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Update. My lad removed exhaust downpipe cut out original flexi and slid 60mm I.D. exhaust flexi tubing in its place. The tubing was able to be pushed around the bends and then clamped on. Gas tight fit. £18 all in.

Picture of Bearmach part on amazon shows it. Some suppliers show it with flexi and others without or further down the pipe near the Cat. All using same part number. It just mentions that it's for Auto versions.

ESR 3975 is the part number for the downpipe I think, but as prices range from £250 - £650 a new flexi welded in will be the way to go. The link you supplied Wammers unfortunately will not fit due to original flexi too close to bend so the seller informs me. Thanks for looking though.

Will do thanks.

Anybody know where I can find the part number for exhaust downpipe for 1996 dse auto. Mine has the flexi close to the turbo and this type not shown in my copy of rave. Can it be replaced with the other type that has flexi nearer to cat? It has temp. repair at moment but want to replace it.

Fitted new eas compressor and nrv's bought from kurtjohnson10 at a great price. Highly recommended seller.

Good luck anyway. I see the head bolt torqueing sequence is long winded backing off one bolt at a time and re torqueing at different temps. etc. Also these engines very difficult to bleed air from cooling system. Try raising expansion tank higher when filling and running up.

Well my guess is gaskets not aligned. Notice the guides are larger dia. than head bolts so gaskets and heads held in their correct alignment securely while fitting.

Or try this. www.fordscorpio.co.uk/engdatadiesel.htm

300bhp/ton. See file on my last post. Computers not my thing but think I have done it right?

These are the guide studs I mentioned. Could be critical for holding gaskets in place.

Try the forum Scorpio 95+ I think it was called. The full Ford workshop manual for VM diesel was on there where you should see cylinder head fitting guide studs. spacers, calculating head gasket thickness, torque sequence etc. I found the site very helpful when I owned a "Bug Eye" Scorpio.

Did you have the guide studs for locating heads and gaskets correctly?

Also did you measure piston protrusion to work out what thickness head gaskets required?

Try google Ford Scorpio vm diesel. Think they had the same unit. Or Ford Scorpio Forums. You may find something there. Transplanted one from a mk.3 Granada into a Transit 4 wheel drive petrol many moons ago. Sweet engine.

Job for next weekend. Still wondering why it should be temperature related. Nitrile O-rings have a huge temperature range as do rubber, Viton, neoprene, polyurethane etc. they should function correctly down to -50c. but who knows what Land Rover uses? Anybody know what the airbags are made of...

Yes there was residue in the bottom. Will check it out thanks. Non return valve makes sense too. Thanks.

Thanks fellows. My son removed drain plug from tank this morning and bone dry. Opened up dryer and same. Put desiccant granules in the oven for half an hour before refitting. Moisture in system was my thinking too in the winter months but the other day outside temp only dropped to 8c.

Two of my mates both owned RR sports of that era and both got shot within six months even though under warranty still. Said they hardly ever got to drive them as spent so much time back at the dealers for repair. They could just be unlucky of course?

Since refurbing compressor eas has been working well. Levelling straight away after start up, rising and lowering on command etc. However yesterday morning the outside temperature had dropped to 8c and on start up eas was very slow to level, i.e. in raising rear suspension as car sits down a...