my idea was to reduce the amount of injectors i have to remove,

what is the firing order for the 2.5 diesel? is it 1,5,3,6,2,4,?knowing this could tell me which cylinder is having the problem.if i remove injector 1, put a long screwdriver into its hole. if it goes down a short distance and touches the piston it will be cylinder 6 thats the problem, if it...

now have red weather warning for tomorrow, so thats ruled out now.

thanks. but i already knew that from previous work on my car.

weather not being kind, cold.strong winds and rain everyday this week so far. so not worth going up there to try to find out if engine turns over after removing thermoviscous fan.

my 1995 range rover is the newest car i have ever owned, all the rest did not have lamda sensors or much electronics.

never seen a socket like that before. mind you i have never worked on a diesel before either.

had mine over 21 years, only engine work needed has been. water pump replacement, radiator, cps(crankshaft position sensor), breather pipes unblock and replacement.

pity i am not closer to my brother also . 20 + miles each trip

the only one i have got is the 17mm open ended spanner. i dont know if mechanic dave has the other two?

i have contacted brother and asked him to try and get out there to look at the dipstick. but at moment it is windy, cold and raining.

we dont know. it is 1/4" below max, but he never looked at it when it came back from garage last year to see if it was full or not.

using tools i have never heard off

why are diesels so awkward to work on, on my petrol one this would be easy to do, just take the plugs out until you can turn the engine over?

it has 2 water pipes one near each end of the radiator pointing towards the engine. there is no room to get the cowling up in between them.

o_O

at least on my 4.0 ltr petrol i have an easily removable top section of the cowling the diesel does not .

might be quite a while before we get around to doing that, brother is considering selling as spares or repair, since it cost him £1600 to get it through M.O.T. last year and hasnt used it since.

i take it they are under the black plastic covers that are held on with allen key bolts?

yep as far as i can remember, i wasnt looking that closely at them dave the mechanic done some of the key operating so that i could see the engine move and then return.