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Tdi conversion parts
stefan:
Good luck Matt. Need to finish the cambelt change tomorrow, then hopefully I can fire mine up for the first time this weekend!!
Stef
MTyrrell:
I've got me a 200tdi,\:D/ Waiting for the chap to remove it from the disco then I can start fitting it. Just need to go and grovel to my old boss to let me use the back of the warehouse to fit it in the warm and dry now.
MTyrrell:
--- Quote from: "stefan" ---Good luck Matt. Need to finish the cambelt change tomorrow, then hopefully I can fire mine up for the first time this weekend!!
Stef
--- End quote ---
Good luck getting yours running, Hope it fires up first time.
stefan:
Fired mine up for the first time on Friday, started first time, been sat since March. Had a water leak from behind the thermostat housing and it proceeded to pump all the oil out of the cooler pipes.
The pipe part numbers which correspond to the LR parts CD I have are wrong as they don't tighten enough when screwed in to the oil filter block.
Took the old Discovery pipes to my local Pirtek yesterday morning and they extended them for me for about £18. Fitted a new thermostat and the two gaskets, then started again.
No oil leaks but a water leak appeared behind the thermostat housing again. Took the PAS pump brackets off and found a couple of bolts loose, tightened those up, let it tick over until normal temperature, revved it a bit and all OK. EXCEPT the bloody thing won't go into gear!! :x
I'm hoping it's just the slave cylinder or something as it had a new clutch fitted before I bought it and I replaced the bearing and fork. I'll take the slave cylinder out today and check that I can move the clutch fork in and out freely, otherwise the damn engine will have to come out again!!
I'd highly recommend the exhaust heat shield bandage that I used to wrap the manifold, turbo and downpipe, as the downpipe comes close to the bulkhead, brake/clutch pipes and starter. The stuff is that good, when the temp guage is halfway you can touch the exhaust manifold and turbo!!
Now let's just hope this clutch isn't a major issue.................................
Stef
Xtremeteam:
i didnt bother with the heat rap after the first incident :evil: but now even after spending hour n 1/2 on the motorway at full throttle i wouldnt say the underbonnet temps aren't that high,
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