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Thanks for the reply but finding TDC is the problem. The conventional method of timing the FIP is well known. What I need to know is how to do it when you can't achieve TDC owing to valve damage.

Desperately looking for help here from those in the know about FIPs and fuel injection. Readers of my other thread will know that my engine devoured its valves because the alternator drive belt failed and wedged behind the crank pulley. I have now obtained a new engine. Yep that's right! a...

Hi I was airing various problems under the Cam belt failure heading and I thought I should start a new thread. I noticed that Zigster has already bagged the thread title I was going to use! Anyway briefly my L-series engine suffered cam belt failure and I've obtained a brand new unused...

Thanks for that but I was quite happy with the old engine which was the best bit on the car! It had never done more than 8k miles between oil changes. I'm gutted that it's eaten it's own valves. The cost of repairs would quickly add up to what I paid for the new engine. It didn't take long for...

Well thanks to GrumpyGel for the heads up. I bought the last L-series crated new engine from Rimmers and it arrived this morning with only a little bit of damage which Rimmers are putting right by sending me replacement parts. There is a fair bit of work to do in transferring all the bits from...

Just to be clear the tensioners are all good and running freely without any noise. The aux belt never actually snapped which is why the alternator warning didn't light. Strips of what looks likes the wire reinforcing started to unwind from the aux belt until there was a mass of wire which got...

Thanks guys for your replies. I'll have to tackle the head off another day. I can only take so much bad news! In case you want to do some preventative maintenance, the alternator belt which failed had done about 5.5k miles and was 1year old, although the cam belt was coming up for its third renewal.

Just thort I would share my hard luck story with you! There I was driving along when I heard a flapping noise. Just had time to say what's that noise when the engine coughed and stopped. Had a look underneath and saw the remains of the alternator belt hanging down. Rang the AA and was...

Hi I have been running my L series with a straight through system for around 100,000 miles. What I found was a sudden loss of power as I accelerated. Eventually I traced this to the turbo sucking the inlet pipe flat! I renewed the air filter and now do so frequently and have had no further...

Hello, me again! After some months of losing coolant, I decided to pursue this again. I bought a new set of land rover o-rings and stripped out the brand new land rover water pump again. This time I used a 4post lift and tackled the job from underneath. Apart from requiring 1/4 drive sockets...

Thanks for the replies guys. The rusty pipe sounds worthy of investigation, but it will have to wait for a more thorough investigation. It is only losing a small amount of coolant so if I leave it for a bit it should be obvious where the pink stuff is coming from.

Thanks for the reply. I was very careful to clean the mating surfaces. There is no gasket, just an o-ring. It could be a water pipe but it would have to be leaking before and after the replacement water pump. I suppose will have to get the belly pan off again and get in there for a good look...

Hi everybody, I post from time to time when I have something to offer, but not recently. I have owned Freelanders from 1998. This one new in 2000. I've clocked up close to 140k miles in this one and have done all the usual things one gets used to being a Land Rover owner, in fact only today I...

I recently renewed the clutch on my W reg XeDi and had a right game removing the gearbox. I unbolted the IRD and shifted it to one side but then had difficulty finding the elusive last bolt to undo to remove the gearbox. If I was doing it for the first time, I would probably remove the IRD...

Spot on! Fuel was leaking from the return pipes from the injectors. One was quite a bad leak the others less so. I had been getting a whiff of diesel from time to time and had noticed what I thought was an oil leak on the undertray. There's a moral there somewhere. As soon as I removed the noise...

After pratting about all morning testing stuff that didn't need testing, found that the fuel bulb was soft. After pumping up pressure she fired up as normal. Now why should the fuel system lose pressure? Anybody know what normally stops fuel ptressure leaking away? Happyhippo

After 130k of very reliable motoring my 2000m.y. Xedi freelander refused to start this morning. Engine cranks but no sign of firing. I'm baffled because she always fires instantly hot or cold and was running fine when she was parked a day or two ago. I've checked glow plug relay, all belts were...

On my L-series I have cut away the smallest portion of the undertray to get at the filter but if you cut too much away it does leave the filter can exposed and vulnerable if you are a regular off roader. To drain the oil I simply undo the two 10mm bolts at the back of the undertray pull it down...

Iceman there is no spigot bush and yes it does just float around. Happyhippo

Actually IRD doesn't have to come off, it's just easier if you resign yourself to taking it off from the beginning! I changed my clutch and left the IRD wedged in place because I thought it would be easier. Apart from anything else it makes removing/replacing the elusive g/box bolt much easier...