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Hi, It is not clear what you have done. Can you make a diagram of your alterations? Did it work for you?

When you say "I turn the key and...............nothing" what does that mean? Does the starter work but the engine will not fire up, or does nothing happen at all, no starter motor operation? The starter motor (and the engine) is immobilised by the alarm system Borrow a Nanocom or Hawkeye...

Also check where this is happening. Google for 433 mHz interference LandRover alarm I had this in my own garden due to putting new batteries in my weather station that was on a pole attached to the house. It killed BOTH my TD5s stone dead. There are LOTS of things use 433 mHz radio...

Hi, Galen and I are both having the same problems - poor starting when the fuel level is low (half a tank in my case) and the car has been sitting for a while. Once mine is running she's as sweet as you like, runs great. It's just the START-UP problem, and it is air in the system because...

Oh well, there positive proof - two red Defenders in the same picture, so obviously one of them is stolen. The sad part is that richard_paradox is probably correct. They should introduce the death penalty for stealing LandRovers.

Now James, What will all that that tell us? Low fuel pressure? NO. Leaking injector washers? NO. Oil at cables or plugs? NO. Fuel filter choked? NO. Air in the system? NO. Defective fuel pump? NO. The diagnostic system is unable to detect any of these. If an injector itself is...

The whole fuel system is a bit ropey really. As a matter of interest, when was it last fitted with a new fuel filter? I buy cheap ones a dozen at a time and change them when I feel the urge. That alone can make a big difference if the filter coming off is choked. I would do this FIRST. Make...

Hmmmm .... "Sweetheart" huh? That sounds quite encouraging, but not if you are a bloke. Have been married, but single just now. Are you offering to improve my status? How can I tempt you? Two TD5 Discos, a Lightweight, a 200tdi Disco for a project, ten acres, 20 sheep, and a vast...

Maybe you can tell us how a bad big end or small end bearing could have caused OffRoadMad to get a mangled pushrod! Big End noise and Little End noise are completely different sounds. Once you have heard some, you will know. If you put a nice bright chalk mark on the crankshaft pulley...

For reasons known to some on this forum, if it comes to a dawn showdown, I rate my chances highly. :mil4::mil44: Handbags will not be involved unless James brings his. What is youtube ?

OK ..... your luck may be running well. So as not to lecture about engines (James doesn't approve of that), PM me if you like and I will let you know by email what I would do next if it was mine. It is still posible there's a problem, but there is hope! These are VERY tough engines.

Possibly so James, but there's good logic and not-so-good, and complete logic and not-so-complete logic. I try to keep an open mind, as the unexpected has a habit of jumping out when I least expect it. One does NOT "HAVE TO check that connector and replace loom if necessary before you can...

MAPLINS will sell miles of the stuff in glorious colours. Instead of the single slit, you could try the spiral slit kind. But whatever, it's easy to find in these electrical places. Keep an eye on WEAR areas, in case live wires rub through on earthed items. It does no harm to add...

OffRoadMad, When you opened up the engine was the top end of the pushrod (the socket) engaged on the ball end of the rocker adjuster screw? A collapsed cam follower would be expected to create excess "valve clearance" and in that circumstance it is just possible (I have seen it once in...

My Dear James, You are so aggressive! Car engines with non hydraulic tappets? How about all LandRovers prior to TD5 for a start! There are plenty others, some in current production, but fewer all the time. But James, that fact has nothing to do with the present case. It is the same oil...

I wish I had your faith in this situation. You said it is an exhaust valve pushrod that is bent. The exhaust valve starts to open as the piston gets near the bottom of the bore, then stays open as the piston goes all the way back up, finally closing some degrees after the piston has...

Indeed it does, BUT, generally speaking, oil there does not cause the bad running and misfiring problems. That trouble seems to start when a certain amount of oil reaches the red plug at the ECU. The dirtier the oil, the more likely it is to cause trouble. It isn't the OIL that causes the...

Alcohols are not great for mineral oils. AVOID Trichloroethylene as it may attack plastic parts very quickly, like in seconds the red plug could become a sticky blob of goo and cables. If you don't have access to an air-line I suggest 1. Clean the socket carefully with a bit of IPA spray...

It's fun to work out how many times the pistons go up and down the bores. If we say an engine runs at 2,500 rpm (revs per MINUTE) at 60 miles an hour average this allows a bit for driving in lower gears and so on. So, every hour or 60 miles the engine rotates at 60 x 2,500 times, that's...

WOW. Ten past three in the morning of the second of January and he's pulling pushrods out of his engine! How keen is that? Amazing. Get a job up here anytime! So Mr OffRoadMad, let's get this sorted ~ are you telling us that the engine is FIXED, no more bad noises, and it was that one...