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I have dealt with JK for 17 years without a problem that I can recall.

That’s what I have just bought from someone, came from a running engine so will give that one a go first and see what happens. If I get no belt tracking I’m good, if I get belt tracking then I am going down the route of another engine maybe the 1Y if I can get one. Defo going to stay diesel. And I ...

I've got a CS pump here (20K miles since refurb) that you can have for £200. But I don't think it's what you need.

I can't give you a definitive answer I'm afraid.

Yep, just managed to source a second hand [pump], its the same one that was fitted to the 1.6CS engine as well so should be good to go once i get it.  The pump may be the same pattern, but I would have thought it would have different settings on the 1.6 and 1.7 engines. If you put a CS pump on, it ...

This is the fixing at the back of the pump that you'll have to slacken, plus the eight pipe union nuts, and the three fixings at the front of the pump, in order to rotate it to set the timing. The trick is to get everything tightened up in the right place, without imposing any strain on the main mou...

My last reply may not be quite right. Looking at your video again it seems like the movement may be only axial along the line of the shaft. Is there any play up and down in the pulley as in "worn bearing" which could let the pulley run at an angle? Have you checked the alignment of the pump. If the ...

It looks like either your Injection pump pulley or the tensioner have been running out of true. The pump pulley can do it if the bearing is worn. There's your problem then. I'm afraid the pump will need rebuilding by a diesel specialist, which is expensive, or you'll have to get a replacement. This...

Bubbles in the fuel = air being sucked in from a slight leak of air inwards between the pump and tank. This is made worse by a dirty filter as the pump has to suck harder to get fuel through the filter. The injection pump can stand a small amount of bubbles, and they self bleed out of the return. To...

Fuel filter could be at fault, in which case it'll be full of rubbish. You could cut the old one open to see what's in it. If it's full of full of carp, then that's coming from the fuel tank, so there would be the source of the problem. Are there bubbles in the (normally transparent) fuel line betwe...

Well done for not having a major catastrophe there. It looks like either your Injection pump pulley or the tensioner have been running out of true. I've had this kind of tensioner failure from trying to re-use one with a new cam belt many years ago. (I ended up with a strip of cambelt about 1/4 inch...

Oh, and when I turned the headlights on the relays behind the glovebox would rattle!

Quite coincidentally, I've just solved a very similar problem on Van Blanc. When I turned the headlamps on, the DashCam would stop working, my phone wouldn't charge properly, and occasionally it seemed like the starter battery was not being charged. The cause was a poor connection where the alternat...

Just come back to the fold after purchasing a Leisuredrive Hightop retirement project.Being delivered today. Has had the original petrol engine swapped out for a Polo diesel. At first look over it appears the swap is not brilliant. Dipstick too tall and the engine lid has a bulge hammered into it s...

Well done for finding the problem, but my recommendation is to keep investigating. Thermostat only has to be open just a tiny crack for the engine to cool and the radiator to get hot under normal running.With heavier load and/or hot weather it can tip the balance. With the system empty, now is the i...