Alright then. I will go all new, I really would have to be stupid not to considering that I've got the head off. I want it to be right, I just need to get as good a price as I can on the parts now. I am tempted to avoid Britpart but then again not absolutely everything they manufacture (or badge...

Could be a number of things. Start with the easiest things such as air in your fuel. It is quite possible that fuel might be draining back down to the tank from the fuel filter. You can test this by removing the fuel filter after the vehicle has been sat for ~5 hours. The filter should be full...

Yep and it's more than likely that I hadn't seated a pushrod correctly and then turned the engine over. Two of the sliders have taken a whack or met a dead-stop and one of the pushrods had bent. The only way that that could really happen is if a valve has hit a piston but there are no sings of...

I have kept the slides, rollers and guides together in their units as they came out of the engine but I do not know which one corresponds to which cylinder. I don't see that being too important. The push rods shouldn't really matter either because they will be examined and replaced. Any...

When moving the brass slide up and down the guide each one tends to catch slightly when the oil hole in the brass slide passes the oil hole in the guide - is this normal? I do not know which cylinders relate to which now but I have ensured that all follower components have stayed together (i.e...

I cleaned up the follower assemblies today and found the following. There are two brass slides that have deformed pushrod recesses, one of which has actually buckled the profile of the slide so that it will not slide up and down the slide guide correctly. I expect that these will cause problems:

It just needs something welding to it or a better hit with a hammer and chisel. Typical woman! Happy New Year to you too.

Seriously!? You're only across the valley. Apparently it was snowing this morning but by the time I had got up it was sunny. It's been alright all day really so i cracked on. Have you done much more with yours yet?

Okay thank you. I will get a second hands on opinion of the follower assemblies at my local landy specialists throughout the week. The engine has never been allowed to over heat but if I run my finger nail around the bore, I can just about feel one of the score marks. The rest of them are just...

Hi james, Thanks for your reply. That all sounds reasonable. What do you think about the scoring of the bores? Is it quite usual or do you think I should consider a rebore? I will take photos of the rollers but they did look to be quite alright, no pitting or signs of surface wear. They will...

Hello, Whilst the sun has been shining today I cracked on with whipping the head off my 200tdi to try and find the cause of the intermittent misfire / rough running problem I have been having. I have a few questions to ask and a few pictures to share. Questions first: 1) There did seem to...

Hi Renny, New nozzles alone would be an improvement over old worn nozzles BUT to get the full effect, there are quite a few other things to consider. In order for the nozzle to create an efficient spray pattern the rest of the injector needs to be in good condition. The injectors used in your...

They're definitely different in quite a few ways. I dug a 300tdi and a 200tdi injector out of the shed and laid them side by side. The 200tdi injector is fatter and longer than the 300tdi injector but the 300tdi injector has a larger thread on the union. The clamp mounting surfaces are in...

Yep they are completely different. A 300tdi injector can be made to fit a 200tdi with self-machined adapters that fit into the 200tdi cylinder head but a 200tdi injector is much too fat to fit into the 300tdi cylinder head. The 200tdi uses 17mm unions at both the injector and the pump, where as...

A 300 tdi cylinder head WILL bolt straight onto a 200tdi block but you need to understand that there are quite a few differences and you will need to make a few changes to make the engine run correctly. The first thing to consider is the differences: 1) different rocker shaft assembly 2)...

I did have a bent pushrod. I know all eight were straight a year ago when I did the head gasket but when I checked the pushrods in the summer when the problem began to really annoy me I found one bent pushrod. I swapped it, and when I checked them all again the other week, they are all still...

I am going to set them all again tomorrow night ready for my trip darn sarth over the weekend. A quick question. I have never ever replaced the idler / tensioner pulleys in the timing case. Is it possible that one might have ceased / worn to the extent that it will effect the tension / rotation...

Through the summer it was swapped by myself but I did it looking down on the engine rather than straight on. I used timing pins etc. but I have never been 100% happy with it. -Tom

Oh I see what you mean now, I just couldn't get my head around it at first! :D So what next with regards to my problem then!? I think I need to take a second look at my timing, radiator / intercooler out so I can look straight on at the engine. I will also remove the cam + crank pulleys and...

Thanks for your reply. What would be the benefit of a leak test with the piston at bottom dead centre? Would it be solely to take a "snapshot" of the entire volume of the bore as so to speak rather than just the top end where the combustion takes place? My engine is suffering from white / blue...