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hi all Well car went into garage today , head gasket gone , cracked head , and problems with no 2 bore , told me not worth fixing , was not sure the top of the block was to good either , so will put a new engine in if i can find one , but you risk that being bad as well, so as per my first post look...

hiya yes blowing air out of those holes , it was , or i felt it blowing further up that same pipe where it joins the breather/air filter box , which i ran some gutter sealant round (silicon-ish stuff) to the joint to stop the blow as per my earlier post but now it blows from those holes , there is n...

hi all
sorry try this link to photo bucket pictures on there http://photobucket.com/chico2k

[hi all sorry how do i upload pics , drag and drop dont seem to work and if i add attachment it says the limit has been reached /Users/Chico/Desktop/IMG_0118.jpg

Hi yes sure, don't understand the mr clutch reference? , but you name it I'll photo it , will add basic ones now , oops no I won't trying to do off me phone, can't seem to attach , will send in a little bit, when I can get to a computer, but basically have a down pipe which goes under wheel arch whi...

Hi all Found it's blowing air out the bottom of the air filter box where it joins to the hard plastic pipe going down, ( would have thought it would be sucking rather than blowing?) anyway have tried diconectinting and reseating but still blowing air around the plastic clip joint ? Any ideas? Is thi...

hi Jasper

by Maf fault do you mean a new Maf ?

hi
Will check filters as well , were aparently changed 4k ago but , will check and change if needed

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Thanks for the reply ,
will check hoses theres two is that right top and bottom , ( right hand side if your looking from the front of engine bay )

thx jason

HI all On saturday bought myself a y plate hdi 110 estate , after my poor old 1.9 finally gave up on me , was overjoyed smoother quieter , few more toy' s ran great , however this morning im being followed by a cloud/s of smoke , black , even on tickover , you can see it , it also doesnt like pullin...

Hi No worries splurter , i really appreciate you taking the time to look , thank you . Well no change this morning , may have been slightly quicker to fire up , but not much. any idea's ? or is the old girl just warn out ? exhaust is now blowing ,160 quid to replace , and got MOT next month, she's d...

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Ok, well pump primed yesterday morning but no change , have finally managed to do 4th glow plug with lots of help from me dad , what a nightmare that is , for something that should be so simple ! , plug was dead , so hopefully new one will help , will let you know in the morning .
thanks guys

Hi Thanks jasper / splurter Splurter that would be brilliant if you have one , thank you Jasper , im off monday hopefully , so will have a crack at the last glow plug then , pretty sure battery is ok , have an electrician at work ( household not auto) but he double checked power getting to plugs ( v...

Hi Yes glow plugs replaced first when it started happening , well the first three from passanger side to drivers , only one of those three was not working but changed them anyway seeing as i had them out , cars fine once warm though, even after being left for 8 hours at work , just the overnight bit...

Hi All hopefully someone can help me out here , I have a 1998 406 1.9td estate and have a query regarding the fuel pump on the rear of the fuel pump you have a sprung lever (just above glow plug) the cable feeds back to the passanger side and is attached to a hose vacum driven i think ? can someone ...