black5f

Hi. Mine has little caps on the top of the valve stems, one broke in half once, no idea where it went but suddenly a much bigger valve clearance so suddenly a much louder noise? That was 100k miles ago so clearly no damage, very easy to fix. Also, I had a bolt run loose on the little clamp that holds the injectors in. This made more of a puffing / wheezy noise but something very simple to check... bolt loose and you can feel the air blowing by the injector, fix, just tighten up the bolt. Hope this helps. Tom

Hi I did mine, I can weld but nuts, bolts and careful drilling were the easy answer. I also had one of those silly plastic top hat runner things break apart so they are all now replaced with turned brass versions. Tom

Hi Didn't know where to say hello so choose this forum. Hello! My Disco: 300 TDi, 96 plate, 180k, Ive owned her for 14 years and done 140k in her, know her inside out. Shes been to Italy, Andora, Spain, France, Switzerland in my care, and up to 10,600 feet. Now getting on a bit, a little shabby but works. Doesn't burn any oil at all, doesn't leak. Bad points: I had to replace the front tyres ayear ago, her 3rd set :-( I had to replace the origional disks at the same time :-( She had to have the origional exhaust replaced about 4 years ago :-( She once failed the MOT, some welding and .. the rear number plate light didn't work, the lamp was OK, but the holder was full of mud and corroded. Can't be bad eh? I'll keep her until she tells me she doesn't want me any more. Fuel cut of valve misbehaved about two years ago so I bypassed it but my intermittant starting problem (been there for 10 years) has become a permanent feature and not so easily solved by slapping the dash so it's finally time to get at the spider with my soldering iron. I'd like to thank "old hand" for what really is "the definative spider post" Tom