Ran van down for mot today. And gues what she overheated. Has ran well for 2 weeks, I have no idea what has changed. Before the stat opens does the water circulate in a smaller loop heating up until the stat opens, or does the water pump against the head until cconduction of heat through water final...

Having troble with overheating recently. On short journeys she quickly heats up on hills, I stop and allow to cool. Changed the stat for an aftermarket one. Initially ok and bleed well. But the next day overheated, thinking the stat was not opening. Bought a mazda one to try and whilst exchanging, f...

Hi I need a double din for my bongo and looking on eBay - does anyone know what specifications fit it and what I should be looking for? Thanks Hannah I fitted this one in my Ford Freda . Its great But the cradle needs to be 182 wide x 118mm in height http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UK-7-Android-5-1-Lolli...

had to buy one £35 quid so not to bad, fuel pump leaking now

Got an sgl5 with factory spot lights. They are not working and cant figure out why. Fuse in tact, power to fuse, switch works, wiring correct, bulbs work. believe the ecu will only turn them on when all conditions are correct. what are these conditions, not urgent just annoying

recently fixed the fast idle circuit and wow it idles with a lot less vibration at 900 revs, but back to vibrating like a bus when fast idle drops out. How doI imcrease the idle speed. Looked at moving the switched stop out on the acceleretor, but dont want to rotate the attached wire to much.
cheers

gonna give it a try, do i just use the wifes nail varnish remover?

Evening
Know i am reserecting an old post, but does the acetone trick work. Will it stop a leaking injector pump.
Do you just add it to the tank and will 100% acetone nail varnish remover be ok.
Feel a bit stupid asking

Ahhhhhhhhhh! Done the head for a third time and on the finishing straight i managed to snap the diesel return loop off one of the end injectors. Is there anyway to reattach it. Quite soft metal, will it solde, braise or can i tap it and seal with JD weld or am i going to have to buy another. If so a...

hello again
put the camshaft in today and hey presto back in business.
Performance much better, than with that cheap Chinese CAM.
Only worry is will this cam fail!
Cheers all,

Sorry forgot to mention that I put a reconditioned head, when changing Conrod. Did specify that I did want a Mazda head when bought and was not sure I got what I asked for! Seen 2 older posts on here regarding cheap Chinese cams snapping in the middle. Is this the problem?

evening went to check rocker arms tonight. Found some loose tappets so went to reset clearances and noticed that when i turned the engine over, the camshaft had snapped in the middle. Will this be the cause or a sympton of something else. no rockers broken, are the valves and pistons likely to be ok...

Ticks over badly at 700 revs. Won't rev over 1000 revs. Tried diesel straight into injector pump. No change. Any ideas?

Evening all, Had her back on the road for about 6 weeks having just recovered from a bent conrod, Alls been well for the past couple of weeks, until tonight. Going uphill suffered complete loss of power, with no warning. Rolled back down the hill to a place of safety, with not enough power in the en...

insured taxed and MOT'd.
Been back on the road a week. All ok. Only comment seems to be a lack of power when I put my footdown. Which is not very often.
Vacuum hoses to relays have perished and I have not replaced yet. Would this explain lack of power.