Ah OK that's interesting. Again, I'll check that when I get home later.

. Does anyone remember that legendary thread from a US forum when someone suggested hooking up a sand blaster to his engine to polish the intake tracts. The guy did it, and then wondered why his engine stopped working... Don't worry I've seen some incredibly dodgy advise on forums and from...

No absolutely dead. Speaking to a man in the know this evening via Facebook it’s not uncommon for them to fail entirely. I’ll order a new one via work in the morning so hopefully I’ll have that before the day is out. However it also seems entirely possible that the cause of the glow lamp to be...

Yea tried that. Nothing at all

I found a PDF workshop workshop manual earlier which I’ve saved. I’ve also got the air suspension software but I use a Mac so it doesn’t work. Will get myself a cheap crappy windows laptop for that when the time comes. Through work I have access to many garages with up to date diagnositics...

Yea I’ve got quite a few cars but irony is they are either broken, in storage, mileage sensitive or track cars. The pug, as much as I hate it, cost £50 and is embarrassingly fun to drive. It does the job.

The end of the plunger is a rubber compound of some sort so I’d imagine that acts the seal?

Righto. I’ve just cleaned up for dinner so will investigate that after work tomorrow. Have to say thank you to everyone on here, great forum, very helpful. Virtual beers for everyone when I’m up and running again! Having to get about in this piece of automotive excellence at the moment so...

The O-ring is still on it unless there are two? So at least successfully diagnosed one issue. Now to find out why the glow plugs aren’t working. Or is this potentially causing the glow plug shut down? It would make sense, if the fuel remains cut off then the glow plugs have nothing to heat and...

Yea absolutely doesn’t work. Have bench tested it and nothing.

It can’t possibly work. The valve is not attached to the body therefore it cannot possibly retract or extend. It’s very dead. Pretty certain this is what caused the stoppage.

Well hopefully this is what actually stopped it in the first place

Pretty sure my cut off solonoid isn’t supposed to come apart like this...

Maybe it is... as I’ve said I’m new to diesels and I’m still learning! Edit: just tried cranking it over myself and when I do the glow lamp shows up very faint on the dash.... anyone else noticed this?

Just done that and it’s fine. By process of elimination I’m making some progress now: I’ve refitted all the fuel lines, got my neighbour to crank it over and there is fuel moving through the clear pipe but nothing whatsoever getting to the number one injector. Still no power to glow plugs or...

Relay likely to be the culprit? That’s fine except still doesn’t explain why it stopped whist driving...

I think I may have found the cause of the issue... fuel is now getting through the filter so that’s fine. However I have absolutely zero power to the glow plugs, and what’s more no power across the fuse in the glow plug relay. This suggests to me that the glow plug relay may be the culprit...

UPDATE: Lift pump bridged and appears to be opeational

Wow thanks for all the advice. I have messaged brian and im going to work on the car today, will try bridging the lift pump and see what happens then report back. Im well aware that i caused the need to rebleed the system. Rookie mistake perhaps. As i said before im a competant mechanic but i...

So far no luck - doesn't seem to be much love locally for P38s! Haven't spoken to rangers yet but will persevere!