havent had it done yet just pricing up

Just been given a waxoyl quote for my J reg 110 and its over £400, having never had it done before I got no idea on what is the normal price. does this seem over priced. Having looked it up online I understand that to do a decent job there is a considerable amount of work to do, but it just...

Thanks, will have a look at what they got.

Thanks for that will check them out. Lew

Family and I have decided that next year we will be going overland on a considerable journey across europe and ending up in the far east. We looking to get a 110 200/300tdi. We want to get it now so that we can prepare it and get used to driving as well as discovering and problems before we...

In a quandry what to do with vehicle now! Was going to sell it once probs sorted and get 110 for exped next year, dont have time for engine change at the moment.

Think I have solved problem, but found much bigger problem. Had the Fuel pump tested, works fine. Just before putting pump back in, had a look inside at the cam shaft... the visible free end bearing looks like it is rotating in its housing and the bearing is not located and is offest by about...

will try that, thanks.

Checked Chain Tension, all good there. The injectors have been overhauled. i been trying the pump in different positions but it seems to be wandering off the marks everytime. I set it up then run the engine and check again and the marks dont line up. Unless the pump is just knackered...

I have been trying to set up the timing on my 2.25l Diesel, but each time after setting it up on its timing marks on the flywheel and using the marks in the Fuel pump, after running the engine, timing is off by about 2 degrees, resulting in the billowing grey/white smoke. I have taken the fuel...

sent injectors to diesel tester, one of the nozzles was knackered and spill fuel into engine constantly, just hope that oil wasnt too diluted by this , and one of the others had been set too high, so hopefully when I get them back it will solve some of the smoke problems. THanks for the offer...

I have sent the injectors to be tested, should get them back tomorrow. Checked the glow plugs, number 4 has a dead short on it the others are working, so should explain why struggled to start, also the ballast resistor doesnt seem to be working properly. I am not getting a voltage drop across...

Glow Plugs are wired in series but havent checked them yet, i suspect though that one or more arent working. I will start checkiing timing again, last time I checked everything was all lined up in the pump when the small inspection cover was off. I have had the timing chain cover off a while...

I have just done a compression test on a 2.25 diesel but had to do it cold as the engine just wont start, when I did have it running a while ago there was vast amounts of smoke, so much that I couldnt stay in garage. My results are. No.1 28.5 bar No.2 29 bar NO.3 28.5 bar No.4 29.5 bar...

Cheers for that. I went to a machine shop and they are basically knocking up a dummie glow plug with a compression adaptor welded into place. The machinist aid that the thread was non standard but would let me know what exactly it was once he had finished the component.

Some help please, I am looking for the thread and Pitch of Series 3 glow plugs. I am wanting to do a compression test, but none of the adaptors I have fit either the glow plug or injector, so will have to knock up an adaptor. I have done some searching but just cant seem to find anything...

THanks fo the advice. JUst got to find time to do it now Lew

Thanks for that, I was looking at the Perkins 4.203. Or a 200TDI without the turbo. I didnt know that the Prima was an option. I will start looking into that. Cheers Lew

I have a series 3 SWB and the engine is knackered. I am considering doing a conversion to a 200 tdi or perkins. I am just looking for some opinions on which is better.

I done a complete valve change,new valve stem seals, new rings, replaced one piston, checked the timimg chain, checked injection pump timing, still need to do compression test again, and check out fuel pump and injectors. I will try do a compression test first and see what the outcome is.