Charles I removed air filter hose and went for a drive I could not notice any difference in the amount of smoke. Checked breather cap and hose all seems ok. I did mention in my 1st post aout the exhaust manifold and inlet manifold being oily would this mean ring &bores worn or would this be a...

Hi Chaeles Thanks for your reply my injection pump is a DPA type with the external timimg pointer. I am going to try with air filter removed tonight.

Hi after some advice I have a 2 1/4 diesel it seems to smoke black smoke with any acelleration once at a crusing speed smoke stops but if you put your foot down again it smokes black smoke again. When going up hills or when the engine seems to be under strain it seems to smoke. The engine does...

Once its lost that litre it suddenly starts getting hotter and going into the red on the temp gauge. It seems to keep losing water. I have just stripped the head off tonight head gasket was fitted correctly no water ways were blocked. I will be borrowing a head and try this on my block to see if...

cheers Charles I did have some confusion when fitting new head gasket but am pretty sure it was fitted correctly. As for not being filled completly I have been driving for a few weeks since replacing head gasket and I keep needing to top water up after the 18 mile journey by the same...

yes the thermostat is 82 degrees this should be fine.

HI can any body point me in the right direction. I have recently changed the head gasket also had the head skimmed but not pressures tested. Once the engine was started it seemed to get very hot I checked the radiator hoses the top was very hot the bottom hose was stone cold. I had fitted a new...

I have just stripped the head of my landrover because head gasket has gone. one of the swirl chambers has come out and the other three have a slight wobble. I can not find any info on what to do if they come out,and how they are held in place. should I need to replace it does ay one know the...

Thanks for advice I stripped the head off last night and the head gasket had gone between No.3 & No.4 cylinder.

Thanks Jon It is definatly not running on 4 cylinders. I have also been told maybe it could be the head gasket I am going to take the head off this weekend and have a peak inside.

Hi can anybody help with some information. I have a series 3 2 1/4 diesel that has suddenly stopped running over two short journeys. Firstly it became hard to start and there seemed to be no power. Firstly I thought is was a fuel problem I have changed the fuel filter and this did have a...