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  1. Peaklander
    I've left it a few days and now I think I can close this topic... The stem seals stayed on the guide with the bondloc, so an easy job, made more difficult by poor tolerance seals, has been completed after several days. Phew. I acknowledge those on here and Turner Engineering, who said that very little oil gets onto the stems on a 300tdi and it can't get into the bores due to the combination of turbo and exhaust pressures. The blue smoke has gone though and there definitely was some. As for the grey / white smoke that seems to have developed over time and also poured out for the first 200-300m, in summary I had the injectors checked, I replaced two glow plugs and went to mattsavage4x4 where they did a quick cylinder compression test - reaching 380psi on each one. The final work was that I very slightly advanced the timing. With the flywheel at TDC mark, seen through the wading plug hole, I couldn't get a 9.5mm drill into the pump hole until I rotated the 22mm nut a very slight amount clockwise. Finally I used a 9mm drill so I could advance a little more and locked it against that. According to the little pair of marks I made before moving, I turned it just about a degree or so - its hardly visible. The result has been that the grey smoke has completely gone and I think that performance has improved although round here there are no >50mph speed limits. The turbo whine sounds louder by the way. All in all I'm satisfied that it was a little bit of oil and a lot to do with injection timing. Thanks to everyone on here.
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    I'm a bit confused about those prices for UJs. I have bought one or two over the years and those prices look expensive. Here's the sort of UJs I would have chosen.
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    Shkoder - you mean at the lake? If so then yes we went there. I do have pics - I'll keep posting. We drove through to Durmitor in Montenegro and later we went into Croatia from Bosnia (Sarajevo / Mostar) so we were further north.
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    That's the gold plated one I think
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    You're not far from Bradford or Leeds so search online for propshaft repairs Bradford and there's several hits. You could take the prop to one of those. If you do remove it then you will need x8 nyloc nuts for when you refit it - using new is what's recommended . They are 3/8" UNF so be sure you get these and not metric. Also you have a Eurocar parts place in Keithley and they stock parts if you want to go there rather than a LR Dealer.
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    This is a view of the Taygetos from Stoupa and also a typical Mani village Stoupa is one of those places that you like so much, you want to keep it all to yourself - but you can't help telling people to go there.
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    That's what I do (or did when I used to get punctures in my old Fiat). Must admit I'd forgotten about that potential problem though but I usually have a block of wood in the back.
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    We crossed to the Peloponnese at the Corinth canal and then headed down the east side, our target was the middle finger of the three fingers at the southern end. This is the Mani peninsular a barren and mountainous region that has suffered more than its fair share of war and turmoil. One of the off road days was a wander up into the Taygetos mountains from Stoupa (a fantastic beach resort). I think the top is about 2,500m and the roads that go up there were not in good condition. The rock in the middle was almost a blocker but not quite and we managed to squeeze past. Going down the other side was pretty loose and it was just as well it was dry. This is looking back up (and it doesn't even look steep on the pic). We saw one other vehicle during that day! The village at the bottom was typically Greek.
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    This is why we like our Landy... ...lunch at the beach. Before we left the UK I had renewed the brake discs, calipers and pads as well as the springs and pins that locate the pads. However the pads started to rattle and as the roads got bumpier this rattling started to drive me nuts. Eventually, near Epidavros (another must-see Roman location - amphitheatre) I was given the use of a workshop and a hardstanding at a metals company. Here I cut some shims from aluminium to fill the gap between pistons and pads. (When I got home I bought some pads with proper anti squeak shims.) It was hot work The little company made feeding troughs, hurdles and gates but was suffering from the effects of "The Crisis". Even so he refused any sort of payment, giving us a tour of his Scania truck collection before we left.
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    Thought I'd close this thread by saying that I finally took the injectors to Sheaf Diesel Services in Sheffield where they cleaned them (ultrasonics) and tested them. All four are perfect. They were returned same day with new washers and a set of eight washers for the banjos. Total cost £12 incl. VAT To refurb them they would have charged £70 incl. VAT each My mileage is shown as 145K. The engine was changed at 36K. Don't know if the injectors were replaced then but I would very much doubt it. So they have done max 145K miles. The engine has been serviced regularly. Removing them was very easy - the engine was at operating temperature - they were easily turned in the holes. I had a 14mm nut with the wrong thread which went toto the tops just enough to hold and then needed a little bit of a pull upwards to un-seat them - not very much. The bad running problem that I was trying to solve was actually the elbow hose from the turbo to the metal pipe going to the intercooler. It had been ballooning and finally split - thus it became an easy diagnosis for a novice like me! I hope this helps someone else.
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    Yes I do and will post as soon as time allows. It was a great trip. Where did you live?
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    Agree with him ^^^^^^ Sprinter jack is great for me too.
  13. Peaklander
    Pretty much exactly what Richard Turner told me this afternoon. It wouldn't have mattered that I changed them though if the replacement seals were better tolerance - after all the actual job was very straightforward.
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    The first wildcamp shown above was a site high in the mountains - we just turned off the road and followed a track. Greece is mostly mountains - they are stupendous and everywhere is dramatic. Here we are driving a gorge in search of a monastery perched high above it. (got my wife to hang back whilst I drove on a bit ). This is a spectacular view from the tent door at a campsite very close to Delphi (big Roman remains) near the south of the mainland. The view is down to the Gulf of Corinth and you can see the north coast of the Peloponnese in the distance.
