Sold Fucked Maxus £234 Gloucester

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I think it's the EGR valve, if it has one, if not I think it's summat else

[SiC]

My gambling chips are on the glow plug relay based it won't start cold and a dead temperature sensor given the temp gauge isn't working plus lack of power.

[cort16]

It’s the dangle pinion

[Dave_Q]

PROBLEM SOLVED

 

[oldcars]

FTP surprise surprise - won’t start. It is fucking cold though.

 

Also - couldn’t find Easy Start in Halfords or Asda...

Sure advert for it said it needed a few turns of the key when cold to get the glow plugs warmed up.

[BeEP]

Google diagnostics - I love it !

 

Agree with the sentiment, but sometimes it's google diagnostics or parts darts, and the former is cheaper!  I have the dubious pleasure of working on a fellow autoshiteist's Fiat Multipla JTD.  Two problems this year; firstly non-starting but no fault code. Second time limp mode and many codes.  Each time local garage given first crack of the whip but couldn't suggest anything other than randomly replacing parts.  Both times a couple of hours on the internet has led me to a likely conclusion which has fixed the problem, although you do need to wade through loads of "it's the egr mate" type posts to find useful nuggets of information.

[garbaldy]

Right. Hooked it up to the mighty Duster with jump leads and cycled the glow plugs 4 times. (Was armed with some hairspray in case it was going to keep fighting me)

 

Started up with a bit of clag.

 

Took it out for a drive - still slow as fuck and now the EML is on. Definitely in limp mode.

 

Going to go and try to find my Delphi kit tomorrow.

Is the battery in fine health ?

If it started with a jump then sounds like it hasn't enough reserve juice to power everything while cranking.

[Kiltox]

It’s a new battery. Might be undersized though, haven’t checked (common on these according to Google)

[DodgeRover]

What state are the earth and positive battery leads in, new cables are a cheap fix bought by the length as welding cable.

 

Personally I would check the glow plugs are all working before condemning it though.

 

Limiters are removable on the transits via computer.

[Kiltox]

Couldn’t find my fucking Delphi scanner but I’ve found a cheap generic one. Will try in a bit but not hopeful

[Kiltox]

 

Clear function doesn’t work and a couple of the codes aren’t in the book that says what they are

 

Really need to get it on something proper like Delphi

 

Starting OK-ish now (smoky though)

[cort16]

p0322 looks like crank sensore

 

 

P0322 Symptoms

• Check Engine Light will illuminate
• In many cases, no abnormal symptoms may be noticed
• Hard starting/no start
• Engine hesitation or stalling
• Engine dies and will not re-start

 

[Kiltox]

Crank sensor problems caused loss of power on my old Trafic too.

[Kiltox]

P0722 is a weird one - reads like the speed sensor but surely the speedo wouldn’t work if that was broken?

[Kiltox]

PROBLEM SOLVED

I’d actually do this if it wasn’t about £8500 overpriced

[Dave_Q]

I’d actually do this if it wasn’t about £8500 overpriced

I had assumed the V80 was £8999 new, making it reasonable value.

[Kiltox]

I had assumed the V80 was £8999 new, making it reasonable value.

Full retail price for a standard roof short wheelbase is £19k inc VAT!!

[Kiltox]

Renner are offering £5k off a Trafic. Not sure what the list is though

[Mr_Bo11ox]

That's helpful then, £5000 off an unknown figure

[Kiltox]

Braved the cold long enough to have a look underneath - think I’ve found the location of the two sensors I have fault codes for but I couldn’t concentrate long enough lying in an ice cold slushy puddle to actually do anything.

 

Is that the EGR on a pipe near the floor behind the bumper?!

[twosmoke300]

Egr valve is right on the front of the engine on the intake pipe

[Kiltox]

I’m tempted to chuck this into a local garage and ask them to diagnose it and let me know what I’m looking at, make a decision how to proceed once someone who knows what they’re doing and has the facilities has had a look

[twosmoke300]

May be easiest

[catsinthewelder]

Its probably worth asking around to find a garage that knows LDVs rather than any local one.  Iffy parts availablity combined with parts darts is unlikely to end well.

[Kiltox]

Its probably worth asking around to find a garage that knows LDVs rather than any local one. Iffy parts availablity combined with parts darts is unlikely to end well.

Good shout but I don’t really have anyone to ask

[twosmoke300]

Go to the post office workshops with a crate of beer and ask if anyone does homers .

 

Deffo more info needed . It's no good saying " crank sensor fault " when there are loads of sub codes that will tell you if it's open circuit , mechanical fault ( damaged pick up wheel ) , short circuit etc etc

[Kiltox]

Yeah I know it needs a decent diagnostic kit hooking up to it for sure - the cheap generic one I have had on it doesn’t give anywhere near enough info

[twosmoke300]

It may have an egr insufficient flow code if some one had blanked it off

[Ben_O]

I couldn't recall ever driving one of these until the picture of the fake wood dash was shown here.

Then I remembered the sorry pile of shit Maxus camper van I drove a while back (it had that fake wood crap)

 

I can't say I agree much with the people that say they drive well. This one was low mileage and well together but just felt slow, old and tired with a very sloppy gear change.

I suppose that the underwhelming power could have well been caused by the tonne of polyester and chipboard kitting the back out..

[bigfella2]

Just been reading the history of these https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDV_Maxus and it's quite interesting. Co development between ldv and Daewoo and GM had shares in it too, but was also owned by russian manufacturer GAZ too. Also that engine is used in quite a few cars with different power ratings too,cm engine too made by fiat, can be remapped to 155 bhp too, which would be flippin mental in a van like this. Also won quite a few awards including van of the year. Interesting reading.