Thanks all Plenty to be getting on with. I knew joining this forum was a good move!;)

stustrong -thanks for your experience, sounds very much like mine. What did you do about the electronics in the fuel filter housing. What in line filter did you use? thanks to others also...much food for thought Garage did check the leak off pipes and renewed one of them and also...

Have noticed that cranking time is getting longer and longer for my 2002 diesel Westminster. It does start eventually and then runs fine. Its been back to the garage, not a main stealer but a trusted local, and they have identified the above. They have replaced fuel filter and feed pipe[which...

Well not so newbie as I've been taking advice from this site for a few years now. I've found it most helpful and interesting. I currently have a p38 Westminster diesel registered in March 2002, so its one of the last and a relatively rare production line vehicles. Its not a mega spec but only...