Recent content by Brooks

Hello mate Yeah, I rebuilt the engine, well must have been about 8 months ago now and the engine runs as sweet as a nut. The bores weren't worn much so in the end, I bought a deglazing tool and removed the glazing from all the cylinder walls. This left a really good crosshatch in the...

To be honest, it sounds like the engine is heavily worn, 1 or more of the pistons could be cracked which would cause a huge amount of Crank Case Pressure and that pressure will find anyway to get out of the crankcase, pushing oil seals out and pushing the dipstick out. It could just be the rings...

Ive got a Fuel pump u can buy of me. Works ok. Will be alot cheaper

Hi People Right looking to do a oil change on the 19J. I am going to be driving her every day to work so i want to buy a good oil however in the manual it just says 15W40 multi grade oil. Do i put just mineral based oil in her or Semi-synthetic. I know i cant put fully synthetic in her...

How much Crank Shaft Pressure have u got from ya filler cap. Sounds like when it warms up, engine components start to expand which means if you have got a cracked piston crown or 2 which my engine had then that could be ya problem. But check to see how much Crank Shaft Pressure u have when warm...

Cheers for all the advice, I will try that then. I will keep you informed Cheers Chris

Hi Thanks for the advice. I have bought a deglazing tool so I give that a go. What pads should I use, 150 grit etc. if I do that and replace all the value guides, will that cure the problem. I really don't to get into reboring the engine if I can helP it? Will oversize rings fit standard...

Hi Why do you urgently need a fuel pump? I replaced my fuel pump because it was leaking. All I know it's a Lucas CAV fuel pump. I bought my fuel pump of eBay second hand and it's been fine :) Hope that has helped? Cheers Chris

Hi Thanks for the advice, I removed 1 of the piston rings and fitted it into 1 of the cylinder and measured the gap, it was 0.80mm which is excessive, all the cylinders had the same amount of piston gap and all the cylinders looked glazed but not worn, the old piston ring also measured a...

Hi there I have just had to pull my 2.5 turbo diesel 19j apart again. I first rebuilt the engine due to it burning oil and lots of blue smoke on start up. I replaced all the stem seals, piston rings and big end, main crank bearing due to the engine having low oil pressure. Rebuilt engine and...

Yeah, looking back in the manual, the figue we are getting on the oil pressure guage arent too bad. However, when the engine temperature increases, the oil pressure drops a little, which shows there is some wear in the engine, but she runs as sweet as a nut, so i will leave it. May try some...

Looks like your timing Case is leaking oil. Your Main front Crankshaft or Camshaft oil seals have failed. We had the same problem. You will have to strip your timing casing, remove the timing belt and all timing gears and refit. Alot of work, but it can be done Good luck Chris

Please help :( :( :(. Someone must have a copy out there :confused:

Hi people Next problem. My Lucas CAV fuel pump is leaking somewhere underneath. I have layed underneath her many a time to see where it is coming from but cant pin point where, But there is alot of Diesel on the round dome thing underneath between the 4 fuel rails going to the injectors. It...

Hi People Right, I have a 1987 land rover 90 Defender with a 19J TD. I was driving back from the Great Dorset Steam fair when my oil light started to flicker, but when off. Then it started to come on all the time (when at tick over and at increased RPM). Got home ok, checked the oil level, just...