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I’m missing something obvious here but I’m running out of potential culprits! I just rebuilt a 10p TD5 and after 600 miles the Big Ends are Goosed! At rebuild I changed the oil pump, shells, rings and oil obviously. Everything was like for like and it had no problems or wear before I stripped...

I'm having compression issues with my year 2000 TD5 and I wonder if anyone has any info on piston rings. My pistons are standard and probably original but after fitting new rings I'm finding a loss of compression. After a lot of head scratching (and eliminating everything else it could be) I did...

My TD5 seems to be randomly altering it's revs by about 100 rpm. If I set it at 2000rpm and wait; now and then it will bump up to 2100 for a few seconds and then drop again. It's instant and very obvious both up and down. Has anyone seen this before?

I’ve just done a complete TD5 10p rebuild. The only thing I regret using was a Britpart head gasket. It is now breathing quite excessively. Whether it did from day one I don’t know as only noticed it by chance when checking the oil after 500 miles. It’s puzzling me. What have I missed?

I'm looking for some advice on my 10p TD5. I'm led to believe that it's haunted by a mysterious LR entity and it's a lost cause! I have done a complete rebuild, which I'm told they just don't like for some weird reason. All parts and sensors were replaced (except the Britpart head gasket) with...