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Howdy all just finished my cylinder head change and came to torque the injectors down. Three went down fine but the fourth snapped. Best way to remove this?? Picture for reference. All sorted folks!! Many thanks

Howdy all just about to torque up all my cylinder head bolts and it seems that all of the M12x140mm bolts are slightly bent and are hard to hand tighten when there not even near their seating position???? Am I being to paranoid or does this sound like they are slightly warped?. All the other...

Howdy all, I’ve come across yet another problemo whilst changing my 300tdi headgasket, the head has 2 cracks leading from glow plug 2 and 3 holes. Then there’s a small gouge on the head slightly above valve number 8. The question is... do I carry on with a pressure test and skim costing just shy...

Howdy guys, wanted to make a start on replacing the head gasket today on my 300tdi defender and I stumble upon and absolute hideous sight. Whoever changed the exhaust/inlet gasket previous had F’d one of the intake bolt threads on the cylinder head. I will include a pic below, is this repairable?

How do all turns out my 300tdi needs a new head gasket, coolant header bubbling then overflowing when driving. Question is how hard is it? I’m quite keen to learn new things about cars. I’ve changed the gearbox and clutch myself a done all the usual servicing gubbins including valve clearance...

Hi all I’ve just bought a second hand AlliSport front mount intercooler for my 300tdi and the sticker decals are pretty naff and old so I wanted to replace them. I was just wondering if anyone has been in the same boat and replaced the stickers?? I can’t seems to find them online for the life of...

Howdy all. I’ve had a noisey engine for a few months now and for the life of me I can’t seem to diagnose her. At idle she’s not bad, a bit thumpy and shaky in the cabin but not too bad. However the noise gets a lot louder when under acceleration from setting off from lights to nailing it up a...