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Hi, I’ve had the ‘96 300tdi nearly 10 years now and its over heated a few times during that time, shortly after buying it I did a poor belt, expansion tank and hose replacement job and did not properly refill it hence no heater (my fault) and a really bad overheating incident followed, then that...

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Hi, has anyone got advice on the method of fixing rust as per attached photo? Or is this uneconomic to get professionally fixed? I ask as there has been a couple of disco’s with this sort of rust issue on sale recently, and I was wondering if they worth bidding for, or not. In nz repairs to...

Like many I took some time to decide on what tyres to fit to my bog standard D1 when the 2 rears reached the wear limit. I suppose I really wanted BFG ATs but the cheapest I could get then for was 1600 NZD a set of 4 fitted, which seemed too much to me so I opted for the Kumho's at 1000 NZD...

For years the ABS light has been coming on intermittently giving me raised blood pressure at each 6 monthly WOF (same as MOT). Will or won't it pass! I've tried to fix it quite a few times, the errors always being left hand front air gap, or more recently left sensor open circuit. I swapped the...

Oh the embarrassment.....this is the second time it has turned over fine but not started in the last 3 months the first time I left it for 15mins when the battery still had a bit left in it and it went, this time the battery went flat and I had to call the AA who also could not start it . In the...

There's a few threads mentioning to replace the plastic thermostat and radiator bungs with brass versions I can confirm the plastic bungs can fail catastrophically! Replace them now! My 96 300tdi had got a bit hot a couple of times when towing home the wifes new 1100 kg horse trailer up long...

Engine oil is dripping very slowly onto the steering box and it failed it's test with suspected leaking box. Cleaned up it will pass though, a relief as new boxes don't come cheap. To fix the leak anyway, I've got the 2 hoses off and can slightly twist the hoses inside the crimped fittings...

I've bought new swivel kits from dingocroft but the top swivel which is bush not taper bearing (cos it's got ABS) I've noticed has 005" clearance which seems a lot for a new bearing. The new top pin is 1.220 OD and the new bush once pressed into the swivel housing is 1.225 ID Whilst messing...

Bought it unseen for $2500 which is around 1250 quid using the equivalent of eBay which is trademe.co.nz in new Zealand... Seller seemed honest enough over the phone etc...but... I'm ok with it in general but the engine has bad knock not mentioned by the seller which could be the vacuum pump...