I have a Td5 that has a tendancy to overheat on the uphill stretches of road. When it overheats the power drops right off but if I let it tick over for 10 mins it cools straight back to normal and power is resumed. I have checked all the usual signs of head gasket such as oil in water or vice...

My TD5 is overheating on uphill grades which then causes it to lose power as soon as it cools again full power is back. Any ideas please?

Thanks yet again for your help.

Well it was definitely the core plug with approx a 3mm hole in it! I now have a new querie if I am not being too much of a pain. Do you know if the TD5 is fitted with any sort of a fuel syphon guard in the filler neck? I tried to put a hose down through to pull some fuel out and met with...

Thank you I will definately be back. i have learnt more in half hour than any book could have taught me!

I will do thanks. Have a look at those tonight.

how do i tell the difference on the engines ? mine is a 2000 vintage

Thanks for your help. I am hoping that by dropping out the starter motor i will have enough room to do it in situ. I will update once it is done probably some time next week. I know the core plug definately has a leak on it but i will check the other bits at the same time because of late it...

Hi I am John from Warminster Wiltshire and as you can guess from the title i have a problem!! I am new to this site and not sure how things work. Does anyone know the size of the core plug that hides behind the starter motor and how easy it is for me to change the damn thing?