Recent content by NiborDrall

Oh woe is me :( It looks like the head gasket is blown. If I run the car for 20 seconds from cold and open the expansion tank, the water system is pressurised and bubbles up like the wrath of my wife when I tell her I will be spending another day under the bonnet. A water pump is on its way to...

Well I did not find a radiator bleed valve, but I did find a plug of the correct size ... After a few minutes removing the remains of the old plastic plug, I put this one in with a bit of teflon tape and it worked a treat. Damn thing still overheats though. I checked the thermostat, and it...

Tack så mycket

Hot it certainly is :) Seriously great idea, thanks. I will ask around and see what Swedish for radiator bleed valve is.

Hello Folks, I have a tale of woe, the TL:DR is I am in Sweden with the top sheared off the coolant bleed plug on the thermostat housing. Anyone know where I can get such a thing in Gothenburg, or have any ideas of a get me home (1000 km) fix? The long story. Coolant header tank split in...

Stranded in Sweden

Many cars use an egr cooler, no reason the exhaust blasted back in can't be cooled a little: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=egr+cooler&oq=egr+cooler Wammers has a good point. Without inlet throttling, the pumping losses are lower at lower throttle settings than a normal petrol engine, but...

I removed my egr, all well and good. Now I am reading more about egr, I see it may help fuel efficiency rather a lot on the motorway cruise and as long as it is shut off at higher throttle settings, it need not rob performance where needed. Has anyone here put in an egr cooler on a 300 rather...

Hello all, Got myself a 97 disco 1 a month back. First landy and loving it. Took the family on a the week camping/Road trip. Blanked the egr on my sisters driveway half way through. Tuned the smoke screw at a mates house, used the foot from a drum kit to replace the cover cap. I was going...

Hi all, I bought myself a 97 disco 1 a few weeks ago. This forum had already been a great source of useful info. I screwed the smoke screw in one turn, and feel an improvement pulling away. I removed the egr, I'm not sure if I could feel a difference there, but I had the car full of family...

Twiddling my wastegate

Twiddling my wastegate