Looks like there is some copper grease in where the bonnet bit goes into the hole. (i've got these technical terms sorted already..... ) Ill have a look at the latch thingy and feel where its blowing. ta. Ive been underneath and found that the rear joint on the front prop shaft is loose. The...

if it sounds like head gasket has gone, does that mean I dont need to replace the injector washers or is that also blowing as well?

It takes someone to pull the bonnet up as someone else is pulling the lever. Do I tighten up the cable to fix that?

It's got lots of rust. Whether that rust is bad or just on the surface on important things I dunno at the moment. I'm gona get a few pics under it this morning.

Oh that's good news then. I'll have a check of those jobbies tonmorow if it stops raining . Yeah I'll go with a full service and hopefully have some money left to deal with the critical stuff he finds ! :) Yeah fully expecting **** takes. If you cant take the **** out of a noob who can you...

Well that all sounds pretty depressing! Especially the mention of Head gasket.. I thought the engine sounded alright bar the psshing. bugger. Ive asked to get it into a Land rover specialist and asked him to just check it aint dangerous as well as oil change service but in the mean time where...

Video of ivor the engine I couldnt get into the engine bay unfortunately as apparently its a two man job on this landy :)

Ok I have the vehicle now so was able to have a much better look around it. and have a bigger list of issues to deal with. Im not wanting to get a show Defender out of this, just something i can use at the weekends to get me up tracks I couldn't in my van. So basically I just don't want a...

Thanks very much. Yes mojo247 was bang on. The seller has confirmed it's a 300tdi That means I won't buy wrong injector seals then As for the injector issue. When I test drove it I could hear a constant pssshh.... Pshhhh.....Pshhhh......psshh. Noise it was at idle and driving and didn't...

hi, First off I am about as noob as they get so bare with me. (I've never even owned a 4x4 before) I've always wanted a defender but never thought I would be able to get one but tonight I picked up 1993 defender 90 which I think is a td5 (how do I tell?). It's got 51k on the clock. I am very...