D24TIC Timing in degrees

[Laney760]

I've been looking for this info myself, not for me, I'm no mechanic but to be able to give a garage the info they need to do this job. I have found this link which should be use to you -

http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?p=1925387

its all about timing the pump on the D24T

[tfb]

Thanks for that.

Funny enough I have managed to get hold of a Bosch Manual for the VE pump and while it doesn't give the timing value for a D24T one paragraph did grab my attention

"The diesel-engine tester is necessary
for the precise timing of the injection
pump to the engine. Without opening the
high-pressure lines, this tester measures
the start of pump delivery, injection
timing, and engine speeds. A sensor
is clamped over the high-pressure line
to cylinder 1, and with the stroboscopic
timing light or the TDC sensor for detecting
crankshaft position, the tester
calculates start of delivery and injection
timing."

Which does contradict some views that diesel timing light shouldn't be used. The only problem that I have is that I forgot about the transducer still being on the pipe and it fell off on the road somewhere and I've yet to source a replacement.

Link to the manual below.....very techy in places, but interesting

http://www.htsuk.plus.com/BOSCH_VE_PUMPS.pdf

Regards

TFB

[Laney760]

In my quest to find out all about these engines I could on the net, I did come across one forum/site, can't remember which now, which said that the pump timing on these is often set simply by rotating the pump until the engine runs at it's best, so obviously there are a lot of people out there who are also unable to access this technical information anywhere and have to do it so basically. According to Ross Wynberg from USA it should be set to 0.44 but he was working on a USA spec vehicle. He seems to have had a lot of experience with these engines, see

http://volvoturbodiesel.blogspot.com...urn-lines.html

well worth a read of all his blogs