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Thanks for your advice ,it's a 1.6td c1989 California sorry for my ignorance but do you mean I should remove the belt from the power steering pump ? Or should I just keep topping it up even if it costs a few quid just to get us around?

Hi all ,we are in Portugal on a bit of a European tour and we have been loosing power steering fluid ,I got under van and it is coming from passenger side wheel when I took of the rubber gator at end of pushrod it poured out it has obviously been leaking where the ram goes in and out I'm not a mecha...

Thanks covkid I did look at the Wiki first but didn't see this article very comprehensive nice one !

Hi guys,
would you recomend 15/40 mineral or semi synthetic in a td engine?
thanks in advance

I have got a copy of the manual thankyou for the link though ,I suppose I just wanted to know if my buttons were working OK ,as in when you push them in should they stay in

Hi all,
just wanted to know when you push the button in for either elec/gas/12v does the button stay in ?on mine i push it in and it comes back out which seams a bit daft to me because unless you were the on who presses the button you wouldnt know what power supply it is on

Thanks Martin I shall take a look later

Hi mate no all i could see was a sticker with a bar code and a long serial number ?

Hi all im trying to order some belts for my 1.6td jx engine ,ive read the numbers off the existing belts but they dont match with anything on the brickwerks site ,the one from the alternator is GVB10925 and the lower one is GVB10775 both unipart ,im doing a total belt change and i told my garage tha...

Hi all ,
can someone tell me how you tell if your alternator is 65 amp or 90 amp please

A bit of an update , so midlands turbo picked the turbo up Friday and rang me today (Monday) with a diagnosis they said it would require a full re-manufacture as they said it looked like the turbo had been starved of oil so its going to cost 250+VAT

Good shout Mark i think its a no brainer when you look at it like that

Hi All, Just to give an update took it to garage so a mechanic could have a look,it turns out it is the turbo he said he was a 100% sure about it and showed me the big pool of oil on the floor from when he took the pipe of the turbo,so plan of action is for him to get the turbo off and then im going...

Thanks for your replies very much appreciated, I phoned around today for a price on a Recon engine ,two places in Cardiff 1St was 1995.00 + VAT second was 1695 + VAT for the engine. Or 1995 + VAT including recon turbo all prices include fitting, are these prices about right ?

Hi all , I have been using allot of oil Lately and I seem to be getting allot of blue smoke coming out the exhaust on start up ,it's a 1.6 td, does anyone have any idea on what the problem might be please ?