Million Mile Montego

[Doctordiesel77]

Luckily I found a spare manifold and elbow that looked to have had an easier life, so used them along with new gaskets. At first I thought the old turbo was in reasonable nick, but a closer inspection revealed a good bit of oil in the compressor side and a bit too much play on the bearings, another job that was worth doing in the end. Might be another tiny oil leak fixed too, the inlet pipe was loose and quite oily!

[Doctordiesel77]

While I was already fiddling with the car it seemed like a good time to fit the intercooler that I've had for a long time. It was a bit of a tight fit, but should reduce stress on the engine, reduce exhaust gas temperature (thus giving the turbo an easy time), improve fuel consumption & the fact that it is in front of the radiator might help the engine to warm up quicker (or may have no effect as it is cooling intake air). Time will tell.

[Doctordiesel77]

The test drive started badly, lots of smoke! This cleared after a while, so most likely sticky seals in turbo, which had been on the shelf for years. Seemed to go as well as before, pipe into engine was stone cold after a run & pipe out of turbo was quite warm, so intercooler seems to be doing its stuff. Calibrating the zemco speed sensor took a while, but it is now brutally accurate. Judging by its MPG calculation I may need to calibrate the fuel flow sensor up by several percent, either that or the intercooler is a magical device which is going to save me a fortune in fuel.... Now I just need to find the criminal that broke in last night and covered the car in oily fingerprints

[Doctordiesel77]

No 'amusing' comments on this yet, no doubt some will appear later! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxgxPe2Bl5Y

[Jeff Turbo]

No 'amusing' comments on this yet, no doubt some will appear later! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxgxPe2Bl5Y

Now would you get amusing comments on your best sunday church go to meetings suit that you were where that day. lol. Your passenger looks petrified BTW

[Andy]

Good watch that Johnny. Getting closer to show season to see it again. Daffodils are out, thats always a good sign You taking that one to POL?

[Doctordiesel77]

Now would you get amusing comments on your best sunday church go to meetings suit that you were where that day. lol. Your passenger looks petrified BTW

Can't think why he looked petrified, I don't remember telling him any interesting stories about people driving into the river, only had to drive around one lump of wood lying in the road & even if I had unleashed whatever is left of its 81 horses it wouldn't have had the same effect as the Commer van / TVR in his other videos

[Doctordiesel77]

Good watch that Johnny. Getting closer to show season to see it again. Daffodils are out, thats always a good sign You taking that one to POL?

Daffodils are just thinking about it up here, but it has stopped snowing! Yes, it will be going to POL, the Montego is the most relaxing of the cars on the motorway.....