yeah sure thats fair enough. I would say theres a few possible explanations. White smoke means unburnt fuel. Its could be an injector not atomising the fuel properly, it could be incorrect valve timing( valves are opening at the wrong time and letting unburnt fuel out the cylinder before its...

you use timing pins to lock the crank via the flywheel at TDC on no 1 piston. Then you would use a locking tool on the camshaft. Have you taken the car back to the person or garage who did the work yet?

Did you do the headgasket yourself? If you remove the cylinder head you have to remove the timing chain to the camshaft. Obviously this has to be timed back up correctly. I had it before on a different diesel engine where the camshaft was a tooth out. the enhine was able to run but white smoked...

is it possible the valve timing could be out slightly? has it done it right from when the head gasket was renewed?

White smoke is generally unburnt fuel. As long as your sure its not steam? Sometimes injectors knock, if so its easy to find which one, slacken each injector pipe in turn with the engine running and listen to any difference in engine tone and noise. Whats does it drive like? is it down on power?

The clunk of selecting first when the clutch pedal is pressed seems to suggest the clutch isnt fully disengaging. Have you tried bleeding the clutch? I would seriously try it. Crunching the gears is not good! It will wear out the syncro rings and at worst damage or wear the teeth on the gears.

When the tensioners are totally buggered they make noise or they can wear in the sprung part and not align properly. I have changed loads of tensioners! Also check the pulleys for signs of irregular grooves and alignment.

If someones intent on stealing it your only gonna be able to make them take longer to do it. I would look at tracker chips and a cat 1 alarm. The alarm will make noise and if they do just trailer if off the chip will locate it and get it back. I often wonder whether when you fit an alarm or...

save a penny and spend a few grand! Wouldnt advise anyone to do this, unless you fancy new heads and probably a new short motor!

A few thoughts.....There is a chance it could be a clutch and/or dual mass flywheel prob. ( the cover may not be releasing the plate enough) If this is the case then the gears with the better syncros will cope but the more abused syncros wont cope. Does the clutch pedal have much travel though...

Hey, Might be worth pressure testing the cooling system, also test the radiator cap. If you get the pressue rising quickly when running suspect head gasket. make sure you check thermostat as mentioned first. Heater not blowing hot makes it sound like head gasket when the combustion gases enter...

if the fuel lines are corroded then they will leak fuel , as you got the pump in the tank sending fuel to the injection pump. So it should be easy to spot if thats the case.

BMW 6 cylinder? if so........Theres a signal injector which can cause problems on these, start of fuel injector (no 4 injector). The 6 cylinder bmw engine does suffer from injection pump problems. Its not easy to get it reconditioned either. Have you had it checked for fault codes? if not i...

you could try that..... but would probably be going too fast to see and could cause some serious finger loss!!! lol

The foolproof way to check which way a viscous fan undoes is to look at the fan pulley and see what side of the belt it is driven by . ie if driving on the inside then fan rotates clockwise. if driving on the back of belt then it rotates counter clockwise. when you know this you can work out...

Hey guys, Just thought I d mention if you renew an air suspension compressor on a series II disco, you should check or renew the air receiver/drier. Remove the rear nearside/passenger light cluster and its a black cylinder clipped to the body with a plastic pipe coming out the bottam. If you...

sorry didnt realise you had a new one, just thought you meant 'new' to you. You need to take it back and make a large song and dance about it! I would be shouting as much as poss! You bought a new warranted vehicle and that could be a dangerous fault!

hey, What defender is it? 200, 300 or td5? have you checked the throttle cable isnt seizing or routed in a strange direction?