Thanks Nodge. When I was concentrating on sorting the injector issue, I had the inlet manifold off, and run the engine. No smoke with the new injectors, apart from around 2500RPM when it would start to misfire a bit, and some white smoke would appear. Ease of the throttle and no smoke at all. I...

Looks like I need to spend some more time and money getting to the bottom of my smokey TD4. To cut a long story short, it sat unused for most of 2020 due to lockdown. It was working fine last February, but a year on it's a different story. Smoking like hell once revved or driven, and now a...

That’s a useful tool to have without breaking the bank :-)

Hi Barnview, I've got pretty much the same symptoms as you on my 2003 TD4 at the moment. It idles fine, give it some throttle, then wafts of white smoke appear. Then leave it idling again, and the smoke gradually disappears over several minutes, and will go clear, but give it some throttle...

Good you can hear the pump, so now you know the fuse and relay for it are ok. You still can’t know if the pump is actually performing correctly, as with the rest of the fuel system. Without live diagnostics everything you change is mainly based on speculation and guessing. Your best bet is to...

Thanks Nodge, Good point. I put a new fuel tank cradle on last summer, so had the tank pretty empty. Possibly just 10 litres or less left in it. Thinking the same about the fuel not being at its best after all this time, I added a couple of 5 litre plastic canisters before starting things up...

The quick backstory to this one is that the vehicle has been sat on the drive for a year, since the start of the first lockdown. It’s only been shunted about monthly to keep things moving and avoid flat spots on the tyres. Now, getting it ready for an MOT to get it back on the road again I’m...

Always a painful day. At least they didn’t put up road tax this year, as far as I know.

Exhaust rear box fitted, and thought I was ready wash the vehicle and get MOT’d later this week, and a new problem occurs. Blue smoke bellows anytime the accelerator goes 2k or more. :( Disconnected the 90 degree elbow tube to the ERG valve as suggested in one of the posts on this topic, to...

Thanks Andy, Nodge. I will keep both points in mind. And good to know I shouldn't end up creating a stinking mess in using something. Hopefully too, as it's only going to be 3 or 4 months before I take it off again to give the corrosion on the vehicle and subframe some attention, it won't be...

Just about to fit a new rear box on the Freelander ahead of an MOT. The last two I’ve removed when they’ve rusted to the point of failing, where I’ve had to use a Dremel to separate from main pipe. Not a problem, when the rear box is headed for the tip. I’m going to have to spend a few summer...

Good point. So used to wearing these now, it wouldn’t seem too much issue. Especially with the rust maintenance job I’m going to have to do on and around the rear subframe when the warmer weather comes.

Reading the posts about the PTC problems, looks like that is another job to add to my list to check and sort. In the meantime, after picking up some new GKN VCU bearing mounts last week from Austin at Bell Engineering, spent a couple of hours crawling under the vehicle today, getting the...

Sat in a dry vehicle. Hardtop off for the second time in the last week to try and solve the leak. This time, rather than just cleaning the rubber seal, I took the seal off completely and cleaned and conditioned it all around. In removing the seal I noticed that the rubber sealant between the...

Excellent work! Looking like one of the production areas at Bentley. I agree on the need for a decent seat replacement. They all seem to start giving on the RHS of the seat cushion, and look tatty.

Thanks for the suggestions. I was a bit dubious about if the Bearmach pattern part perhaps had slightly different dimensions and was the cause. Still, having not been inundated with people saying it’s a known problem with that part, I’ll do some more investigating and manoeuvring. The old...

Thanks. Yes it was strapped while I took the old cradle off. There was some slight movement it terms being able to push the tank up further into the body, and with all the jiggling around I've done to try get the holes lined up, it definitely has moved now. What I cant understand is why I cant...

Fixed a dodgy solenoid on the passenger door. It wouldn't unlock on key fob. But did from the from inside. Ordered a replacement from flee bay. What turned up was older than mine. And once fitted, had a different fault. Not worth sending back though. So after some digging around came across this...

So, I've embarked upon the right of passage in being showered by bits of flaking fuel tank cradle, and the odd bit of rear sub frame to replace the rotten carrier. Following the advice on here in several threads it was an ok-ish job. Just dirty with rust really. I've put a new Bearmach...

There was a guy in Poland on here that spent some time rebuilding a couple of hippos a while back. He had some nice seats from what I recall. I can’t however recall his name at the moment. My point being though, there must be some places about that do this sort of work.