The good news is that our injector pump arrived from the UK late last week. It was fitted along with a new timing belt over the weekend (after a lot of adjustments to the timing before the engine started) and I'm pleased to say that Miranda is now running again - although she still hasn't left the workshop.
The bad news is that an engine warning light has illuminated on the dashboard, which is not good. This didn't happen before so I image that the fault has something to do with re-fitting the injector pump. This is yet again another set back to our schedule.
On a side note, we have learnt that faulty injector pumps are very common in this part of the world due to the poor quality of diesel that is used. Basically, an injector pump injects fuel at a very high pressure and at a precise time into the cylinders (via injectors), which is only one process of a combustion engine (Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow). The pump is designed to use excess diesel to lubricate the complex working parts in the pump. The excess fuel is then returned to the tank via a fuel filter by a return pipe. Knowing this you can now imagine how easy it is for an injector pump and its intricate mechanisms to fail if poor quality diesel is used.
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