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Two possibilities that I can think of. 1 That the crank is correctly timed but exactly 1 revolution out. 2 That you have introduced air into the diesel injection system by for instance loosening the connections. I think these pumps may be self priming, but might take some time and flatten the batter...

Avez-vous installé le filtre à huile adéquat, similaire à ceux montés d'origine sur les moteurs CS et JX ? Ce type de filtre est équipé d'une valve anti-retour pour éviter les démarrages à sec. J'utilise un Coopers Fiamm FT4790/B ou un Mann 940/25.

Have you fitted the correct type of oil filter, similar to those fitted on CS and JX original engines? This type of filter has an anti-drainback valve to prevent dry starts. I use a Coopers Fiamm FT4790/B or Mann 940/25 .

@colinthefox looking at your solid welding, can you let us know your welder model and any other welder advice or thoughts, please? There's so much 'advice' out there, so many choices. For people that have occasionally welded (like me), it seems going the cheap and cheerful route (eg gas less) may n...

I had a similar problem a while ago. It was a bad connection on the interconnector braided cable that goes from the solenoid to the field coil through the casing. It wasn't obvious until I operated the starter in the pitch dark, when I got a bright flash and firework display from the offending conne...

It doesn't matter where the earth connection is as long as it's good quality ie mechanically sound, resistant to corrosion and obviously a good electrical connection. The wire should be short and protected against damage.
If in any doubt at all, get a qualified electrician involved.

My right hand engine mount came loose recently causing clutch judder. Easy fix..

Put a 600 ohm resistor in series with the glow plug temperature sender. This should give about 4 seconds glow with a hot engine, and a bit longer glow at lower temps, depending of course on exactly which sender you have fitted. Trial and error....more ohms gets you longer glow.

There are heater elements behind the fridge that do 240V and/or 12V as applicable to your model. They are cheap enough and easy to replace. Any caravan repair place should have them. If your fridge has not been used for a while, the refrigerant may have gone thick and won't circulate. If that is the...

I've just had to sort out a clutch judder on my (AEF engined) van. Yesterday in fact. It turned out to be a slightly loose right hand engine mount which was difficult to find but easy to fix. It drives like a different van today! Just saying this, because my history with clutch judders has most ofte...

I had a look at this because it's an item I check every few years as I've always thought that oil pump drive is a poor bit of engineering. Mine's an AEF engine, but I'm assuming that all the 1.9diesel engines use the same oil pump and vacuum pump, and the Brickwerks website seems to confirm this . T...

If it is anything like the 5-cyl, early ones used a trapezoidal tooth profile and later used a (quieter) half-round/sinusoidal tooth form. They are different lengths and you need the matching coolant pump/tensioner. The 1Y setup is very different... Water pump is run off the aux belt, not the cam b...

For the ribbed belt, you could cut the old one and measure its length. The belt you need will be an X PK Y where X is the number of ribs and Y is it's length in mm. For the cam belt kit, you can look up the list of vehicles fitted with a 1Y engine, and order the kit for one of those. Any motor parts...

Is this the cam belt or auxiliaries belt (or both) that you want to change?

I had a PD engine with blown ECU to sort out a few years ago. I bought a good ECU off eBay, and an EPROM reader/writer. I read the old ECU EPROM, then wrote the contents into the replacement EPROM. This overcame the immobiliser problem and the vehicle has been OK ever since. The original problem had...