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good idea ill try the magnet, lets hope the rain stops soon

it looks like the subframe has to be dropped and front diff removed, im wondering whether to get a borescope camera first to have a look inside the sump first to see how bad it is

the car is pretty solid and had gearbox rebuild about 6 years ago with new torque converter so shes worth saving, i was told it might have been tuned so might need to investigate and possibly remove, not sure if anyone has done a sump removal, the front driveshafts seem to bolt to the sides of...

i think it was the exhaust mannifold that caused it to get too hot, i was told it had a crack in the exhaust mannifold but when i removed it i found the mannifold had cracked down the middle and came off in 2 parts! im trying to decide whether to take the sump off and clean it and check the oil...

i got the car as a non runner, the turbo had let go,when i came to check the oil filter it was full of metal from the turbo fins. i decided to have a look at the cams to see what they were like and also do the glowplugs as they where all dead. 3 snapped glow plugs later i thought as its high...

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Is cylinder one at the front of the engine nearset the timing chain?

ive looked at the bmw m57 but the camshafts look differnt and not sure if it makes any difference

hi ive got an 03 l322 td6 auto 3.0, im currently doing a top end rebuild,Ive been trying to find a guide for fitting the timing chain. Ive downloaded rave but cant find much info for the td6 m57 engine. Mainly looking for timing marks and torque settings. I have looked on youtube and found a...

Lol im the same, all sorted now, ive put in around 7.5 ish so about the same.

Thanks how much did yours take roughly in the end?

Thanks for all the help it turned out to be the new part that was faulty,fitted the new part and filled the filter again with fluid and it started right up!

Hey could anyone tell me the capacity of the gm 5 speed auto box? Ive serviced the gearbox with a kit. I followed a guide and filled when cold after changing the filter and sump gasket,then went through all the gears a number of times and got the box up to temperature. So far ive put around 6.7...

Lol made that mistake many times before thats why i took the picture

Thanks yeh i completely agree ill take it back out and have a proper check, at least i know their isn't a special bleeding procedure

These were the only pipes removed

Unfortunately on removing the old one it got damaged, im guessing with it starting first of all it ran off what was in the filter and replaced that with air.Unfortunately to looks like the new pump could be faulty

I have filled the pump with a new syringe for filling gearboxes.when priming it seems to gurgl and empty the filter and just replace with air, the car doesnt even cough ive also noticed what looks like smokey diesel vapour im the tank and at the front in engine bay when ive been trying to get...

Thanks for the suggestions,it ran before i changed the in tank pump. Whats the best method of removing the air from the system?

Hi im offically out of ideas, maybe someone can help.Had problems with car stalling if dropping below half a tank.i changed the lift pump unit in the tank with no problems. Car started fine and ran for awhile and stalled,then would not start.i can hear the lifter pump buzzing in the tank and...