Try Mr muscle oven cleaner the foam one its not half bad at getting most of the crap off .

I've had engines that have been timed 180 degrees out and they ran fine no smoke etc but slowly got harder to start check your timing is ok especially if someone else has been tweeking about under there .mine will black smoke if i hammer it but my turbo was well worn .those bosch pumps are...

oh yeah i run a discovery heater relay to and i dont heat it more than once in cold weather it never needs it .

mine starts better cold but even when its hot it starts ok it spins over two or three turns and away it goes , alot of the problems with hot starting is the pump is hot and the fuel expands therefore not injecting enough fuel , get it hot then turn it off and run a hose pipe of cold water on the...

Try a pulley on it first but fishing the broken key out in situ that engine micro surgery . Sump off might be easier though .

Check it's not chipped as it might be out of balance and is the key way worn . I don't advise any weld maybe loctite but not weld .

Hi are you sure you got the stop rod in the the place it s easy to miss a line it and difficult to tell take the top off and double check it . Your pump may have a stop solenoid but it might well still have the Mechanical stop too .

My memory is crap but I ll try to think on and do it

Common practice by some engine rebuilders blocks are the same as long as it s not a turbo it should be ok .

Get a 2.5 petrol and a manifold for a stromberg carb that ll give you better economy and a slight power increase and if feel like it look for some high compression pistons that will help .

Take that butterfly off the inlet and throw it power sapping crap . Get a transit alt with piggyback vac pump needs an oil feed and return I did my 2.25 and it was much better .I picked oil feed from the head at the rear and welded a pipe in the sump for a return .

Hi sometime s the tip off the heater plug breaks off and gets stuck under the exhaust valve but this would evident on checking the tappet gaps one would be a bit bigger on no 2 cylinder could be a burnt valve . But if it's blowing oil out the breather it's pressuring the sump poss head gasket or...

Has it marked the cylinder wall if it's not put a decent used piston in but check it out very throughly for wear and see how well the ring s fit etc don't waste your money on copy pistons they are never just right and a used gen one will be as good and definately get the injectors checked that's...

You can just see the top of the inlet manifold of Bmw diesel it's sat a lot lower down and it helps with handling a LOT !!! .if can think on tonight I ll get a couple of pictures and put them on .

This what happens when a Ford focus gets in a landrover s way .focus is mashed

I still have the top off the original pump the electronic part it did work fine as engine I got was still running in the car so I know it did work .If anyone wants one let me know it won't be expensive .

It's not cheap 570 I think it was .diesel bob in Ribchester lancashire he will mess about with pumps where as most just want sell you a new one . You lose a little top end power but gain lots of low down torque

I had a mechanical pump done by diesel bob .its a tight fit to get it in but once it's sat on its mounts it's not too bad for room that is until you refit that stupid inlet manifold .I was doing a bit on it tonight and meant to get a pic but I completely forgot

I ll get some pics and put them on in the next few days .

Hello I'm dean I've got 61 series 2 and I've fitted it with a p38 2.5 diesel and bolted up to a series box I've done about 20000 in it with no gearbox issues so far . I'm just on with changing a few bits I didn't like eg having no engine fan and fitting a defender rad and intercooler etc .