It stopped itself

My radiator blew spectacularly last week, steam filled the cab, que lots of screaming and general grabbing anything of value from inside (I thought the thing was ablaze) the van is with the people in Bodmin (pitstop) who are lovely, and I believe the radiator has been replaced, the guy there said ...

thanks for all your replies, the other half is going to check the things you have all mentioned, but I am sure that the loss of compression is related as from first starting in the morning it's is very slow to pull away but the almost "kicks down" after about 50yrds (with very consistent pressure on ...

Hi, had glow plugs all changed but still having rough starting problems, is there anything else it might be? It's a 2.5 diesel if that helps, bit of smoke coming out on starting, is there a relay or cold start valve on these, and does anyone have a similar experience? Before changing the glow plugs ...

thanks, my other half has a really big "to do" list today

your pics look stunning, I live here in cornwall and you made me remember why

Hi, our new bongo has a squeechy whistly type noise on start up and for a few minutes, I wondered whether this was the fan belt?? Anyone any ideas and can give me a heads up if this is in fact a fatal issue?