Note to this mornings drive to the station (15km) didn’t warm up (gauge to middle) for the first 4km, heater was luke warm (set at 24) until the last km or so. No visible loss of coolant (tank level stable) Top hose hard but not solid and not boiling hot, expansion tank also warm but not hot...

I’ll look tomorrow evening after the drive home but after yesterday’s work the coolant level in the expansion tank has not dropped like it did before. The top hose was not as hard as before and now the radiator is also warm all over whereas yesterday it was cold to the touch. Simon

As I always did on me series landrovers. I’m very new to the whole TD5 thing. Thanks for all the advice chaps. Should have the new genuine LR parts by the weekend. One thing I still don’t get is why the acceleration using the cruise control button is better than the pedal so I also have a new...

When facing the car, bottom left of the radiator the hose clip was loose .. realized that I was loosing fluid from there but when the engine was ticking over you don't see it, however when i touched the hose (to see how hot it was) it leaked, i theorize that whilst driving this would also...

Thanks I followed that and took it for a drive, seems ok. Thermostat is right way round. Can’t stop the viscous fan with a rolled up newspaper- or should I try harder? didn’t go mad with head bolts, I tested one and it’s around 90nm so I checked them at that and yes had to bring some up until...

All of the above actually lads, I have ordered the original LR thermostat and top hose plus i will pull the head bolts down tonight having read on an Ozy forum that a lot of the chaps in the bush don't trust the whole X-deg, then Y-deg, then A-deg tightening and just go for good old 90ftlbs so...

I have heard about this but what exactly is a sniff test?

A d all was going so well, seemed the ATF thing was ok, checked the injector valve things, also ok. Decided to replace the top hose, as when I did the head gasket it wasn’t here I had reused the old one, oops I have defender one by mistake so refitted the ok’d one again. Drove around 100km on...

it’s like 20 francs and the disco TD5 is listed, no worries I can send it back as it’s a Swiss company

Ok I checked this when I got home, most of them I had to turn 3 or more turns of the screwdriver further down from where they were, only took it for the short drive to the garage for tomorrow’s tyre change but it climbed the hill with ease so I’m hoping it’s a significant improvement, Thursday...

Ok this could be interesting, I admit I didn’t go that far as to actually push them down that hard .. let’s see what this does.

Thanks mate your a star awesome, I'm going to revisit this as the term "bottom out" wasn't really as far as whent last time, i just screwed the screw down until it touched the top of the plunger but if I understand you correctly it's got to be pushing the plunger like properly down.

oh it's like real who dunnit.. so I have the EGR across the front of the engine (disconnected) and green toped injectors, shouldn't that be a EU3 (would make sense here in Switzerland) P15?

right stoopid me ....

WSM?

No sorry, just wanted to know on a lay mans terms what they mean ...

Good point, now i have cleaned up I will do the stall test again this evening on the way home. So boost would be turbo issue? and fueling? could this be something i disturbed when i did the head gasket?

Stanley, Ok so it made a difference but didn't fix the issue Made the tick over stable and the acceleration feels better but only up to a point and here's the weird thing. Accelerating with the pedal we have the flat spot bit where even foot to floor doesn't seem to bring anything however on the...

Stanley, have tried cleaning the crank sensor? So i found the plug on the fuel thingy (under the manifold) was loose and full of oil, cleaned that. Took out the crank sensor (the one on the bell housing) also dirty, cleaned that. Next drive is in the morning to work, ill report back if its made...