Sulk Over. The 110 Posted by Nicky Smith Thu, January 19, 2017 10:19:29 Yes, yes I know my last post had me throwing a tantrum. You saw me throwing all of my toys out of the pram. I spat my dummy out as far as it could go and I was stamping my feet shouting "It's my toy and I don't wanna play...

Hey Rich, Thanks for the heads up and thankfully I have done a few head gaskets on other motors so no worries there. It was just the culmination of all the little bits going wrong that set me off. There is another update which I will pop on shortly but the site seems to have been down so there...

Smoke & Bangs. The 110 Posted by Nicky Smith Mon, January 16, 2017 15:25:02 You can actually get past saturation point you know. I did not think that that would be possible but it turns out that it is! But before anymore of that let us head back to the beginning. Our last instalment showed that...

Ok then I have had the exhaust off again and it smokes like a pig anyway so it was not oil in the exhaust from the old turbo :( To add insult to injury the power steering box has just given up the will to live dumping it oil everywhere. I think it may be time to park this up and walk away for a...

LMAO knowing my luck it would die a death! I will drop the front pipe i think and check there to see if there is blue smoke when running, If there is I will adjust teh valve clearances and if it still blue change the stem seals...would that be a good order?

Problem is I cannot drive the bugger until it has an MOT but with this smoke I doubt it will get one!

There was either oil or diesel being blown out of the exhaust...I was hoping that this was from the last knackered turbo...

Luckily it was not connected to the intercooler when it died! Can't drive it as it will need an MOT which I have been working towards but with all of the smoke it won't get the ticket....bloody Land Rovers!!

Yep I miss read that!

A 200tdi mileage unknown, smokes like a pig ticking over and worse when it is revved...

It is breathing heavily through the pipe that comes off of the cap if that helps

Right then I changed the turbo on the 200tdi and it still smokes like a pig. No oil in the water or vice versa so maybe not the head gasket (probably id though knowing my luck). Any other ideas of what it could be before I mothball the bloody thing?

Header Tanks Twice. The 110 Posted by Nicky Smith Thu, January 05, 2017 13:51:40 It felt like I was slipping backwards, all of the hard work putting things back together seemed to be coming back off The 110 in droves. One step forward seemed to lead to four steps back. This though it would seem...

Happy New Year to you as well :) Surreal???? Nah, that's just how my head works ;)

Lmao, that must be it!

Now why do I see you running around in tight spandex??? Yep we are closer to the end than the beginning!

Brackets & Bonnets. The 110 Posted by Nicky Smith Mon, January 02, 2017 14:58:07 Here we are again then folks, we made it into 2017 alive and kicking. Some friends and family were not so lucky but that drives home the fact that we should live our lives to the max every day doing what we enjoy...

LOL that is indeed true Rich. I did these bits a couple of days ago just have not had a chance to write anything up. Yea the damned pile of scrap will be staying of course but sometimes it seems like it just wants to die! Merry Christmas fella :)

Excitement & Expense. The 110 Posted by Nicky Smith Sat, December 24, 2016 18:04:56 It's amazing how quickly things end up coming together in the end. After spending as much time as I could on The 110 recently it has got to the point where I am easily putting things back together surging head...

Welding & Wind Offs. The 110 Posted by Nicky Smith Tue, December 20, 2016 18:27:24 After yesterdays success I would quite like a repeat performance of hearing the engine running once more but without the rather excessive black smoke that was like smoking a couple of thousand cigarettes at once...