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My defender starts on the third or fourth crank in the mornings. Temperature is around 10 deg. celsius but I was in -12 around a week ago and it started the same way. I have already checked the glow plugs which are fine, I'm running 5w-30 fully synthetic oil and all the filters are new...

Has anyone used the VNT? how much power increase does it give and whats it like to drive a td5 with this? Cheers!

Thanks shifty! Yeah the original turbo is alright but I just wanna test a VTG.. I think it will make a lot of difference. Do you reckon it will put the ecu in limp mode cuz of higher than standard boost? VTGs dont have a wastegate.

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Hey guys! Theres a Garrett GT18V VTG turbo available to me. Its from a Mercedes 220 CDI OM611 DE22LA motor. I was considering of swapping the original GT2052 with this vtg turbo so that I can get rid of the lag! VTGs have a very wide ar ratio and are much more efficient than normal turbos...

Thanks shifty you've always been really helpful. Although this is a drastic reduction in smoke but my car is still not as good as it used to be. We have really bad fuel here with very high sulphur content. And as far as I know sulphur kills common rail injectors and I am sure it effects pumpe...

I got it checked at a dealership and there were 6 stored faults.. which included ambient sensor fault, some thing related to maf, fuel pump drive fault, injector 3 load surge or something and a few others.. however the person doing the job said that all is okay and nothing is wrong.. these...

I have 2001 TD5 110 with a disconnected egr and 105k kms on thge clock. Its has been blowing a lot of black smoke lately. Power seems to be reduced. The vehicles has always been well looked after and regularly serviced. Can this an injector problem? I first thought that it might be a MAF issue...

Lol... small world!! Quetta not really a very safe place.. If you come to Islamabad do send me a pm, we should meet up! I have bought a new MAF because tomorrow I am leaving for a 1600 kms 5 days trip to northern Pakistan... so bought it just in case!

Seen! Shifty.. what do you have to say about the MAF sensor? I bought a new MAF anyways just in case.. But I can return it and would love to if mine is working fine.

@Johnlad... Cleaned the MAP with carb cleaner... Removed and cleaned EGR with kerosene... it wasn't too dirty and wasn't stuck open. I pushed it open with a screw driver and it was smooth but I left the vacuum hose disconnected as before. Also cleaned the MAF sensor with carb cleaner and...

Okay.. sorry I confused the MAP sensor with MAF. i do clean the MAP sensor every now and then but I have used carb cleaner to clean MAF and MAF. Whats an electrical contact cleaner? Its not available here can I use some thing else instead of that? Like WD-40? I will check out the egr!

@ Defender 110... I will disconnect it and see if it works.. I replaced the fuel filter 6k kms and there are no apparent faults like I said the car is well looked after. @johnlad.. I have disconnected the EGR by plugging the vacuum hose that actuates it. I did clean MAF couple of days...

My 2001 TD5 defender feels weak and literally dies in third gear if there is even a tint bit of slope. It emits alot of black smoke and the fuel consumption is alot more than normal and all dis started only a few days back. Whats can be wrong? It has about 105000kms on the clock very well...

Thanks Shifty for the explanation. As I understand one complete turn is 360 deg. rotation or is it 180 deg? And is this adjustment a must do standard procedure after certain millage or will I be doing it just to check if the sound gets normal. Thanks again.

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And yeah its perfectly normal when cold and the TAPPING starts when it gets to normal operating temperature. Cheers!

Thanks shifty for taking the time out to write such a detailed reply. I will remove the belt and then check but I am pretty sure that its not the ancilliary noise. I am an experienced DIY mech and as far as I can tell it have some thing to do with the injectors. How can I check the...

Hey guys! I have a 2002 110 defender TD5 which I bought new, the vehicles has always been looked after and regularly serviced. Its used to have a very smooth and soft engine note before but lately it has started to sound like a 300 tdi.. well not really but there is some other background...

Well we dont have Mots n all... We just get the car registered once and keep paying a little tax rest of the life irrespective of the condition of the car.. all the rules do exist like annual road worthy test and stuff but they are hardly enforced. So yeah its not really legal but its...