have you or anyone else put one of those halfrauds ac gas canisters in?if the system is not vacuumed properly you get moisture in the system which when it reaches the expansion valve freezes, and blocks it,your scenario sounds very similiar to this

so what state is the flex plate in?

borrix,another cunning plan foiled...

just waz some allen bolts in....high tensile right out of the box

They've metricized the bl**dy nuts and bolts, the B*ST*RDS. Threads and sizes from 9/16ths to 14mm so you put metric nuts on imperial threads?? am I reading this right people?

thor has two coil packs gems have one.

as a ps I see you are in Gloucester,i have just come back from the armed forces day parade there,i could off had a shufti.

that would be true of a radiator that only has to hold 15psi,a condenser on the other hand has to cope with pressures up to 400 psi therefore its construction is much stronger.on the petrols they seem to leak where the clamp bolts are in the top l/h or r/h corner.easily weldable.

if you have a decent g clamp it is indeed possible,however removing it and using a vice is much more pleasant.

that's f+cked, change it

does the compressor clutch spin?

will it not weld up?ive done a couple now on the petrols.the alloy on a condenser is much thicker than on a radiator.

a naff accumulator will not let the pedal sink to the floor.

I replaced mine with scotchbrite.

the problem is that the alloy plate is too thin/weak for a central bolt to apply pressure over the whole gasket.you tighten the bolt and the gasket compresses,over time it starts to weep so you tighten it a little more and the plate starts to bend in the middle.as I said earlier if you sand it...

you will get a permanant fix if you simply sand the plate flat,throw away the gasket and use instant gasket instead.

are the bell housing bolts tight?

have you tried working the bar into other components, ie the exhaust? cos it sounds to me like a loose baffle noise.

im failing to see the water pump pulley or the crank pulley in that pic:p:p:p:p:p:D

its between the water pump pulley and the crank pulley.