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    can eny one help me p38 2.5 diesel cyinder head

    i there yes put it hall back to gether and started it and it is still smoking so i have come to the conclusen that the block is cracked cos hall the engine timing is right and and fuel pump is timed right so it as to be the block so it looks like a nuther engine.so i carnt justify spending eny...
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    P38 Diesel Timing chains ? Setting up

    no problem only looked when i red your thred as i had my front engine cover of to look at my timing to see if it was hall ok
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    P38 Diesel Timing chains ? Setting up

    hi there mine has 12 links betwin the dots but i dont have no bright links on mine
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    Anyone done the static timing on a DSE

    hi do you no there is a therd bolt to undo at the botom conecterd to a bracket then it will move but dont over losen the bolts of the pump becous if you do the cog will move. and you will need a dti meter to set the timing on the pump ,and it shud reed inbetwin 0.88 to 0.92 that what it says on...
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    2.5 bmw torquing down the head

    hi there isent a chans of the bolt snaping or dowing the threds in
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    2.5dse how to get camchain guide back in

    glad to hear you have sorted it i hop ever thing els gows well for you
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    2.5 bmw torquing down the head

    hi there i was like you and thort the bolts wood snap but in sted i snaped two sockets in sted
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    Auxiliary drive belt tensioner bracket

    yes, it does just unbolt on that hex key. and the hole thing comes of with the pulley on normal sided thread you mite have to yous sum molegrip or stilsons on it it looks like so one as to titen it
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    2.5 bmw torquing down the head

    yes that is correct but my head bolts where that tight i coul only get 60 degrees have you got a rave cd if no pm me give me your e mail i will e mail you it
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    Overheating

    i there just take the front part of with a alenkey or stilsons and the braket will slid of esy job to do my car was like that overheating ok on tickover but when you drove it overheated and it was a crack in the water port .thes cars ar none for them to hoverheat and crack the head i got a...
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    2.5dse how to get camchain guide back in

    hi there carnt under stand y it wont go in .but that mite work as long as you dont cut two much of mine went in strat away sume times you have to levit and triy later and it mite go strat in with a bit of look just make shoor the chan asent moved like mine did and had to take the timing cover of...
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    2.5dse how to get camchain guide back in

    i there have you got the pin in to hold the plunger in if so then the gide rail shood just slid in i have just dun my head
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    can eny one help me p38 2.5 diesel cyinder head

    i well been in my garege hall day tring to time my diesel pump up but it wont time up . as eny body got eny help full advise on how to do it or whiy it wont .eny good advis will be grat as dont no what hels i can do
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    Overheating

    if you change your water pump make shooer it is a metel blad one and not plastic hop every thing gowes well nice to help out.and yes thes cars ar lovely but can have there problems sum times but i think it is worth it four the comfort
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    Overheating

    i there you will have to let me no how you get on with your car hop it is the pump or thermastat and not your head
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    Overheating

    i there i ment pm me your e mail adress and i will send it
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    Overheating

    i there water pump is a esiy job to do just tack the fan of and the belt of the front and you will see the pump bolts 10mm .but i had the same probelam and it ended up been the head just dowing mine .just got diesel timing to do then it is finished if you send me a privet mesige i will send you...
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    can eny one help me p38 2.5 diesel cyinder head

    hi there looks like i ham haveing a nightmer with this car it looks like sumone as snaped the boilt of where you put the timing gauge in to the injector pump so it looks like i will have to tack the pump completly of and sort sume ones mistak out just carnt beleve the trubel i ham having with...
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    P38 2.5td

    i if you look on the forum there ar lodes of threds on this the engines ar the same but the injector bump mite be difront so you mite have to yous the one of the origenal engine
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    can eny one help me p38 2.5 diesel cyinder head

    hi there looked at the turbo it looks ok no oil leeking from it and the smoke smells like diesel