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She lives! Faffed about for a while. Solenoid in good condition and working, air hoses fine, fuel to injectors and battery recharged. In the end I caved and pulled the injectors to find them all caked in carbon deposits, washed them off with diesel, replaced them and she leapt onto life! Got...

I imagine you’re right. I’ve done head gasket, hotspots, oil, coolant, air filter, oil filter, thermostat and clearances. I get the feeling that, pending inspection of the air intake hose, this is a fuel issue but with getting fuel to the injectors I’m struggling. I think I’ll check/ remove...

That is a good shout! I’ll take a gander later. Other than that - does the solenoid’s click mean it is working or is it worth dismantling it anyway? For a ‘simple’ engine it does seem to have some particular needs!

Thought it could be an option but the hose looks good. I haven’t checked the manifold and filter box so will give that a look

So the saga continues... Last night was not good - had a blow out of the rear offside but luckily was by the services exit so managed to limp into the car park and change the tyre. 40 minutes later, on the motorway at 50 -> sudden loss of power. No smoke, just lost power and cut out. So...

In short...wrong! Thankfully no! So it turns out it was clearances...rather than being 0.25mm they were in the region of 3mm too tight! They'd been done when I first put the head back on and appear to have left a washer between the block and the gasket = stupid mistake! New gasket, re-seated...

So I’m not entirely convinced that it sounds like the engine is turning over. Crank speed is high, rockers are definitely moving as is the fan, no smoke, and fuel is flowing freely. Could this be the valve clearances are wrong I.e. never generating compression?

Battery isn’t new too. I did check clearances but will check again. Similarly I’ll check the glow plugs if I’m still having bother. I have just noticed a few drops of fuel from the rear most glow plug (where the wire connects) so maybe that’s loose/the problem. I’ve even rechecked the head...

SOlenoid wise, all I know is that when I crank the engine I can get fuel to leak from the metal injector pipes - I presume this means the solenoids is working. I haven’t managed to get te lift pump level go stiff (as it were!) when manually pumping...does that help at all?

I’ve not touched the timing belt so I hope so! Other thank taking the front off is there a way to check? No smoke during cranking. Glow plugs...who knows! Is there a way to test them?

Hi again all, So it’s been a few weeks - busy at work! Basically I’ve done a head gasket replacement. Reassembled everything as despite trying everything imaginable I can’t get the landy to fire. Bless the fuel system several times, diesel from the filter top, the injector pipes and...

Hi there, I’m new to the forum and have already encountered a problem - the internet and the forum search have raised possibilities but will consult the knowledge based here for advice! In short, my ‘88 110 2.5NA is chewing through coolant, temperature 3/4 at lodge once warm, and threatens...

Hello world... After years of yearning and browsing Pinterest (dangerous I know!) I finally caved in an bought myself an old 110. She’s an ‘89, 2.5NA with almost no service history. It’s been owned by a 72 year old mechanic for years and reportedly had the head reconditioned 2 years ago, the...