That's a bummer, I'd been watching and eagerly awaiting success. Even worse that it seemed to be mostly cured, then at least better, and now back to the start again :(. Are you still leaning toward a re-hone, or investing in oil stocks now?

Just ask them i'd say then, surely wont be more than £300-400 if it is a cat B

Insurance companies will usually have a flat fixed fee for buyback, usually cat D buyback is 20-35% of the market value of the vehicle, so as your friend was paid out £7.5k I'd expect for them to ask for £1500 - 2600. If for some strange reason they ask you to put an offer in for it I'd start at...

The TU stands for technical update on BMW engines, the OL indicates it shipped in a TDS package BMW (i.e is configured for intercooling) Internals are the same on the m51d25 as far as I know between all the platforms it shipped in. Only difference between the early and TU BMW engines was the...

I was awaiting the pictures in the introduce yourself section. Sounds kushty!

Several 10+ Kw hub motors Axle housing gut & retrofit with an electric motor (https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/6-wheel-drive-discovery-ii-am-i-totally-mad.301730/page-8) System that direct drives a custom flywheel (like a reverse dynastart sort of gizmo) Decent size motor that belt drives...

The PDF neilly put up is great for explaining what all the functions inside the compensator housing do and are - worth reading for this, but the basic gist is: The top diaphragm is attached to the cone / boost pin underneath. It has an eccentric slope on the cone that rides the compensator pin...

Aye I suppose if there is no documentation or evidence it could have any amount of miles on it, wouldn't worry about it as long as it drives and behaves well without drinking the worlds oil supply, unless you have lots of free time you fancy sinking into pulling the engine out for a stripdown!

Glad you found the leak! It does look like quite a bit of oil vapour on camera in both videos, but I'm comparing it to what the crankcase venting looks like with that hose correctly connected and the oil filler cap off - if your engine has 180-200+ thousand miles on it and has never seen a...

I went in looking scruffy after registering with a payslip & ID, at the time I think with the work van on a weekend. The bloke on the desk glanced at my ID but nothing else, bish bash bosh off I went with some money off a set of hex keys :D. The "trade" allowance extends to pretty much all...

The one Sierrafery linked is the ideal one you need, it has two outlets as it is plumbed into the existing actuator pipework, it works by "bleeding" (hence the slang of bleeder valve) off the boost reference going to the actuator - the adjuster bolt simply screws in and out to increase or...

Battery light on / no charging + no power steering assist issues appearing at the same time = drive belt has come off, phil is quite right... easy peasy thing to check and sort as well!

It's a dirty bodge but you can get HDPE hose fittings (impervious to oil) from your local garden center or hardware shop, some come with backing plates which are ideal - they're for water butts really but you can use a bit of epoxy with one to plumb into the air intake. Plumb it after the air...

Evenings are only getting lighter now at least, supposed to be a cracker of a day tomorrow, ideal evening outing there as well methinks :). Smart chest from halfords, good price as well for one of them - for future use if you don't have one already is their trade card...

Exactly, it adds charm! Ahh result there then, saves a lot of arsing about. Yup, loads of guides and help on the net, Saint. V8's is spot on. Other than the obvious (timing tools, and a belt kit) make sure you have a GOOD breaker bar to do the crank bolt back up, the 1/2" drive one I've had...

That was often my go to line as well, fresh out of the book haha. Aye possibly, I used to work just over the hill years back - not down there so much anymore nowadays mind, i'll keep an eye out for a lightweight if i am :)

Sounds like all's still going well there Tomushh! Glad you're getting some more driving of it in nowadays, loving the copper pipe bodge on the breather as well :D The old boost pin looks like it has a deeper and steeper curve - that'll give more extra fuel on boost vs the new one with a more...

Looks like a rather tasty haul of rovers there @Longstride , can appreciate a man who is also partial to a colonic stuffing at micks on portsdown hill as well :D

Vast majority of my relatives are up in Aberdeen, first visit when I was a wee nip I posed the "what are the 6ft poles for?" question up in the hills, suffice to say I didn't believe the answer, snow is that millimeter thick stuff after all :D.

What a bummer, always some new problem taking attention from the main one! Still eager to hear how you get on when it's finally seen the full treatment - preferably with functional brakes and wheels, mind! Same soggy situation here, I go with the get wet and have to polish all the tools up...