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Location: Hereford
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Poor Maintenance
I know this isn't a Land Rover but it is an example of poor maintenance. I was asked to look at a Leyland Roadrunner horsebox yesterday, the lady owner said that it was pouring out black smoke, wouldn't go above 40mph, it used to do 50. It was running hotter than when she bought it 6 months ago and it cost her £40 in diesel to do an 80 mile round trip
First thoughts........Air filter. When I eventually prised off the rusted filter can I was absolutely gobsmacked the thing ran at all
I started to tap it on the floor, as you do........
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Soon gave that up as a bad job The inlet tube picks up air off the back of the engine where the exhaust manifold appears to be just starting a leak and with the coachbuilt body there is no "fresh air" for the engine to injest. I think the only way the engine was able to run at all is because the filter had collapsed and wasn't sealed inside it's housing. She was off to a show today so I left the filter out as I hadn't got a spare, I put on a new fuel filter and I've got a new air filter on order.
I saw her tonight when I was on my way home and she stopped to say that the lorry was transformed it was going up hills at 50mph and there was diesel in the tank when she got back
So as a postscript keep an eye on those air filters :whistle:
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The inlet tube picks up air off the back of the engine where the exhaust manifold appears to be just starting a leak 
it was going up hills at 50mph and there was diesel in the tank when she got back 
20th May 2012 11:19pm
