maestro diesel van Q's

[legasoil96]

Calling all maestro maestro's

I have just bought a 2L diesel van I think it's a perkins prima engine.

 

Would like to know ..

what the cambelt intervals are ?

and

Is it interference or non ?

 

Its at 226K Miles and I believe it was last done at 150k! bit cautious.

 

Where did they make these vans ?

[Cavcraft]

What year is it?

[legasoil96]

1994 M reg quite late I suppose

[Guest Lord Sward]

Interference engine.Belt intervals were 84k on later examples (I think) but the timing belt case has an inspection hatch.

[trigger]

Any help to you?

 

 

[legasoil96]

That's grand cheers for that 

best take a look tomorrow . Not brave enough to change it myself.

Will be getting the welder out soon as well.

[legasoil96]

 

 

This thing

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Class

[Guest Lord Sward]

Bastard.  You beat me to it.

 

CLASS.

[Asimo]

Ace. You will need ear defenders.

All Diesel engines are "interferance" engines, there is never space enough above the piston to save the valves because the combustion chamber space is always small and in the form of a pocket or chamber.

[Cavcraft]

You're a winner.

[r.welfare]

The blue stripe really makes that. Top bombing.

[legasoil96]

Ace. You will need ear defenders.

All Diesel engines are "interferance" engines, there is never space enough above the piston to save the valves because the combustion chamber space is always small and in the form of a pocket or chamber.

I don't find it noisy though ,I was disappointed. Noticed it gets worse over 55mph when I Bombed down the M25 last night. Been to the scrap yard in the old man's Bmc fg700 today and that is truly noisy.

[Coprolalia]

Balls out Goldsmith & sons. Top work as always.

[doobietoo]

Noice....

[saucedoctor]

MDi

Maestro Montego.pdf

[Stanky]

Excellent work, in the 90s my uncle had a khaki one of these with a penrose triangle on the side.

[Guest Lord Sward]

Those late ones had a two-stage injection system and were significantly quieter, especially with the uprated interior.  That was a very advanced diesel engine that was great to own and drive. I utterly loved the two (H and M reg) which I ran as company vans.  

[AnthonyG]

Unless a BL perv knows better all Maestros were built in Cowley. The CKD kits sold to a Bulgarian firm in the mid 1990s made their way back to the UK and were assembled by two different companies here.

[oldcars]

That's class. Massive want.

[500tops]

Just spotted this beaut in Lidl car park

[Mr_Bo11ox]

OOOffff

[Mr_Bo11ox]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1980-VAUXHALL-CHEVETTE-L-ESTATE-RED/152327882647

 

 

there is a lot of Rot all over worst bits have been pictured. the drivers door only just stays on

 

He's not joking

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

^^^^ Balls, I've put this in the wrong thread! Ah well it can stay here, not doing any harm is it.

[barefoot]

I drove a Maestro as a company hack for a while & thought it utterly dire.

 

Noisy, roly-poly handling and slow. I guess you are probably a winner on here!

[trigger]

 

My mate keeps trying to make me buy this one thats he's been stuck with for £350, it's grimmer than it looks in the photos, hand painted over the rust and tatty interior plus no mot.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Is it a diesel?

[trigger]

Sadly it's only a 1.3 powerhouse.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Ah that’s a bummAr, I reckon the Diesel in these is my second favourite oil burner after the 4-headed monster, with the XUD in 3^rd place probably.

[dollywobbler]

Don't dismiss the ancient A-Series. I thought mine was a bloody lovely drive.