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Ahem I adjusted mine..... Brake pedal was sooper, brakes so good.... Left for work...... And ground to a halt 5 miles away with smoking brakes, I had adjusted em a wee bit too much, so that the fluid did not 'flow' back, had to do a hasty adjustment, seem OK now and brakes still...

Divorce is easier than doing Landy brakes I reckon.....

The brakes on my S3 are to put it mildly, crap. New shoes/springs/drums/cylinders, bled through with all new fluid, and still they are crap... So, I played with the adjustment on the master cylinder rod, now they are bloody good, BUT seem to stick a bit, will a bit of fine tuning cure this...

Low compression means less power... Could be bad valve seating, or worn rings... But my 2.5 N/A is crap on hills as well, so you aint alone..

I dunno about Landy Diff locks.... BUT. When we have to engage the Diffs and cross locks on the trucks when on sites etc, when we want to turn em off we have flick switch off, light will stay on, then reverse for a metre or two, this will disengage the locks and dash lights will go out...

What would be causing the smoke? unburnt diesel as in timing... The 'normal' smoke is a black colour almost like soot, only when she is pulling hard (Well as hard as a Landy can pull anyway)

Guess so.....:confused: I did not mention it was a diesel did I... Could it be anything to with the fact the vacumn pipe to the servo has been blocked off as my series aint servo assisted, just a thought. I have a gut feeling this is going to turn in a engine prob though...

Fitted that 2.5 NA (Sherpa one) to my series 3, seem to have the timing sorted now, she runs well, cruises at 50, still gutless on hills etc, starts fine, ticks over sweet, bit of black smoke when she is pulling, nothing drastic. BUT.... Go downhill on an over run, say at 55 - 60...

We use em sometimes at work, good little tools, though we use em for chipping old concrete from the trucks, rather than metal cleaning....Bought em from Clarkes, had em 2 years now, never been any probs with them..

Roller brushed mine with Dulux gloss, went on a treat....(Now Blue by the way) Quick, cheap, and i really dont give a s**t if it gets scatched etc.. Looks a lot better than the white masonry (Rough not the smooth one) paint that it was done in by the guy I bought it off....

I should have made it clear, I have emailed them 3 times over the last week and a half, still no reply... Will try to phone them, howzat.:rolleyes:

Ahem..... Still using the orig wiring, hence my thoughts are that the sender or gauge are goosed, old sender and gauge are now dead, long live dials....... Cheers Charles, Im a happy bunny, so happy I could even be nice to Marcus...

Have e mailed Sams 3 times now, no reply each time... :(

Fitted a new thermostat last night 82 degree one... On way into work this morning I am above the red!! But no bubbling, steaming etc.... In desperation I went into Halfords and bought a new temp gauge, you know the dial one that shows the temp, fitted it all in, took her for a...

Anyone got some front ones for a S3?? Static ones pref, needed urgently.. Thank yooooo

Its a standard one, but warm/hot at the top, cooler lower down, as it should be... You think the 2.5 is too big for the rad??

Yes, new rad, yes....... :confused: :confused:

OK, changed the sender for the OE S3 one, was better, now takes twice as long to go up into the red ???? Also sorted the timing as best I can. BUT it is still going up into the red, this is at speed, pottering along arond town and side roads stays normal, D/Cways at 50 + and up it goes, esp on...

If you are local to Kent, and your engine is a 2 1/4 diesel... I have a spare head (good one) you can have, its cluttering my garage.