was it smoking before the head gasket went? If not then hopefully not the rings. Did you skim the head or check for warpage as even with a new gasket if it was warped then it will not seat properly.

Brillaint, thanks for that Sean really helpful. It smokes heavily pre-turbo coming on line which is well explained in the text. Will do some 'screwing' this weekend.

Hi All, On the Disco 200TDi injection pump which way do you turn the adjuster on the back of the pump to 'reduce' the fuel scheduling? Had some work done by 'specialists' and she now chucks out black smoke so I want to calm it down a bit. Thanks John

Hi Discopinky, which organisation was it as I go abroad quite a lot and Disco is a tad modified.

Worth checking they have not broken, trapped or pulled a wire off while they had the covers off. On my 200TDi the loom passes around the front of the cyl head and is easy to trap. Got to be in that area if the belt is all that was changed? My old addage of 'keep it simple' might work so start...

Andy, Found and fixed the problem thanks to your help. Did it before the Bosnia trip in Feb but only now had a chance to reply. The wiring diagram I have is cr..p; for the dip beam the whole supply is through the column s/w and the problem as you suspected was a high resistance which I found...

Thanks for that Andy, will get the meter fired up tonight. John

Hi all, have a 1990 200TDi disco. The bue wire connection in the light switch on the control column gets well hot when the headlights are on. It has melted the connection point on the last switch. New switch assy and is getting hot so not a switch problem. Have traced the wire on the wiring...