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As the title suggests is there an old boys club of persons who both assembled and designed what became the D1 300tdi a bit like the D day survivors or the vets of the Islas Malvinas attack i would like to shake some of the peoples hands and rip some others out of their by now very old...

This is definitely the 2023 chirp of the year

check the long thin pipe from turbo round back of engine going to top of injector pump for blocking or leaks as mentioned above without load you won't get any boost - so pipes can't fill up with air if you suspect actuator disconnect pipe from actuator and block with a bolt

On mine - although its a 300 tdi - if the lights are on the motor wont switch off = so thanks to Lucas, the prince of darkness - your issue could be elsewhere

Do embellish a lot more plse

i haven't done it - am only thinking about it for my D1 there would seem to be sound bars for automotive use - the bluetooth stuff - works on 12v even in deepest dark africa i can stream radio stations and utube 70's music cheaply so not the loud music stuff but beats up ending trim and...

I have done mine a number of times and had access to a 20 ton press that made the job easy If I remember correctly a 20 mm socket fitted perfectly on the rim of the bush as you don't want to press on the centre bush at all - don't ask how I know Then it's worth it to replace the bolts at the...

While this is absolutely true there are many hot areas that the coolant passes through where for a moment it will be at above boiling point till it mixes with "colder" water or metal that cap is very NB

Not sure the name leek transmissions gives me a nice warm fuzzy feeling - but they are warning you up front

the above works well make sure you have an egt gauge fitted as you will see 700 C in seconds at all rev's above 1800 rpm

r we talking 300 tdi cause maybe I have missed the boat completely

wiring going to the injector pump solinoid

had something similar happen to me turned out to be the injector pump solinoid wiring frayed

If by e-locker you mean that the diff is locked by a solinoid - then no

That pipe - no 4 in your pic should connect to the air intake pipe just before it enters the turbo

It is worrying to think that the smaller bits aren't present because they have already been sucked up thru the strainer - been ground even finer by the oil pump - thru the oil galleries into the crank that feed your crank's bearing shells , up into the squirters for cooling the pistons under...

if that's the same location for it on my D1 i will bloomin kiss all of you as been searching for mine for 21 years

write a subject close to my nuts i have experience with both the lsd and air lockers the thing with lsd is it WILL lock when you don't expect it to on tar or in mud - it will snap drive shafts when going from a state of no traction to lots of traction or the other way around as it cannot...

I had a swede once - or was she a norwegie