Thank you for your words of advice! I will look to purchase bits tomorrow along with a detailed manual and then have a further investigation on a day off in a couple of days to see the extent of the damage! Will look to get the pin kit also as it seems to help keep things where they ought to be...

I have just removed the inspection cover to the pump wheel and when turning the engine over by hand the pump wheel doesn’t turn . . . So pretty safe to say timing belt is no longer! Without checking the exact mileage of the previous change I suspect it had done around 100k So I imagine it was...

I will give this a go to see if I can see anything! Thanks.

Thanks for the quick reply, with regards to the injector union, I was cranking the engine over to see if there was fuel coming out when cranked, I only manually did the pump to check fuel at the filter stage to rule out from the tank to the filter. As far as I am aware the pump is operated from...

Reporting back! I have been going over things today and can report that whilst turning over the engine and looking through the oil filler, there is no movement at all! to check this further I manually pumped the fuel pump and that showed there was fuel getting to the filter, however when...

Hi All, First post on here but I am in need of some help! I was driving along in my 1989 90 with a 200tdi disco engine in it with no problems/noises at all and the engine cut out completely. Rolled to a stop and tried to start it again but with no luck, the engine would turn over but not...