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It's a fuel lift pump. It pulls fuel from the tank into the engine bay then to the fuel filter. The fuel injection pump is capable of pumping fuel from the tank on its own but it will lower performance and increase the amount of work it has to do. Thus the lift pump does the heavy work, then the...

damnit should really post this in the 'penis of the week' thread, but I'm in there already thing is, the guy who bought it to my attention owns the local indy, gotta remember never to go in there and ask him for an antenna, prob walk out with a windscreen or something

my 98 300tdi has the cold weather pack on, heated windscreen, mirrors etc and the rear quarter panel windows as well (the ones in the boot heh). now when I bought my disco it had some scratches down the passenger side, looks like a close call with a hedge, the seal on the quarter window looked...

Bought my 300tdi in 2007, the boot never opened unless you opened it from the inside using the handle and pulling up the lock thing, key didn't work so I assumed the lock was ronnied. Anyway, I was moving house and went through all my keys and found the spare set the guy had given me, one had...

Happened to me a few times, usually clears when you take key out then lock and unlock the car with the fob. If it doesn't clear then I'd guess a stuck sensor or relay. cheers!

Just to make sure we're on the same page- the drag link connects steering box to passenger side wheel and the track rod connects the two wheels together at the back. The track rod on your disco should be two part, the main bar with the steering damper bracket with the passenger side ball joint...

The MPI is T-series I think, al-la 620ti, solid enough engine but just not suited to a 2tonne+ 4x4

in the bottom of the gearbox bell housing and in the bottom of the timing belt cover

fitted new steering box, steering shaft and drag link ball joints...fecking box wasn't straight!! ahhhh need to get the drop arm off now bollocks

i know this sounds stupid but is the transfer box good for oil? mates defender wouldn't come out of diff lock and we found his tbox was low on oil, filled it up and with a bit of forward/backwards it came free. if not then the linkage could be bent or need adjusting i suppose

Glad you got it sorted, keep and eye on it for a week or so though :)

Does your temp gauge work?

I was under the impression it was a private sale? Agree that if a garage wanted me to sign something like that I'd tell them to get stuffed.

That sums it up for me, granted it's his car and his money and whilst I think he's stupid wasting a car like that the fact that if something went wrong and someone was injured is what seals it; they would be waiting god knows how long for professional help.

Agreed :( If you signed a bit of paper saying 'sold as seen' (or words to that effect) it's a one way trip up diarrhoea drive for you...minus seating.

Bloody hell that diff's been done proper job. Lucky you didn't have it happen at 60mph like I did, would of been fun controlling a slide at that speed on those tyres :)

Ah didn't know the t's had HG problems as well, were they as bad as the k's?

Exactly - and if you try to use the mpi like a tdi the engine will not thank you for it (they're T series not K so at least you haven't got to worry about the head gasket...much).

Alright gents, Going round a round about on the way home last night all of a sudden the engine sounds like a drum kit. No sudden juddering or engine stalling it just starts making a loud (bloody loud) bang and looses power. Pull over, stop engine pop bonnet to have a quick check, no oil lost...

Yer same here, I ran a few tanks of BP Ultimate through the disco one after another a few months back and it defiantly made a difference, mostly at high revs on the motorway and what ever. It was cruising at 75mph where before it complained when you went past 65mph. Doesn't smoke as much when...