Can anybody help with a bit of friendly advise on the following? I have a blown engine in my Freelander commercial petrol1.8 (manual gearbox) and have sourced a replacement engine although this has come out of a vehicle with auto box. Firstly is is possible to just swap the flywheels with new...

Hi , i did both my Inter cooler and manifold (blown turbo) a couple of weeks ago and used the Parrafin approach. which used up 5ltrs of the stuff as i filled up each item by a third gave it a good shake covering the inlet outlet holes and emptied and then repeated this pretty much gets all the...

Try Paraffin to clean. I've just flushed out both my inlet manifold and Intercooler (Blown Turbo). Just make sure you let it dry out before re fitting. Works a treat and for only £3 for 5 ltrs. :rolleyes:

Thanks Battenberg for this, i have taken a quick look at the inlet manifold removing the top hose from the intercooler and noticed heavy black oil on the inside also the link between the exhaust manifold and the down pipe the is oil seepage coming from the gasket joint. I assume that this means...

I have a 300tdi which had a new head gasket and head skim fitted about a month ago. Its covered about 600miles after the repair and is now pumping out blue smoke when i put the pedal down rapidly and when its under pressure/ The temp is fine and the repairs were done by a Landy dealerdship in...

hi all i new to this area. I bought a 300tdi es at the beginning of the year and just love the drive especially in deep snow! :)