Had the same sort of problem the past couple of days as the OP except I started it as soon as the light came out. Que lumpiness and lots of smoke :eek: Assuming its a problem with the glow/heater plugs can this be checked in situ or should I take them out? What's the resistance supposed to...

I've had my 'new' (well, 18 year old 130k mile) Discovery 200Tdi for a few weeks now. One of the annoying niggles is when I completely lift off or start applying the throttle again unless I'm very gentle the engine will either suddenly cut fuel or lurch forward respectively. It seems as if...

Once warmed up the performance isn't too bad (for 100ish BHP and 2+ tons) and block shifting (1 to 3 or 2 to 4) helps. It's mainly before then when I'm keeping below 2000rpm/half throttle/off-boost until the temperature rises. Is this sensible or am I being over cautious?

Cheers :) Well I've been driving it for a week and I think it (or she?) is a keeper :) Only touched the MR2 a couple of times and the motorbike is still in the shed (although that has more to do with the weather lol)

I'm the type who doesn't bother with big 4x4/SUV vehicles. Driven a few before abroad (Toyota Prados/Fortuners) which IMO = :5back2: In fact I'd be happy to attack this winter with the MR2 on it's stock tyres. But when a friend of my old man was selling his for peanuts I thought f:censored:k it...