That's it! Had to undo mount to get sump off! Well done that man. :D Thanks also Discool

Cheers... I'll have a look tomorrow... The whole scenario is the dipstick tube was weeping at the sump connection spiggot... in fact trying to remove the tube caused massive failure at the sump... so sump off and spiggot welded back on... No leak, however sump had to be replaced with tube...

Ok, Cheers James... I can't see how it moved, I only took the sump off... could I have shifted it by accident?

Having removed and replaced the gearbox sump, my selector is now indicating the wrong gears... Park is not park, R is Neutral, N is Drive etc... there must be some adjustment but my manual says it's a main dealer job... I think it's lying! please help! I've not touched anything other than the...

Why don't you make it yourself? much cheaper... and legal.

why would anyone want to? an early Series or RRC I could understand, but a Disco? surely it'd be like painting the Severn Bridge. lol

Some retailers will be able to supply the correct part given the vehicle VIN number.

He did say they wouldn't straighten... had 8 new pushrods and GKN timing gear and belt.

Final update... Have Ruby back now... there was a leak from injector pump, however we now suspect it was leaking down side of front casing where last joker to do cam belt (and I know who he is... and it wasn't me!) only used half a gasket! so my biodiesel (which eats rubber belts) was probably...

Found out today... injection pump leaking into belt casing... biodiesel eats rubber belts... hence premature failure!

Ruby is an auto, so full on crunching to the death! I'm assuming it's bent rods, Bro in law says he can straighten them if not too bad... I'd love to do the job but don't have the time!

What a B'stard! on way home Friday night, doing 65 ish on the bypass... pop, crunch, grrrr, phut, silence! As title says... belt only done 45k miles max... I have no time to do repair at the moment.... Bro in law says min £300 repair bill. :eek:

They only sell plastic plates in camping shops because they know that yer missus and kids hate camping and will eventually get so fed up with living in a cow field in the p*ssing rain that they will crack you round the head with a dinner plate!

Come on! a caravan off road? it's gonna fook ya crockery for sure! :lol:

FBH Fuel Burning Heater... do a search on here...

I wouldn't say that was all that good... I've done over 550 miles on a full tank in Ruby (mostly 70mph) and she's an old 200TDi (auto). maybe your fuel light comes on a little early... did you fill up again after to get a true fuel useage?

Does it take a lot of turns to fire up? this could cause an excess of unburned fuel into the pots which could seep past rings into sump.

... leaving all pasengers at home is more fuel efficient and makes the journey much quieter and nicer. :D

Are you sure the leak is engine oil and not gearbox or steering fluid?

If it's the BMW engine... it'll be a bosh lift pump... it'll be fine.