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Thank you for that.Yes I did change the filter as well.

Hi.I have just done an oil change on my disco 300tdi and put in 5.8 litres of oil as indicated in my hand book.However when I dip for the level, the dipstick indicated nothing.I have done the usual ie turned the engine over,switched off,left it for 30 mins. to settle,dipped again and...

Mudron.What ratio of thinners did you use????? Many thanks. 306 james;)

Hi All.Have now drained the tank which had thickish yellow substance in the bottom of the tank.Changed the filter and sender unit and drained the sedimentor. Put non supermarket diesel in and all is running well now.I think I should not have put in the petrol as its cleaned the rapeseed oil and...

Many thanks for the reply.Cant get my hand in as the sender unit is in the way and I don't want to try and disconnect the rusty pipes.I can get a piece of hose pipe in.That's how I drained the tank. 306

Hi all. I have drained the tank and most of the mixture was clean.The mixture I was using was unused cleaned contaminated rape seed oil and 20%petrol.The bottom of the tank has quite a bit of yellowish sediment in it.Could I use some petrol to wash it out ie via my suction hose.Any advise will...

Many thanks for the last reply.What I have done so far is drained the sedimentor via the drain plug, only the mixture came out freely.I have now drained the tank and most of the mixture was clean.The mixture I was using was unused cleaned contaminated rape seed oil and 20%petrol.The bottom of...

Thanks for the reply.The filter is 500miles old.No Have not cleaned out the sedimenter. 20% petrol was advised on a number of forum for winter running.As I said it was running fine on this mixture. regards.306

Good day all.I have been running my 300tdi on a mixture of 80%WVO AND 20% PETROL.On a full tank I drove for 35 miles and topped up with Supermarket diesel.My calculation indicated I was getting 18.8 miles to the gallon.This was on short journeys only.The car has been running fine however while...

Hi All.Got a second hand radio with code for my Disco 1 300TDI 1995. Unfortunately I put the code in wrong.Now I get the message security on the set.I have turned the key ignition to position one and waited a number of hours for the radio to reset,but it hasn't.I have disconnected the battery...