FlyingPete
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Not too bad, but a bit dark in colour. I think there's only a slight crack in the old head that opens up when things warm up on a run, as in town driving there was never an issue. Head gasket itself seemed fine- which it should be as the head was only off in 2013.
Gave the tops of the pistons a bit of a clean and they seemed pretty good. Some very light pitting in no.2, but looked undamaged otherwise. The engine doesn't breathe heavily unlike some 19Js so hopefully the bottom end is in a good state.
It's getting there and hopefully should have things back together tomorrowNearly there, Pete!
Careful as you refit the injector pipes, spin on the unions and then wiggle the pipes around to settle them in the spigots before tightening the ends. It is quite easy to lock a stress into the pipes during tightening, which sometimes causes them to snap later.
General condition and underbonnet view is better than a lot of the 2.5 tds I see. Nice to see!
I would get rid of the Bearmach filter and get a Delphi, and clean up the turbo actuator a bit, but that is just being a pedantic old git!
The coat of paint on the head helps tidy things up I think. Got the injectors fitted this afternoon before it got dark, and also the oil feed to the back of the head before I forgot
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