I experienced the same problem and it was because of the common problem, the airbags had perished in the creases where they fold back into themselves. The holes are so small you wont see them. The general advice is to spray soapy water on the airbags to help diagnose the problem but if you...

ref Chalk test, it involves drawing a chalk line across the tread face, drive a short distance straight ahead on a smooth surface and then observe the chalk line. You are looking for it to be evenly worn off the tread, this 'guides' you on whether you have little/too much tyre pressure. I...

Do it!!! Sounds lovely!!

Yes I can 'play' tunes, especially first thing in the morning when reversing out of the drive, I can hold the clutch in certain places and really make it whine. It never does it when fully in gear. The Dual Mass fly wheel and Clutch were replaced 8 months ago as it did it before and I was...

Urban Panzer, I have just followed the link and read your very helpful guide on replacing the crank pulley and was struck by your description of it sounding like a 'marble rattle' as I have this sometimes on my TD5 Manual. It happened yesterday when I pulled up at a junction but my 'marble...

Get a D2, it's the best car you'll ever own. It will make you laugh, it will make you cry. The 3 things that have helped me live with my TD5 are a decent socket set, AT tyres and membership of this forum (even the grumpy senior members help sometimes!!!!!) LOL. As thebiglad says, there...

Ok, i'll let you know when my next trip is, probably in 2 weeks time. Is that too long away? And...where does Redhand live?

Check coolant level anyway, just to be sure.

I do Weston s Mare - Saltdean/Brighton quite often. Still need help?

I read recently that heated rear seats (2nd row) are an option on the D3, it got me thinking whether this would work on a D2. It should be possible to buy 2 heater elements that normally go under the front seats and wire them into the system so they came on with the front seats. I cant see...

I have had a set of AT2 Grabbers 255/55/18 on my TD5 for 3 months and they are ACE!!!! You wont regret it. I paid £560 but that included fitting.

In Feb I had both the clutch and fly wheel changed in my '51 TD5 Manual as the release bearing was knackered and whined at me every time I changed gear. I had both the clutch and flywheel done again shortly afterwards as it still whined and the garage put it down to faulty parts. I then had 4...

Good point, now I think about it, mine got better under acceleration and worse when off the gas.

LOL!! You never know!!!!!!

I had that and it turned out to be a slightly flat/worn patch on the offside rear tyre, new tyre solved it.

Possibly a broken window regulator, the 3 welds holding the toothed arm have failed. The bang might have been the toothed section falling down into the door.

First issue: Just did 270 miles of motorway driving on £50 (just under 42 litres) of fuel, I thought that's quite good. It's a manual TD5 and I averaged 70 MPH. Second issue: at the halfway point I pulled into the services for a brew and couldn't get out of 5th gear, What's that all about? It...

Messed it right up, took hours but all done and it sounds lovely!!!!! However, going to have to learn to 'lighten' my right foot as I seem to be getting through the fuel because i'm enjoying the increased performance too much!!!

My flat spot has returned (every gear approx 2000rpm) so I took the sensor out of the intake manifold and it was gunked up again, so..... I think the time has come to blank the EGR.

I have 18" Grabbers AT2s (255/55/18) on my Td5 and they are ace. I'll take some photos and post them on here. There is a very very slight increase in road noise (4x4 tyre hum) but that's ok.