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I'll go through the process with a few brokers and let you know the outcome, not confident that anyone will offer anything below 2k though! We have some farm land that he has been driving on since he was 15, just helping out with the trailor, but when I see some of his 16 year old friends driving 5 tonne tractors pulling 20 tonne trailors down country lanes I wonder what could happen their!

I'm beginning to understand why so many young drivers drive without insurance. It's been suggested I try the NFU, Adrian Flux and Footman James, but I'm loosing the will to live having to repeat the same old things. I tried the comparison web sites and they throw out a range of 4-7k.

Hi I have a 95 300tdi as a third car on a limited use policy. My 17 year old son is ready to learn to drive and hopes to pass his test by year end. Any advice on where I can get a reasonable quote? Most places are not interested unless he is the main driver and then the premiums are quoted around 4-6k!!!!

has anyone recently paid to have a timing belt changed on a 300Tdi? I'm trying to find out what is a reasonable cost. Thanks.

New lift pump arrived and fitted tonight. Bled the system crossed my fingers and turned the key, started straight away. Thanks for all the advice, happy to be back on the road.

Thanks for all the advice. I have finally managed to get some time to try a few things. 1. Two of the glow plugs had failed so I replaced all four for good measure. 2. Tried the fuel lift pump with the bleed screw loose on the filter with no sign of any air/bubbles/fuel. even after rotating the crank 180deg at a time. 3. Removed the lift pump and attached a pipe to the inlet and put the other end in a cup of fuel to see if I primed it away from the vehicle it would suck fuel up - no luck. 4. Ordered a new lift pump today. Any other suggestions or have a missed something really obvious? Thanks

Thanks All for the advice. I tried the solenoid with a test lead and clicks OK. No obvious cracks in the pipework. Not sure if priming the lift pump is working. I will try the glow plugs tomorrow.

Thanks to both of you for the quick response. I will try tonight and report back.

Hi, I recently bought a 1995 300Tdi which started first turn of the key for a couple of weeks. I left it standing for just over a week and when I came to start it it just kept turning over. I let it turn over for a couple of seconds before turning the key back and tring again, each time waiting for the heater plug light on the dash to go out. On the odd occasion it fired but only for a split second. I tried priming the lift pump for 10/20 seconds a couple of times with no effect. I connected a battery booster from my local farmer which increased the rate of turnover but with no sign of it firing up. I cant understand what could have changed by just leaving it standing for a week. Any help would be really appreciated, esecially with the bad weather back!