in gear, the engine just expired again. I tried this a couple of times and then gave up. Luckily fairly close to home and SWMBO came and towed me home! I fear the worse, so please be forthcoming as to what the problem might be. I am told that if the cam belt had broken I would not have been able to turn the engine over. Thanks. PS The car/engine is a 2005 Roadsport K Series 1800VVC - as original, no upgrades(yet).

Mr Walker I assume. Long time no see! Good to see that you have taken up the Caterham rather than a saxaphone. I am just about to try and send you a blat mail - I think that is what it is called. Be good to catch up after all these years!

It was me - an 'Old Seafordian' who now lives in Saltdean - returning from a football tournament which my son had been playing in and who managed to stay asleep despite coming back on the Beachy Head/ Birling Gap road! Good to see another Caterham by the sea.

Me too. Great day - although I have to admit to being one of the 'offs' at Hamilton - and made it back to Brighton albeit slightly damp from the Norfolk/Suffolk end. Must get a trailer. Thanks Geoff et all. David D4JBS

Thanks Geoff, should be in the post tomorrow or Tuesday. Regards David

Hi Geoff, If there are any paces left I'm up for it please. Not sure how to Blatmail, but you can get me on djbshinn@msn.com or here Thanks. David