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Must be a few miles on her now post glaze bust oil, did you have any luck with it?

It should run well then, sounds like you're making good stuff!

Can't say I've run personally run bio in a TD5, but it isn't a secret that unit injectors are much more tolerant of good biodiesel than ultra modern CR engines are, so it is acceptable to run 100% bio in the warmer months - as long as it is good quality, and as you're making it yourself keeping...

Stoneyracing do a 220watt 16" fan in either push or pull configuration. It pulls 15-18ish amps when running, which a healthy 100amp alternator should just manage without draining the battery while idling. If you pinch a 400watt one from a 320d (1999 onward), as kapilamuni suggested - many of...

Not sure if it is relevant, but I bought my D1 with a similar problem - turned out to be the part I've circled in the diagram - it was press fit into the guide / arm (annotated no. 1) and had almost fallen out, not sure if it is the same on the D2's but will be worth checking when you take it apart

Worthwhile dismantling then, that bottled goo never lasts long term and doesn't do much good. Fresh HG and cambelt will keep nasty phonecalls for rescue down as well hopefully haha. Mr muscle foaming oven cleaner works well in a pinch for cleaning plugged cats as well, the can one with the...

P0638 - Throttle Actuator Control (TAC) Command Performance P0420 - Catalyst System Low Efficiency P0473 - Exhaust Pressure Sensor High Sounds like a good mix of codes for poor running and misfires, essentially means the cat is clogged and there is a problem with the fly by wire throttle...

Thats a bugger then, sometimes the cheap scanners can't read codes that are not emissions related mind - so it may yet be something like the crank / cam position sensor - Usually these are also common after 10 years, especially on french cars with poorly sealed plug connectors. If your scanner...

If it suddenly runs like a bag of bolts it'll be a sensor of some variety has packed in and is sending a poor signal to the ECU, an 05 clio will be OBDII compatible so the ECU will have logged a code or another that you can pull with a basic scan tool, or possibly using some other method that...

Looks like a case of neglected econobox syndrome +1, if it runs alright after you put a new coil pack in it then all's well no?

ULEZ will apply to congestion charge zone, ie central london. Edit: better yet, the simple answer is if you live within the congestion zone and drive there you pay the ULEZ charge, if not you can buy any defender era land rover and drive it around charge free.

All the info about the london ULEZ is available in postcode level detail, including adoption timetable and 100% discount grace periods for residents (upto 2022 i think), bearing in mind also that you only pay it for days driven in the zone not parked and unmoved, making it very "affordable" if...

Aye there might be some wiggle in what the website, worth a try I've got a job on in virginia water at the moment amusingly (just down from Egham) and it looks like they have an actual premises that you can go and visit, in the flesh - rare treat, cheers for the insight!

Cornish mutual? judging by the website i'd have to move to Devon at the minimum, haha. I did have a policy with the NFU for a few years a good while back tied in with a public liability policy, the motor insurance tied very cheaply with it (compared to the online insurers anyway) . Didn't get...

Aye the "cheap" insurers are never willing to provide useful extras and don't care diddly about retaining your business, hence very little movement in any policies which is a shame. I've got the wrong insurers then! :D

Dan's right, this is the cheapest way - paying out for a full year of tax and insurance then just canceling and getting back say the unused days pro rated is vastly more cost effective than using short term insurers, who also mostly wont let you tax a vehicle with their policies. You want to...

Good site that @brian47 . Amusingly my vin number indicates a 16L engine (odd for a 97 disco?). But the engine is actually a 23L, and is listed as 23L in the logbook.

Aye it's only from stabbing in the dark thoughts. I used to work with a chap who had a hobby of wrecking old BMW's, or "drifting" as he insisted it was, and after ruining 2 e36's with m52s in he moved onto an e39 with an m62, and that came with a similar steady noise at idle once warmed up...

Think this hits the nail on the head really, any fairly ordinary mot'er will probably not have intimate knowledge on which landies left the factory with what (especially if they're under 30), and no doubt the DVLA database is going to lack info for the tester, so they'll just stick it on...

james was straight in there with the right answer. If the compressor wheel looks good and the housing is scuff / mark free with little oil being passed all's well (applicable to many things in life amusingly). Props to keeping an eye on it though.