Take it out for a 10 mile drive, keep using the brakes gently, then readjust when you get back

It needs codes read on diagnostics, it it might be as simple as needing a fuel filter, unless he’s filled it with petrol?

Or piston in master cylinder not always returning properly

and an evoque of the age they’re looking at should be equally reliable, with proper services and maintenance it will be fine

It might be your alternator is charging to high, if you had taken out the vent plug

Having been clamped on more than one occasion around Westminster, you just wanted the free parking!!

Did you fit the clutch plate the correct way round?

It can be the battery cover not seated correctly, and leaking fumes into cabin intake

Have you left a piece of rag in inlet manifold?

Probably put a slight twist, bulge in A post, which effectively moves the door back a smidgen, if you are lucky, the bulge will be in the door frame around the hinge area

If filter was full of crud, the lift pump will be also, and there will be diesel bug sediment in fuel tank

Still the guy in the jcb loadall regretted that, all the electric connections are below the cab, and everything, engine, transmission and hydraulic system is electrically operated

Get it running on fuel and see how it is then

Sadly the seal was always going to leak, once fitted it shouldn’t have to be held in place if fitted correctly, you need to make sure the lips don’t get pushed back when first fitting seal on crank

Is your servo full of brake fluid ? I seem to remember a 200 tdi I owned doing something similar

You can do a lot with a leaf spring before it looses all its flexibility, and for light loads you won’t do enough damage that it breaks or bends

Warmth and a 20 tonnes press

When the new battery was fitted, the terminals were not connected incorrectly, even for a millisecond? Or a battery charger connected incorrectly? Or has it been jump started from another vehicle with an engine running?

Let’s hope they can “prove” it’s not stolen!

It’s attached by bolts to the body shell, all double skinned to give rigidity to body shell, I doubt you’ll find any damage, the actual noise will always sound worse