1. ellisr

    Help needed!

    Yeah people keep telling me that but so far I have only attempted an exhaust change and a hub, engines have always been a little of a mystery to me except a panda I once owned that could be fixed very easily I even managed a fuel pump and thermostat
  2. ellisr

    Help needed!

    I really should of paid more attention when the boys had engines on the kitchen floor when I was younger, but hey ho never too late to learn.
  3. ellisr

    Help needed!

    I'll try and catch my neighbour tomorrow to see if he can get it to you
  4. ellisr

    Help needed!

    followed the instructions on internet on how to bleed air out of the system when filling up coolant. I can put the coolant in and watch it run out or come out of the expansion tank cap when the engine is started.
  5. ellisr

    Help needed!

    unfortunately not just tarps. *Note to self must build a garage* JP behave I am impressionable lol
  6. ellisr

    Help needed!

    she is spluttering when I started her up this afternoon white smoke and oil from the exhaust and spraying water everywhere in the engine bay. I can't see contamination in the water or oil but I checked in torch light. She isn't holding water and the heaters went cold about a week ago. She drove...
  7. ellisr

    Help needed!

    I'm a few miles off jct 25 and I want to fix her as I can't afford a new one just yet and I have a strange attachment to her as she was my dream car and I saved hard for her
  8. ellisr

    Help needed!

    I hope someone can help JP as she is my only mode of transport and if I don't get to work I don't get paid.
  9. ellisr

    Help needed!

    I have a landrover discovery 300tdi that I think has a blown head gasket, I was about to give up on her as I can't afford the prices of the garages to fix her but after lurking here for a while I thought I would be bold and ask if anyone knows of someone that could help me fix her in the Taunton...
  10. ellisr

    Coolant Leak = P-Gasket ??

    I have had exactly the same happen in my discovery but now I have white smoke from the exhaust is this the same or has my head gasket gone.
  11. ellisr

    Hello from somerset

    Hi, I was the proud owner of a discovery 300tdi until she died today after blowing her cylinder head gasket. I am no mechanic and can't afford the price at the garages so she will have to go to landy heaven and I will have to save for a new one. I am going to miss her as she was invaluable on...