Hey guys, I'm new here and have been replying to a few threads in the last hour or so, please be gentle on me! An associate of mine borrowed my 200tdi to take him where his Datsun Navara (pah!) wouldn't go. Somehow he overcooked it and bought it back with 2 bent con rods so i thought it prudent...

Well muttleyd, don't make the same mistake I did and end up with 2 (very expensive!) bent con rods cause you buggered it up and went wading before you tested it. My 200 had a ribber 'nipple' on the bottom of the air filter that, on close expection once it was too late, seemed to be split in...