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After stripping the sump, cradle and oil pump I thought I would check the big end and main bearings for wear. Just as well I did as you can see some wear in the main bearing shells. At this point I’m committed so the lot had to come out!

It does appear to be ferrous but I think you’re right in that it found its way in there during the cam belt exchange. I can’t find any damage inside the cam belt area so it must have come from somewhere else 🤞

While the going was good, I took off the injector pipes, glow plug wiring, glow plugs, cam cover, rocker shaft with pushrods, then the cylinder head bolts. I’ll test the glow plugs and if they are still good I’ll reuse them. Thankfully, the head cam off without a fight😀 Once it cam off I was...

Made a bit of progress today on the engine. Found the water pump was seized, which I’m sure it wasn’t when I test run it a couple of years ago. May be due to residual water in the block seizing it up. I will replace it anyway. I found 3 of the bolts holding on the timing belt cover were rounded...

Thanks everyone, I’ll do another visual check this weekend and take the hoses off if they look a bit suspect. Might be split in an area that’s hard to see when on the engine. After that it’s a diagnostic check as JD suggested. I’ll get to the bottom of it somehow 😀

Thanks folks, is this the short 90 degree one you can see from the wheel arch?

Thanks JD, I’ll have a look but I would have expected a drop in performance or a DTC show up.

Hi folks, Bit of a strange one this. I have a 2011 td4 with 114,000mls and I’ve noticed that the turbo is fairly loud under boost. There are no fault codes or noticeable power loss. Mpg is still around the 40 mark which is normal for me. It has been noticeable since I bought the car 15,000...

While I am waiting for the gaskets and seals to arrive, I thought the best use of time would be to start working on the engine. I got my old engine stand out and bolted it to the engine as it’s so much easier to work on. After removing the flywheel and flywheel housing, it was quite evident that...

Made a start on the 200tdi and the original series 3 gearbox with trying to get the gearbox as clean as possible before inspection. It was caked with baked on oil/mud combination which was horrible to clean needing scrapers and various chemicals! Still a nightmare to do but it’s looking a good...

Great attention to detail there - it’s going to look better than it did when new! 😄

Managed to fit the blingy bits on too. Great to see it coming together now. As you can see I fitted new bonnet buffers but added some electrical tape on the back to help prevent differential corrosion. Less bits on the garage floor to trip over now 👍 😂. Now that’s done I really need to move onto...

The bonnet arrived back and I must admit it looks really good if I say so myself 😊.

Whereabouts are you in Ayrshire? Drop me a message and I’ll arrange something with you. I’m going on hols at the end of this week, but would be happy to help if I can.

Managed to pick up my two side frames and other bits from the painter today. Nice to see them with a coat of paint! I also dropped off the bonnet, so hopefully that will be done before I finish up for holidays 😀.

Thanks - will hopefully get it away this week for paint.🙂

Made a bit of progress on the bonnet at last. Been busy with other stuff, so glad to be getting this done. I finished welding the frame to make it solid again. Put a light skim of aluminised filler to tidy up some bits, which is stronger and more resistant to cracking just because bonnets tend...

I think Eurosubframes do them.

😁 It will also let you learn from my mistakes! 🤣

I broke the welder out and got stuck in. I haven’t buffed the welds all the way down as they won’t be seen and it’s not an MOT repair. It just needs to be solid and cosmetically tidy enough 😀. Just got a couple of more pin holes to sort out, tidy it up with a little filler, prime, paint and refit.