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Water hits boiling point quicker than coolant and leaves a residue in the working components coolants work at minus 25 degrees and plus 160 degrees and keeps the engine well maintained and therefore never reaching boiling

you really shouldn't be putting just water in you should be using a good quality coolant , is there any damp on passenger floor well the only other thing could be a leak at the back of the engine going straight onto the exhaust burning of so there would be either no wet patch or very little

These are both 5 door the sports done 69000 no headliner sag either which is rare in its self

I've got a couple a 56 sport auto I'm putting on the market soon and a 04 plate box standard both td4s

Interested in your crankcase breather

One thing I know nobody thinks about is the intake manifold I've had 2 that was cracked on different fl1s which was causing lag and black smoke

Nodge I think he means his head is in a mess with it

Just looking at your profile and have to agree I keep buying these I've a 51plate Serengeti, 2x54plate one standard and one HSE and Friday picking up a 56 plate sport auto that's a one owner 68000 mile, FSH Can't get enough

Have you tried the sender in the tank it's got a wire mesh that collects crap

Under the air intake manifold just above the starter motor there's a small vacuum selonoid with a couple of 10mm pipes on it check those

Regarding lack of power have a look at the pipes coming of the vacuum selonoid at the front under air intake they are prone to melt and split you also might be needing a new low pressure sensor on the end of the rail that's the cheapest option

The clunk could be the bushes on the diff one on each side and one at The back , their easy to change up in the air but a bit fiddley on the ground you don't have to take the diff off

As long as you clean all the crap of the membrane you can put any material on and use a good strong fabric or all purpose spray glue

There's loads of threads about fuel and starting problem's , you could crack a injector pipe open turn the engine to see if fuels getting through then go from there

Could be one of the vacuum hoses or a split turbo pipe , try to find where it is by running your hand where you think it's coming from you should be able to feel the air against your hand

Their just for the engine cover not important

Check that you've got brake lights the problem could start there

Swap the bulb units over and see if it works then

Try operating the switch with the door open

Could be your flywheel