Good morning all. Got 2005 TD4 which is running fine. Just been on a long run with her and noticed temp gushiest all good until stopped at traffic lights. Temp the roses to around 1200. Then goes back down once on the move again. No issues re heater all good there. Seen lots of posts re lazy...

Yep. Sounds the right way forward. Thanks.

Thank you for the advice. Interestingly enough my clutch is something am a bit concerned about. Got a very low bite feels like your almost riding it when changing gear. Spoke to a guy in my local garage who said clutch could be fine and it may be the slave. Once EGR cleaned etc think the clutch...

Sorry guys me again. Just out of interest I keep getting advised to blank the EGR off. Just uneasy about that as engine seems fine as it is. Also told to put some oil additive in as it apparently helps. Again not happy about it as always relied on good quality oil on its own. Any thoughts?

Thanks guys. Very reassuring everything that’s been said. Just done the oil something an a bit anal about really. Always believed good oil is way forward. I did look at the EGR when I got her. Did not look clogged but will check again. Managed to get a Haynes manual for £5. Think it’s going to...

Brilliant. Thank you

Great. I will do a check tomorrow. Before I did the crankcase mod there was a small amount of blue smoke but that’s gone now. Think the engine is breathing a lot better. Thanks for the reply.

Good evening all.not long had my I 2005 TD4. It’s got 149000 on clock and runs really well has been well serviced over the years and appears to have been looked after. . Recently did the crankcase breather mod after removing the nasty oiled up filter that was in her. Anyway been reading up on...

Nice and easy then. Thanks for the post I better get on with it. Never thought accessing the sump would be so involved. Thanks again for the info.

Hi everyone. Trying to do oil change on my 2005 TD4. Under tray has two bolts at back which came off fine. Tray dropped down lovely. Then found 4 fittings (2 each side of tray) towards front of engine. Closer inspection do not look like screws as have no x head or hex in the them not really...

Additives worthless? Agreed. Re the filter mod def made a difference as had a little bit of blue smoke on start up that’s now disappeared.

It’s like the ongoing discussion over blanking the EGR valve or not. Mines open and engine works fine. Just fitted the crankcase breather filter mod so all good in that area Filter element I removed was badly oiled up . Had a result as got the mod with seals for a fiver as seller had bought in...

Man after my own heart. Think good quality oil and regular services are the way to go. Thanks for the response.

Good morning all. Just wanted to as a question. My brother has a 2.0 TD 4 as I do. He keeps telling me about an additive called Archoil and how good he thinks it is. I remember ( all those years ago) when Slick 50 came out and I also recall reports saying it rotted engine seals. Just wondered if...

Would anyone start at bleeding the clutch first? I gather there is a bleed nipple on the master cylinder which looks reasonably accessible. Not had a close look yet as weather been terrible but would that be the place to start? If so is the bleed nipple easy to get to?

Hi all. Just got my first Landy TD4. 2005. Not a stranger to general maintenance . Please be gentle as not tackled this before. I have read lots on this subject the general suggestion being air in the system. Couple of questions. can I bleed clutch from top of engine ie via redo our etc don’t...