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nope the clamp near the cat has rotted off and the muffler nearly fell off. ;)

Beru gets my vote. I think they run them a bit over voltage but they're robust enough to take it. Makes quite a difference. Put mine in years ago and they're still like new - and that's running a hot-start fix that forces the glows on every time...

Disconnect each wire on the plugs and do a resistance check on each glowplug, they should be between 0.9 ohm and 1.2 ohm. Any one or two plugs different, change them all for beru or bosch. 👍 Also cycle the key and check for voltage at one of the...

That's making me think of a financial saving then... Glow Plugs maybe then..?? Titch

+1. Unlikely to corrode so should be fine.

Pipes from a breaker may be your best bet.

It bolts somewhere yeah, but it was tight. Problem was there was just half an o ring in place. Cheap chinese one out of a set saved the day. If it starts leaking again it will get replaced with a viton, although hard to source here.

My injectors are original on a 1995 and past 180k miles. Didn't look bad when I had them out last year.

Are you sure its the injector leaking and not the leak off rubber pipes also the no 4 injector is expensive mght be an idea to add some injector cleaner to the fuel.

Pump comes off easily enough but that's jumping the gun IMO. You need to prove the pump is the source of the noise first, a mechanics stethoscope would help. If it is the pump that's noisy, try an oil change first.

Pretty sure it bolts on somewhere too? I'd get a Land Rover one off Rimmer Bros. Got a feeling I tried Britpart once and it leaked!

I did. I got it off island 4x4. I'll see if I can find a link.

Mate's new VW slams the brakes on when reversing when it senses a blade if grass.

Try using a BMW without indicating… them steering wheels have a mind iof there own.fun trying to ignore the movements Scania Lorry If some on comes down the slip road and pulls infront of you too close,dash board lights up with collision...

Just took possetion of a P38 DHSE 2001, had a 4.0ltr petrol gas converyed around the yr 2000, a much newer machine but was still a handfull even then. Looking to buy a Nanocon , expecting a few more problems this time around. My Discovery TD5...

Difficult to start from cold is usually glow plugs

I'd find the BMW part number and then ask them, just to see. You might be surprised. Might be worth trying Vauxhall too as the same engine went in their Omega. After that the usual suspects like Rimmer Bros or maybe Diesel Jones in Manchester...

Pretty sure @Flossie fettled an earlier one into his somehow?

Fitted a stereo with DAB and Bluetooth (complete with external microphone). Works very well. Can change the colour to match the dash too. Sony MEX-N7300BD, if anyone is interested.

New wheelz for the old girl. Hurricanes to replace the comets.

Check the drive belt and the roller guides.

Column bearings or the little UJ at the end of the column maybe? Might be worth doing an oil change for the power steering.

If that’s as far as the adjustment will go do you know the state of the chains?

Possibly someone has adjusted the idle using a Nanocom? 850 rpm doesn't sound too bad.

The manual transmission uses the connections at the bottom of the rad as they are a water to oil cooler that is in the rad, they just sell one that fits both type of gearbox.

Mine blew rads every two years and had done since 2004 when it was reprogrammed to 170bhp. Went through two rads in 4yrs, one an nrf and one a Nissens. The latter one of which nearly went off in my face... I bought a direnza unit only to find out...

Manual box has built in transmission cooler. Suppose that could made difference to what I payed. Nissens I had, was few quid but quality, that got destroyed so put a BP in second time around, cheap and cheerful but lasted years with no issues...

Connections aren't used at the bottom for a diesel. When mine goes I'm going to fit one of them there all alloy ones, direnza iirc?

The connections are for manual gearbox oil cooler pipes. Not used on the auto.

I think you'll need plastic weld or similar. I like Quiksteel but it needs to bed into a nice hole as it isn't too sticky. Hard as **** when cured.