The cam is turning and all the chains are intact it cranks over nicely but no sign of fuel to the engine. All the top end looks Bob on I wonder if the box just helped the FIP on it's way out. At this point I'm just happy it's not sounding like an engine swap.

Well quick update someone's had a look at it and thinks the diesel injector pump has blown due to the ronbox I've got fitted on it, says the top of the engine is fine but hasn't checked the lower chain that goes to the FIP. Cheapest pump I can find recon is 550 off ebay

Engines at about 110k and yeah it did sound expensive ‍♂️ don't have any pics at the moment by the time I got it off the motorway i had been there about 6h. I've left it to think about its actions ;)

Well my p38 went bang on the m1 the other day, noticed a tapping noise coming from the engine and was smoking a little more than usual but drove fine, almost seemed like it was out of timing. Gave it some revs going about 50mph and a bang followed by a crunch and tons of smoke out the exhaust...

Right I've managed to get it going with some easy start after a few goes, it looked slightly low on oil on the dipstick so I've filled that up a tad, sounds absolutely horrible when it started like metal was hitting metal so turned it off after about 10 seconds it idled ok at 800 but was very...

Next port of call was a bit of easy start, it's hard to describe the smell coming from the exhaust when I try cranking it but it doesn't smell healthy :eek:

He just drove it in turned the car off disconnected the negative then changed the starter, back on and fired up sweet as a nut, got off the motorway and noticed it was making a ticking noise at low revs but suspect that might be a separate issue of the power steering line coming away from the...

Are they known to go suddenly it would start hot or cold on the first turn of the key usually

I watched the bloke, he took off the neg lead from the battery

I was using it daily until I had the starter changed it does about 20mpg, oil level is good though it does need changing, coolant level is good there is some residue on the side of the reservoir but I havnt noticed any lost power so doubt its the head gasket. As for fuel there's sufficient to...

issue I have is the car wont start, I had a new starter put on and it ran fine until I parked up and realised It was making a tapping noise when at low revs, went to go and start it to have another listen and it is kicking out white smoke when trying to start and turns over but no sign of life...

Well I'm lost so I'm hoping I can shed some light on my issue here. I've recently had 4 new bags put on my p38 2 arnott on the front and 2 dunlop on the back as the rear arnotts I had put on both failed by the top clip with the bag parting causing a major leak. I got the car back today and...