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    I have removed, cleaned and refitted the seals using that Bondloc where they go over the guides. I was again surprised that I could pull them off without using pliers. I'll wait until the morning, reset the tappets and then I'm back where I started. I am so frustrated with the seals that I contacted Turners (as this engine came from them about 100K miles ago according to the bit of history I have). They were very helpful. First off, valve stem oil seals are never a problem on a 300tdi and I shouldn't have changed them. Secondly, when I explained that I had used both LR genuine and Britpart seals and both act the same (easy to pull-off) and both look identical, they said that a lot of "genuine" parts for older vehicles are now being sourced by JLR from non-ideal suppliers. It's quite possible that those seals are in fact the same ones (x10 difference in price though). I pointed out that their seals are only available as part of a head kit (that's why I didn't buy from them). I think I will check the timing / very slightly advance it - just to see what happens. Plenty of advice on here to suggest that it is worthwhile. I've got a wading plug pin and the FI pump pin coming on Friday in case I muck something up - but tomorrow I will just check underneath by eye and then move the pump by 1deg or so. Also I'll read-up on the other method mentioned first by Mads earlier today. I have been advised by Turner's to get a compression test - "the first thing to do if anything untoward is suspected". Perhaps look at that too.
  16. Peaklander
    Ok thanks - finished tearing out my hair - onwards and upwards now.
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    Yes OK although I'll need to spin it by hand just to get the other pistons to TDC to re-seal those valves too. That should be OK...?
  18. Peaklander
    Thanks for the continued interest in this saga - and what a saga it is. This morning I refitted the injectors with nice new copper washers and ran down the road and back with plenty of smoke. First issue to solve was to tighten everything up as diesel was spraying a bit. That's my inexperience and fear of over tightening the unions. To nip-up the injector pipes it's easier if the rocker cover is off - then you can get an open end spanner on the injector to hold it. At the same time, I had a cursory glance through the valve springs and I managed to see two seals that had lifted off the guides. After all my efforts I still can't get this right. Now no-one on here knows me personally but I'd like to declare that I'm not as useless as it might seem and can usually do stuff correctly. This particular job started as a sort of "well no harm in seeing if it's the seals" and the 'head-on' method makes it a very straightforward job. If only the seals would stay located and if only I had enough hair to get hold of, then I could pull it out. I think I'm going to use that Bondloc 638 now on all eight.
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    I know that a pic of a set of cleaned injectors isn't exactly earth shattering but here are mine. They have been ultrasonically cleaned and then tested, with each being declared OK. That cost £12 in total (2.50 +vat each) including new injector washer and a set of eight banjo washers too. I think the good thing about the company that tested is that they didn't unnecessarily refurb and charge me. I know I have good injectors now and I can turn to other causes. I will refit this morning and re-run the engine. The only other change made is that I found that one new stem seal sitting high - but I'd already pushed it down and reset the tappets before learning about the BondLoc. As it's minus 1 here it should be a coldish start. Next port of call is that slight advance of the pump timing.
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    Send them to yourself using email or get a re-size app. Either way you you reduce the resolution down from the hi res your phone has stored.
  21. Peaklander
    Thanks. Yes I'll keep posting. Plenty to share from that trip!
  22. Peaklander
    As it was early in the season we wanted to get south as quickly. The weather was horrible in Austria but cheered up in Hungary. We drove through most of Serbia in a day taking a direct route through Belgrade and south to Vranje. We camped here at Marko's campsite (in the back of the Landy again) which he had been signposting for at least 150 kms (not kidding). This is the view towards Kosovo. Got fleeced at the Macedonia border for a green card - don't let anyone tell you that green cards don't exist - it's the only name they know. We had to buy the 3rd party insurance at the border as we couldn't get cover from the UK for Macedonia. It cost around £60 for a transit of only about four hours. This is the main road south through Macedonia to the Greek border. In Greece we followed the coast south to near Mount Olympus and found a spot on the beach. That was it for a few days!
  23. Peaklander
    Well with them both being on the stalk I thought it was a good place to start...
  24. Peaklander
    Opened the inspection plate and here is the view: (note it's not been set to TDC yet) I don't have a viscous fan spanner so it's a bit cramped but this is where I need to be I think. I turn the engine on the crank pulley until I can get a 9.5 drill into that hole at 11 o'clock. Then I look up through the wading plug hole to see if the flywheel mark is visible. If it is then OK if not I turn the engine around further, feel for another hole on the pump and check underneath again. That's all I need to do at the flywheel - no need to pin it's just a check that I'm at TDC. Then it's all about a slight clockwise turn of the pump on the big nut with the three screws slackened enough. I that it? (Can try yet as need to pickup injectors later.)
  25. Peaklander
    Just heard back from the injector specialists and they say they are all ok. They'll come back nice and clean but with no reconditioning required. As far as I know they have been in for about 110K miles. I think I will look at the turbo hoses and then think about slightly advancing the timing - but I need to read-up on that.
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