found this - seems straight forward:

http://www.westonwarrior.talktalk.net/m ... 0tank.html

slightly related - how easy is it to remove the header tank? I was going to clean it with some ball bearings and mild acid solution if i can get it off as it looks like the inside of grannys teapot

Hi, it was the 2nd core plug from the left and yes it rusted from the inside out.

I'll flush the whole system this weekend - see what goop comes out!

Hi, I've got brown sludge in the header tank and evidence of it when i take the rad cap off. There's no sticky mayonnaise in the oil either.

I've had been losing water for the last few months (about 1/2 litre a week) which i've been topping up with coolant/water. I eventually tracked this down to a ...

Hi, my horn has stopped working today : (

Previous symptoms: had to hold the horn buttons down for at least 10 seconds before it sounded. Then it would work fine. If i didn't use it for a day or so I would have to repeat this process.

Before i start poking around tomorrow anybody had similar ...

just had to top up once a week but not much.

If you're topping up the coolant once a week then ask yourself where the coolant goes?? - out of the system (via a leak) and more than likely your floor. Coolant levels hardly go down over a long period of time, let alone a week. You should really get ...

UPDATE 4: ok - finally took it to Discount trucks (great bunch by-the-way) and they had it for 3 weeks (did a complete major service and a few other bits and pieces). The air in the system was caused by fractured fuel lines (the metal ones that go into the injectors) - apparently 90% of fuel ...

Update 3:
Ok - wouldn't start this morning so am now going to crawl about again underneath with a good torch and see if i can find any cracks in the pipes.
Then i'll think about the fuel pump (any ideas where to get hold of seals etc? - usual suspects - bongobits/bell hill?). There aren't any ...

Northern Bongolow wrote:and found the return pipe was boned).


sorry for being thick but what does this mean

Sorry - I watch to much futurama for my own good - boned = knackered, shagged, bust, broke etc etc : )

Update 2: wouldn't start again today so performed diagnostics 101 (ie wigglin all the pipes) and found the return pipe was boned). So i chopped of the end and put a new clip on and hey presto - problem solved : )

Lessons learned? - wiggle, poke and prod all the associated bits : )

Update: got the AA round and they managed to get it going :D - used a pump to force fuel into the fuel pump as there was no fuel in the filter or connecting hoses. Took to my local garage who had it up on the ramps all day, but they couldn't find a leak as such and suggested replacing the hoses and ...

any evidence of a fuel leak on the pump,if so, it could allow air into the pump and allow the fuel to return to the tank.

I had a quick look this morning and couldn't see a leak. Checked the fuel level and its half full...

UPDATE - forgot to mention when i tried to strt it this morning it ran ...

Hi, went to start the beast this morning and it just turns over and over and over... its parked facing up a hill (not a steep one). Its started right on the money every time in the 2+ years i've had it so i can only think it could be:

fuel pump
ECU ( a couple of days ago i started it and it was ...

thx for all your pointers...now to do some ringing around - any one had experience (good/bad) of bongo bits and bell hill?

I posted a week or so ago that i thought my rear axle was broke. Well it is very broke (sheared splines and missing teeth). I basically need a 'new' one, but realise that a 'new' one is unobtainable so has anyone got any suggestions for peeps to contact?

I've already tried bongo bits and www ...