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Mission accomplished!

Thanks for the advice folks, much appreciated

Hi everyone One of my injector pipes has sheared, resulting in a lot of smelly diesel being sprayed out in my engine bay. Looks like the bracket that stabilises the pipe set has disappeared, so I guess the engine vibration has done the damage to the now broken pipe. I’m on a road trip in France, on ...

Thanks; I think I will stick with the JX engine. The next step I am planning is to get a reconditioned JX engine from AW Engineering and have my garage fit it. I've spoken to the garage, and they have done a sniff test more than once, so are certain it is not the head gasket. More likely to be somet...

Thanks - lots of great info here. Have considered engine options and I wonder if just swapping the cylinder head is an option ? The part is available and is 1/4 the price of the refurbished jx lump. But if the problem is elsewhere in the engine I’ll still have a problem. https://www.justkampers.com/...

Thank you everyone It is the brickworks header cap I have purchased (twice, in case I got a duff one) It seems my next course of action is engine investigation- either with my current garage or I need to find someone else local I trust Given that the oil consumption (the burning oil under load) has ...

Hi, hope you are all well; can anyone offer suggestions to help me with my coolant crisis?  My 1988 T25 has the original 1.6TD engine (JX engine code) I'm loosing coolant when driving. Over the course of about 100 miles, the header tank level drops, then the warning light comes on, and the temperatu...