Is there much back pressure chuffing out of the oil filler cap? Your engine may be breathing heavily, which will indicate excessive wear and hence the oily fumes going down that pipe. If not, then all should be good. The cyclone causes that oily gas to spin around inside the filter, this...

As above re rivets. I did this. Before After I used cereal box cardboard to template the shapes needed to cut the aluminium. Here it is after a trip to the paint shop having it's first dry fit.

That makes you go hmmm! It does sound like there has been an issue before and the focus for the pressure has been that mount, hence it gave up. How did you discover the gearbox mount needed replacing? Have you checked the vehicle for signs of crash damage? Slight mismatch of paint on different...

It's making me wonder why the first gearbox mounting snapped! Sounds like something was wrong before which snapped the first mount. 🤔

Another vote for doing it yourself. I think you'll regret it if you don't get it galvanised while you have the chance!

Cheers mate. I've got an oil pressure gauge fitted via an adapter at the oil pressure sensor point. I just bought a kit that fitted my engine, so didn't need to ID the thread size for the gauge or adapter. I'm after putting an oil pressure regulator between the block and the turbo, in line with...

Stunning scenery :cool:

Tremendous, I'll wait to see if @Tirran knows. Hope you had a good time on your hollybobs :cool:

On a positive note, it's got a new exhaust on it :cool:

@miktdish Did you ever find out the thread size on the block for the high pressure feed pipe to the turbo? After many years of doing nowt about it, I've decided to look at oil pressure regulators.

The 300Tdi doesn't have a crank sensor. Is yours a left hand drive? It sounds smooth enough, strange that it's cutting out when you put a few revs on. I'd get some coolant in it and air filter and leave it ticking over for ages to see what happens.

That could have had nasty consequences. I'm surprised it survived the manufacturing machining processes.

Good to hear Jackson's sorted you out. :)

Sorry, I don't have one. Try G K Jacksons, just North of Morpeth. 01670 787393

Not laughing, because we've all be there at one time or another. Good luck sorting it.

The panhard rod bolts have got to be done up extremely tight, otherwise you get the symptoms you describe. When the bushes go it's like riding a wild horse, but if you've replaced the lot and you've got mild symptoms, my first port of call would be getting the socket back on the bolts.

It can be a struggle if the axle has moved on the stands. Can move easily too and it doesn't take much movement to cause a bit of hassle.

Pleased you've scared it in to submission. :D

Sorry for late reply, I don't peruse the engine section as much as I used to. Have you had the spider bypass modification done to your immobiliser? This used to be a commonly reported problem, but most had the bypass cable fitted donkeys years ago. The soldered joints in your immobiliser might...

I'd go for the Britpart G suffix £104.44 kit