ok firstly im a total newb to forums so a big hello to everyone 
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next up i dont have the most favorable landys (3 discos) but b4 you all rip it out of me im nearly 7ft tall so defender or rangie just wont cut it.
right down to business i went away on holiday and 2nd day away the wife rings up and tells me the oil leak on my 1995 300tdi finally got the better of her and the engine seized :doh: so i let her borrow my 1996 V8 so now im home i looked over the oil burner and where the plastic pipe meets the metal pipe had snapped off at the pump. so £25 got the injector return pipe assembly and bolted the new bits to the injectors and injection pump connected the return to the tank and fired it up but it took ages then went no nasty noises or blue smoke out the back and then it stopped but fired up straight away i revved it took it for a spin down the lane and then nothing on the throttle for 2 mins then revs picked up again and off she went. got it back on the drive and it died again.
i bled the injectors as i wasnt sure if 300tdi is self bleed started at the front and worked back but still the same problem so bled it again other way round but still no joy.
i want to drive the v8 again as i dont trust the wife with it but cant work out if she seized it or if the fuel pipe breaking was the cause of the break down its so strange the engine turns over at normal starting speed but just wont behave when its running then it dies.
so any ideas would be most appreciated if the engine is fooked my options are cummins 150 straight 6 out of my rotten daf45 another 300tdi or my 1993 emmental cheese discos bullet proof 200tdi engine cummins conversion is going to be time consuming and most expensive would rather try and save the 300tdi if poss as i had kinda ear marked the 200tdi for an off roader project
.next up i dont have the most favorable landys (3 discos) but b4 you all rip it out of me im nearly 7ft tall so defender or rangie just wont cut it.
right down to business i went away on holiday and 2nd day away the wife rings up and tells me the oil leak on my 1995 300tdi finally got the better of her and the engine seized :doh: so i let her borrow my 1996 V8
so now im home i looked over the oil burner and where the plastic pipe meets the metal pipe had snapped off at the pump. so £25 got the injector return pipe assembly and bolted the new bits to the injectors and injection pump connected the return to the tank and fired it up but it took ages then went no nasty noises or blue smoke out the back and then it stopped but fired up straight away i revved it took it for a spin down the lane and then nothing on the throttle for 2 mins then revs picked up again and off she went. got it back on the drive and it died again.i bled the injectors as i wasnt sure if 300tdi is self bleed started at the front and worked back but still the same problem so bled it again other way round but still no joy.
i want to drive the v8 again as i dont trust the wife with it but cant work out if she seized it or if the fuel pipe breaking was the cause of the break down its so strange the engine turns over at normal starting speed but just wont behave when its running then it dies.
so any ideas would be most appreciated if the engine is fooked my options are cummins 150 straight 6 out of my rotten daf45 another 300tdi or my 1993 emmental cheese discos bullet proof 200tdi engine cummins conversion is going to be time consuming and most expensive would rather try and save the 300tdi if poss as i had kinda ear marked the 200tdi for an off roader project
