Hello Guys,
Greetings from India, Mandeep here.
I just picked up a 2008(India), gen 2 Pajero LWB with a 2.8 turbo diesel.
The car has done only 48000 miles on it but was obviously not kept very well, though the overall look feel was okayish.
After picking it up, I went through the regular fluids and lubricants change, replaced all the bushes on the front and rear suspension along with all the ball joints, Pittman arm, etc except for the shock absorbers.
Also needed a new clutch master cylinder, so that was replaced too.
Did a 3200 mile trip after all this was done and here is what I would request your feedback on:
1. Idles a little rough, though at around 900 rpm, once the car is up to temperature, it sounds like it is misfiring a little, no loss in power though
2. The clutch has started slipping haphazardly, once in a while after the car has traveled about 60 -70 miles, this starts up but has no fixed pattern to it. As far as I know the earlier owner had put in an Exedy stock replacement a while back, maybe about 500 miles or so. There is a constant rattle once the car warms up and is in neutral, but disappears as soon as the clutch pedal is depressed and appears once the pedal is released
3. Acceleration in any manner spewed out a lot of grey black smoke but it is under some control now after the EGR and inter-cooler were removed and cleaned, still does smoke a bit when you try to get to the 100 kph mark
4. As soon as I shift to 4 LLC, the ABS light comes on, once I shift back to 2WD, switch the ignition off and start the car again, the light goes off. The OBD scanner is unable to pick up any errors
5. In 2H, when in the 1st or 2nd gear at slow speeds or at standstill in traffic with the clutch depressed there is a whining/grinding sound every minute or so and the brake pedal seems to pulse or become a bit hard with this sound. Once the car is on the move, this disappears
6. There is a lot of body rattle and i guess it is from the deteriorating door rubber beadings. The seats of the 2nd and 3rd row squeak continuously, specifically the head rests, any work around for those, except removing them would be appreciated
7. Even with a new Pittman arm and all new suspension components, along with a fully serviced steering gearbox and adjusting the screw there is a play of around 1.5 inches in the steering wheel. It needs to be adjusted continuously to take up that slack. The steering gearbox has steel balls in it which are 25 in number. Is this correct or was this box opened earlier and a ball or two lost?
8. The car seems like a boat and the rear gives a big jerk when going over bumps or through ruts. Are the shock absorbers on their way out? I got the mechanic to check them like they all do, depressing the strut and then see it coming out, it was slow enough so i guess the the shock absorbers are good, but a second opinion would be good for some root cause analysis.
9. At some point of time, the central lock system on the ignition key broke down and it now has an independent remote controlled thing. can this be converted to factory spec?
10. The rear end is quite jittery and fidgety on the roads, the tires are at 30 PSI pressure and every time an undulation or irregularity on the tarmac comes up, the car simply loses it and is all over the road. The front camber was corrected with shims, the toe in is also within spec. Are the rear sway bar links acting up? The torsion bars have also been re indexed but the ride is still a bit choppy and as soon as the car hits a pothole it just crashes into it.
Any and all help, suggestions and everything else will be highly appreciated. Please note, it is running on factory spec tires 265/70 R15 which I replaced before taking up the road trip
A couple of pics of the car for reference
Regards,
Mandeep
2011 VW Vento 1.6 Manual|2011 VW Passat 2.0 HL DSG|1956 Royal Enfield 350|1999 Royal Enfield Lightning 535|2014 Royal Enfield Continental GT
Greetings from India, Mandeep here.
I just picked up a 2008(India), gen 2 Pajero LWB with a 2.8 turbo diesel.
The car has done only 48000 miles on it but was obviously not kept very well, though the overall look feel was okayish.
After picking it up, I went through the regular fluids and lubricants change, replaced all the bushes on the front and rear suspension along with all the ball joints, Pittman arm, etc except for the shock absorbers.
Also needed a new clutch master cylinder, so that was replaced too.
Did a 3200 mile trip after all this was done and here is what I would request your feedback on:
1. Idles a little rough, though at around 900 rpm, once the car is up to temperature, it sounds like it is misfiring a little, no loss in power though
2. The clutch has started slipping haphazardly, once in a while after the car has traveled about 60 -70 miles, this starts up but has no fixed pattern to it. As far as I know the earlier owner had put in an Exedy stock replacement a while back, maybe about 500 miles or so. There is a constant rattle once the car warms up and is in neutral, but disappears as soon as the clutch pedal is depressed and appears once the pedal is released
3. Acceleration in any manner spewed out a lot of grey black smoke but it is under some control now after the EGR and inter-cooler were removed and cleaned, still does smoke a bit when you try to get to the 100 kph mark
4. As soon as I shift to 4 LLC, the ABS light comes on, once I shift back to 2WD, switch the ignition off and start the car again, the light goes off. The OBD scanner is unable to pick up any errors
5. In 2H, when in the 1st or 2nd gear at slow speeds or at standstill in traffic with the clutch depressed there is a whining/grinding sound every minute or so and the brake pedal seems to pulse or become a bit hard with this sound. Once the car is on the move, this disappears
6. There is a lot of body rattle and i guess it is from the deteriorating door rubber beadings. The seats of the 2nd and 3rd row squeak continuously, specifically the head rests, any work around for those, except removing them would be appreciated
7. Even with a new Pittman arm and all new suspension components, along with a fully serviced steering gearbox and adjusting the screw there is a play of around 1.5 inches in the steering wheel. It needs to be adjusted continuously to take up that slack. The steering gearbox has steel balls in it which are 25 in number. Is this correct or was this box opened earlier and a ball or two lost?
8. The car seems like a boat and the rear gives a big jerk when going over bumps or through ruts. Are the shock absorbers on their way out? I got the mechanic to check them like they all do, depressing the strut and then see it coming out, it was slow enough so i guess the the shock absorbers are good, but a second opinion would be good for some root cause analysis.
9. At some point of time, the central lock system on the ignition key broke down and it now has an independent remote controlled thing. can this be converted to factory spec?
10. The rear end is quite jittery and fidgety on the roads, the tires are at 30 PSI pressure and every time an undulation or irregularity on the tarmac comes up, the car simply loses it and is all over the road. The front camber was corrected with shims, the toe in is also within spec. Are the rear sway bar links acting up? The torsion bars have also been re indexed but the ride is still a bit choppy and as soon as the car hits a pothole it just crashes into it.
Any and all help, suggestions and everything else will be highly appreciated. Please note, it is running on factory spec tires 265/70 R15 which I replaced before taking up the road trip
A couple of pics of the car for reference
Regards,
Mandeep
2011 VW Vento 1.6 Manual|2011 VW Passat 2.0 HL DSG|1956 Royal Enfield 350|1999 Royal Enfield Lightning 535|2014 Royal Enfield Continental GT
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