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the turbo also had a fair bit of oil in the eye of the compressor wheel?

yeah normally starts first time, another thing is when i went to change the glow plugs someone had obviously buggered about with them before because the yellow cable wasnt attched to the 2nd 3rd and 4th because the crimp was buggered, could this be something to do with the oil on the glow plugs?

I haven't tried that to see but i'll give it a go next time I'm up and see what like. do I just start it up with the filler cap off and have wee feel and listen?

Im not the biggest genius when it comes to engines but I like to think I know a thing or 2! So sorry if anything makes no sense!! So I recently changed the glow plugs on my 300tdi 90 and on changing them i noticed quite a lot of oil on the middle 2? She has been burning a bit of oil and she...

Perfect, cheers.

Just wondering if there's a torque figure for glow plugs? I've got a 98 300tdi engined j reg defender. Cheers, JUGG.

Sweet! You've prolly seen me roamin about in my 90 then! It's a yellow truck with a full cage? He's off the road just now gettin the clutch done!!

I named my 90 Larry! Just purely cos it suits him!!

I see

Even with a lot of movement in the impeller?

Muckin about with the 90 and noticed when I took off the big black pipe feeding the turbo there was quite a lot of black liquid which I thought was oil but realised it was quite thin so not quite sure what it is? There's a small pipe that goes into the big black pipe that feed this black ****e...

Britpart heavy duty clutch ordered. Would I be better off gettin a new fork at the same time?

Spot on mate, that's really helpful!!!!

I do but I'd rather not use it. Haha.

Spot on, cheers just wanted to make sure I was gonna do it right. I just ordered a new clutch tonight. Hopefully be here by the weekend to do on Saturday! Cheers.

I drive a defender 90 300tdi, and was wondering what the best way to change the clutch would be? Iv never changed a clutch before but think il manage nae bother. Is it do-able to just drop the gearbox? Or do yi have to lift the engine out the road? Thanks for any help.

aye it could be wired into your diesel pump.

Nah nah, just a light coat.

:welcome2: heaps of helpful stuff on here

Gave the black bits a lick of hammerite!!!