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hi all, can anyone tell me what this is on my 98 300tdi auto es? car has been stored in a work shop for the past few month while i work on it. went to start it today for the 1st time in atleast 2 months and it was a bit reluctant to start then i noticed quite a lot of diesel leaking from the...

yeah i think having the rear wheel off may help some as that did seem to halt one of the ways i thought may work. appreciate all the advice

maybe some more effort should be put in then when it’s not dark and i’m not tired lol i will have another go tomorrow

yeah the trying to get over the axel is where i’m getting stuck, i was out there for ages trying to work it out lol i jacked up the whole rear end from the tow bar but jacking the near side might work. i seemed to keep hitting to rear anti roll bar at which ever angle i tried to go in on so...

only reason i ask is i have rubber push pipe so was hoping to leave the compression done up and cut the pipe right up to it

may seem like a silly question but when fitting a new cat back exhaust how do i fit the the back box section? ive got the centre section fitted but the back box section is proving a pain to slide i’ve the rear axel. do you have to drop the rear anti roll bar? or is there a trick? thanks

well i found my fuel leak, it was on the flow pipe from tank to lift pump. looks as though the pipe had worn against something. to replace the pipe can i cut the pipe right at the nipple bit on the compression fitting leaving it all done up then simply slide my pipe on and pipe clip it?

see that’s exactly what i was thinking about air being drawn in, the engine runs lovely, bit of a slow starter when cold so turning the ignition on and off 3 times getting the glow plugs nice and hot seems to make it a bit better. could a leak on the spill pipe allow air in and make the starting...

did you bypass your sedimenter? so it goes straight from sender to lift pump?

hi all, i seem to have a leak on either the main fuel line from the tank or the spill pipe. i can’t see exactly where the leak is but all the pipes in the engine bay are dry and it only seems wet where the front cross member is and that’s where it’s dripping off the chassis, thing is it’s the...