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I had a Series 3 diesel with a 200Di fitted. It smoked like a burning supertanker. Turned out to be two problems : 1. Someone had changed a section of fuel pipe using a push-fit union. These are fine under pressure, but with the vacuum created by the fuel pump, allowed a stream of air bubbles...

I had a similar problem on my S3. Some idiot had joined a new piece of fuel line in with an 8mm pushfit fitting. These are OK (-ish) when under pressure, but highly suspect when fitted to the suction side. It took a bit of finding as the fitting was hidden behind the chassis. New fuel line from...

Why not invest in the timing pin kit? £33 on EBAY. I've had mine for years and used it countless times on different vehicles. You have (apart from other useful stuff) the flywheel locking pin and the pump locking pin which makes the job simple and perfectly accurate every time.

My 200TDi would run up to about half revs and then would start to kick out clouds of BLUE smoke, with a distinct misfire. I monitored the pressure from the lift pump, and found that the pressure dropped off as the revs rose until pressure went completely and this was the point when the blue...