New Van awfy sluggish

Post by **moanthebairns** » 05 Mar 2008, 18:05

My first van and I'm quite disappointed - Just bought an 86 1900 Petrol T25 Reimo camper yesterday, 112000 miles, looks great, but spent the whole day driving up the motorway from Manchester to Falkirk.
Top speed is about 60 and any long drag speed creeps down to 35-40 - never seen so much traffic in my mirrors! Surely this can't be right, have I bought 'pig in a pock' or will it just need a good service?
Everything sounds all right but just nae guts about it.

Post by **T'Onion** » 05 Mar 2008, 18:19

service it , new leads ,plugs, rotor arm and cap , and air filter
then time it up

Post by **Fox McIntyre** » 05 Mar 2008, 18:56

moanthebairns wrote:'pig in a pock'

That would be 'poke'.

I'd give it a service, all the serviceable items aforementioned AND a fuel filter, under the van by the 'tank. See how much sediment has built up in it and get the fuel lines cleaned if its quite a bit. get them cleaned anyway if you're in doubt, make sure everything is tip top! replace the vac hoses and test for leaks, (include a vapour trap on the dizzy vac line!) and test the vacumn advance on the dizzy, and make sure the centrifuge wieghts are free to move and then get the ignition timing checked plus a tune-up on an emissions tester could do any harm. Could be something simple at the end of the day but that top speed is far from anything good, mine will hit 85 before the rev limiter takes hold..

Post by **funbus1** » 05 Mar 2008, 19:12

First thing i would do before u get the credit card oot, is let it tick over and pull a spark plug lead off and listen for any change in running sound, Go round them all, When you pull 1 off the plug, revs should drop, if it dosent change,

then try a new lead. Allways try the easy stuff first. Rick

Post by **Fox McIntyre** » 05 Mar 2008, 19:14

funbus1 wrote:First thing i would do before u get the credit card oot, is let it tick over and pull a spark plug lead off and listen for any change in running sound, Go round them all, When you pull 1 off the plug, revs should drop, if it dosent change, then try a new lead. Allways try the easy stuff first. Rick

Yes, but use insulated pliars

HT is 30,000 Volts.. and yes, I've done it

I'd still service it, and replace the leads as course. I do every time I buy a new vehicle, regardless of history, full serivce. I find its piece of mind and I know where I stand with service items then.

Post by **funbus1** » 05 Mar 2008, 20:15

Ay good call Fox, And yea, ive done the ouch thing too.

Post by **clartsonly** » 05 Mar 2008, 20:50

New Van awfy sluggish

it is not a "new van" it is an "old van", sounds about right to me, perhaps you have a DF engine like me instead of a DG. you can tell as water does not go to the carb preheater. it is about 25% less powered than a DG.

either that or your speedo is a little faulty, mine states 70mph when I am following lorries and I dont get reminded of the speed limit in villages if the clock is saying 40mph, maybe yours is the other way.

timing makes a difference too.

Post by **Mash** » 05 Mar 2008, 21:17

Agree with the earlier posts, give it a service and check the fuel filter.

If you need a second opinion give me a shout I've got a 1.9DG and can come and have a look.

I'm up in California, so not too far from you.

Matt

Post by **moanthebairns** » 06 Mar 2008, 13:02

Thanks everyone for the advise. Took it for a run today sticking to ordinary roads, and maybe I'm being a bit hard on the auld yin.
Hi Matt from California, wouldn't mind meeting up with you for a blether, and see what you think yourself - cheers

Post by **Bilbo Blue** » 07 Mar 2008, 09:01

A stab in the dark but it might be worth checking the brakes.
Sounds like they're binding. Are they hot after a run?

Post by **bourneid** » 07 Mar 2008, 11:23

am i right in saying df is pre-86 and then dg engine.. i have a df 240,000 miles on it and it will travel at 75mph down the motorway..

Post by **clartsonly** » 07 Mar 2008, 11:59

I think it was a german version, do you have 5 gears? I can overtake lorries on the motorway, but I think dylan prefers ticking along at about 50. when I first collected it I overtook a load of vw campervans, and checked out there bodies etc... but when the slave cylinder gave up, before reaching our house - I decided to drive with a little more care

Post by **moanthebairns** » 24 Mar 2008, 17:46

Thanks for the help everyone - took it to local garage JM Motor Engineers, Falkirk (excellent) - found out it was the outer throttle cable that was gubbed. New one from Just Kampers fitted and now running like a wee sweetie.
Another queerie - how do I put a picture on here? Life's full of problems!

Post by **Mocki** » 24 Mar 2008, 17:54

pictures........https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/ its alll up there, have a read

Post by **fried chicken** » 22 Apr 2008, 16:03

Hi Moanthebairns, whats your top speed now that you have repleced the cable???
I have had my van for 2 years & just thought that they were slow due to being old & have a load of camping stuff in, but started to think when I took it out on sat that maybe the cable needed adjusting as couldn't get above 3500 revs.
Cheers
Sean

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