Thanks for reply , the engine gets hot to the touch so I assume the coolant inside it is also hot ! I'm pretty sure it doesn't circulate for long . If I start the engine with the thermostat housing or rad bung off , then the coolant splurges out all over the place , so I reckon that's it being...

Hi All , Some of you may have seen my thread from a couple of months back entitled "300tdi Coolant Gushing " , out of the expansion tank that is , with overheating and no circulation or warm air . I never managed to resolve the problem , but decided to finish the restoration and come back to...

I'd be over the moon if it just needed bleeding . It had been lying in a yard for six years before I rescued it . Two core plugs were missing and who knows what abuse it got , but when I replaced them it started straight up and drove with good power and no smoke , but as I reached home the...

Hi All , Now that I've finished faffing about with the timing belt on my project 300tdi 110 , I decided to fit the new radiator , hoses , and thermostat . Filled it by the book , started up , and ran it for a few minutes with the expansion cap off , I thought it might help with releasing any...

The gear is now in place , I wound it in with the pulley nut . It now sits close to the casing and just behind the key .

It's exactly the same as the old one that came off it , which now also blocks the gear wheel ..

You're quite right One Life , the O ring is the offending article . I took out the new ring and pushed the gear back on , it went fully home . With the ring back on there is no way the gear will push home . What degree of force is required to get the gear over the ring , and what method could be...

I'll try and get one tomorrow

When I push against it with both thumbs it moves in and out slightly as if it was pushing against the O ring

Hi , Just a quickie ... is my crank gear all the way in ? There's a 3mm+ gap at the back of it but it does not want to go in any further . At the front it does not clear the back of the woodruff key , I've seen pictures on this thing which seems to show the crank further back . Thanks in...

D'OH ! ... Would you believe it , there's a nut that goes on the end of the motor ! It was hidden up in the rubber sleeve and I never copped it , til a friend of mine who's more familiar with these things took a look at it and spotted it . Now it works fine , although the sweep in reality is...

It looks like I'm going to have to take a look at the wheel box's . I disconnected the the motor and the wipers moved freely across the screen by hand . I still don't think it's a weak motor because of the way it heaves and pushes against it's clamp as it tries to work . It's like there's...

No difference .

Hi All , I replaced the wiper motor on my '95 300tdi 110 which was missing when I bought the vehicle . It's a Lucas 14W motor with a 115* gear wheel . With the wiper arms lifted off the screen all works smoothly , good sweep and no play anywhere , but if I put even one wiper blade on the glass...

That's what I did in the first place , when it wouldn't go in I took the pulley off altogether to see what was going on . I had to tap the pin in and then put the pulley back on . It's the same thing as loosening it , it can only go back on one way anyway . The reason it's a tight fit is a...

Hi All , This is a follow up to my thread "300tdi Timing Belt Problem" . It turns out the reason I couldn't get the timing pin fully into the hole is because the hole is a fraction under size . I checked the diameter of the timing pin , it's 9.5 exactly , and the hole is free of any...

Kwakerman , just when you thought you were done with this I managed to make it worse ! Having watched the trailerfitter's video on youtube I loosened the three bolts , put a 22 socket on the center bolt and moved it a bit this way and that but the pin wasn't for going in , so I pushed the rachet...

So just a slight adjustment to the pump and a tiny move of the cam gear will put it back on track . It must be a great engine because it ran very smoothly despite half of the outer part of the old type tensioner lying in bits in the bottom of the cover ! I'm planning to fit the new type kit .

Thanks for that Kwakerman , I've only gone to step 3 so far , the reason being I'm concerned about the accuracy of the position of the cam gear timing mark . I reckon I should have turned it a tiny bit more before taking the belt off .

Hi All , I'm doing my first ever timing belt change but fear I may have complicated things . I brought the timing mark on the cam gear round to the pointer on the casing , the woodruff key was at the 12 o'clock position and I inserted the pin in the flywheel . When I tried to insert...