Grant620 wrote:Hi
I'm proud to announce the arrival of my new born baby - the 621R.
LOL! Feels good though doesn't it!
Was it the o-ring at the feed end of the injector rail you mangled? They're a PITA to push into place and prone to 'pinching' off a section of the ring; 'bin there, done that.
984 miles? You must have the patience of a saint to resist the temptation to just boot it. If you get bored just 'giss a shout and I'll run it in carefully for you; honest!
Wouldn't worry about the low tickover until the engine has run for a while. When I ran in the landie engine (carby/clockwork dissy) I had to turn the idle speed down from 1500 to 800 THREE times in the first 500 miles. Set it to 800rpm and as lean as can be before it stops running smoothly and 100-150 miles later the idle speed had crept back up to 1500rpm; I'd expect your motor to loosen up a lot too.
Only once the engine is as loose as it was before (or needs the same throttle opening to maintain steady idle) will the adjustment of that screw and locknut on the throttle body for the stepper be 'correct'. If it still doesn't play ball after 500 miles then the dealers have a little black box to 'read' the position of the stepper motor. 10 mins twiddling the screw and locknut based on that stepper index reading (if that - a guy on the 800 list did it for owt on our 820 and it took 2 minutes in the taking a leak rain in a carpark for him!) will sort out the idle. (if you're still on MEMS that is, can't remember now that I think about it!)
"so when you are running an enging in... what revs are you meant to shift at?"
'Shift up at 3000rpm and do no more than 50mph' is the sort of thing a garage or dealer might tell you; its geared towards people with zero common sense though, more to stop you crashing the car that you're not used to than running in the engine...
A variety of rpms would be my answer. Follow a 1.1 with 4 passengers for the first 50 miles, then follow a 1.1 with no passengers for the next 100 miles, then follow a 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 2.0, 2.5 then by the end fo the 1000 miles ragging the arse off of it. (or imagine the car in front is one of the above) but each time accelerate abuot as fast as they would using the gears to do it with minimal throttle.
Or pick your favourite a/b-road and pretend there's eggs in the boot, driving 'normal fast' acceleration wise but constantly accelerating/braking/accelerating/braking so the engine is always doing something different. Turn around at the other end and do it again but silghtly quicker; repeat until done.
Hand over a wad of cash and your car to a rolling road that knows what they're doing and come back 10 hours later to a perfectly run in car. Might not even take 10 hours on a rolling road, I think JE take 6-8 hours with their V8s from freshly built to ready to race, can do it quicker/more controllably on a dyno.
Do what you like, doesn't really matter; so long as you don't do 1000 miles sitting on the motorway with the cruise control engaged or use full revs and full power after the first 10 mins. Others might have better suggestions?
also just noticed you've moved up north, hope you have settled in ok and wish you and everyone at Rovertech a Very Happy Chistmas and a good 2004 
Can I have a go if I let you have a play on my 350LC 