Advancing Fuel Pump Timing

Technical questions and answers about the Mazda Bongo

Moderators: Doone, westonwarrior

Locked
Slybacon

Advancing Fuel Pump Timing

Post by Slybacon » Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:56 pm

Does anyone have any advice on advancing the fuel pump timing? I have dial gauge and the timing pin. What I'm not sure about is:

a) The initial correct setting
b) How to advance the timing by 3 degrees using the flywheel marks - e.g. does each mark = 5 degrees?
c) Will it be the same as for an L200 (seems to have the same type of pump)?

The reason? I'm running on 100% WVO with a twin tank system and the old girl is hunting when idling and its a bit annoying when sitting in traffic.

Thanks in advance ( did you see what I did there?)
Slybacon

Re: Advancing Fuel Pump Timing

Post by Slybacon » Sun Oct 12, 2008 1:07 am

Anyone?
francophile1947
Supreme Being
Posts: 11354
Joined: Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:15 pm
Location: Norwich

Re: Advancing Fuel Pump Timing

Post by francophile1947 » Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:45 am

I suspect people are out enjoying the good weather. Personally, I've no idea what you're on about :lol: :lol: :lol:
John
(Evidence that intelligent life exists in the universe, is that it hasn't tried to contact us)
Slybacon

Re: Advancing Fuel Pump Timing

Post by Slybacon » Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:31 am

You're probably right!

On the flywheel there are timing marks - what I need to know is what position it should be in to set the injection pump timing - once I know this I can have a go at advancing it.
teenmal
Supreme Being
Posts: 3656
Joined: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:08 pm
Location: north lanarkshire

Re: Advancing Fuel Pump Timing

Post by teenmal » Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:36 pm

Hi is it the engine timing you are looking for,ie tdc/btdc.
If so Dandyworhole may have the settings,or someone with a workshop manual.

Hope you get it.Mal..
smitch

Re: Advancing Fuel Pump Timing

Post by smitch » Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:58 pm

Hi, can't answer your questions but I'd be interested in the answer as i've got the same problem at idle running 100% SVO. When I changed the cam belt a while back I used the flywheel timing marks, much easier than on the front end. You could confirm what degrees the dashes indicate by estimating the flywheel diameter, measuring the disptance between the gaps and doing a bit of arithmetic.
Slybacon

Re: Advancing Fuel Pump Timing

Post by Slybacon » Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:42 am

Yes it is TDC I need to know - Can I assume the first mark on the LHS indicates TDC?

Thanks Smitch - doing the Math does make sense! Sitting in my kitchen at 12:35am - I'd say the diameter is about 300mm? The distance between the gaps about 5mm. So the circumference is 3.14 x 300 = 942mm, which means each division is 5/942 x 360= 2 degrees (approx). If anyone has any more accurate musing please chip in!

I'll post up results once I try it.
User avatar
dandywarhol
Supreme Being
Posts: 5446
Joined: Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:18 pm
Location: Edinburgh

Re: Advancing Fuel Pump Timing

Post by dandywarhol » Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:19 pm

Sly - PM me your phone number and I'll call you with details of the pump timing - too much to post up on here

Alan
Whale oil beef hooked
Renault Lunar Telstar
Yamaha TD1C 250, Merc SLK200, KTM Duke 690
Locked

Return to “Techie Stuff”