so is replacing the water pump a bit tricky? any step by steps on here? mine has a sort of intermittent squeeking when accelerating sometimes...dont think its the belt because of the sound of the squeek...so i'm thinking it must be water pump...

did you get round to changing the manifold gasket? gonna have a go at doing mine shortly, got the gasket for £5, noticed last week a couple of nuts had worked loose! got that annoying loud ticking noise when driving .... starting to sound like a friggin Beetle!!

:doh: belt on, battery light goes out, job done...just found out my ticking noise when driving under load is coming from exhaust manifold..2 end nuts were loose !, so back to this pulley size thing . shall i leave it as it is now? or **** about all day tomorrow taking it all f**k**g off again to...

nearly there...:5bnopity:....fitted new alternator (100 amp)(also new battery is ok still) only problem i'm having now is re-fitting the belt ! the pulley on the new alternator is larger than the old one ! i remember reading somewhere the sizes are 52mm and 65mm, is this going to make a...

thanks for the help ppl, fitted a new battery today (£54) started up but battery light stayed on!..turned it off then noticed a high pitch sound coming from the alternator! which i thought was strange... there was a loose wire (which im sure was already loose 5 mnth ago) and when i touched it...

driving couple of miles from home when my battery light came on, also at the same time the rev needle shot up and down then back to normal? couple of miles later i pulled up at home, popped the bonnet to find the battery leaking fluid out of the top and bubbling noise!!??:eek: what could have...

full of cock jockeys if u ask me......... u must have to live in somerset to be in their gang, ha.....ooooo aarrrr...get off my land

cleaned out my intercooler last week, used white spirits, half filled it, bunged it, left for half hr....shook it like mad..emptied it...was black as fook, repeated until clear....jet washed (from a bit of distance) outside of it, dried out, refitted...can notice the difference straight away...

so you did'nt take the advice "not to touch it"? ....lol, gonna be doing mine today now ive read all this..but will remove the whole thing, that way it can be cleaned thoroughly.

i see youre all a load of helpfull people !! ...... jon..i;d check your 30amp fuses and relay for fuel pump :) simples...chhhchchhchh

mine did the same, had to welly it a little to get the blower to blow warm, otherwise was cold...when it got worse, needle ended up in the red, turned out to be blocked pipes (and y peice from expansion tank....flushed all cooling system, all ok now...

does your temp needle stay in the middle or go near red? only asking coz had a similar problem with mine, (95 tdi) turned out to be blocked pipes from coolant expansion tank. have you flushed your cooling system?....hope this helps

just sorted my overheating problem out today..:) turned out to be the "Y" piece plastic thing, and narrow hose to top of thermostat was completely blocked!!, couldnt blow thru the hose so when i squeezed it, looked like dog ****e coming out, ha...finally cleared the hose, unblocked the "Y" piece...

thanks for the replies , will check out the bias plate firstly then (sounds easier and cheaper :) ) if it's not that, will look into getting the gearbox stripped....thanks again ..will post an update later

i have a similar problem, 4th gear is a t**t sometimes, not too bad going from 3rd to 4th, when gearing down from 5th to 4th, have to really bash it to get in 4th, checked cluth fluid, all ok........anyone else have this problem? mines a 300tdi disco, 1995.......sort of found an alternative...

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