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dcworm57 wrote: ↑20 Feb 2024, 04:52 Diesel Bob did mine couple of years ago , place in Preston . £450 all in . Did a great job full overhaul.

That’s not a full overhaul price , that’s a re-seal and check everything is within spec price , a rebuild rather than a full recondition

£600 plus to get a diesel specialist to rebuilt it , it’s not a quick job to do it properly, has the pump be stored full of fuel?

It’s just a 12 point socket which should be in most socket sets, you don’t usually need to undo it to do the cam belt , just the 4 hex bolts

It’s a spring loaded tensioner right? It will move around, have you reset it once turning the engine over by hand a couple of times ?

Drill bit for the pump
Flat plate , spanner file etc for the cam

There’s a pointer on the crank , no
Tool

uniqueinteriors wrote: ↑11 Feb 2024, 21:15 It won't stay running its popping alot won't rev and won't idle as I said its only done 400 miles since the rebuild. I don't want to rev the gutts out of it incase I damage anything!

You need to run it longer

The rust looks to be the exhaust heat shield and weather shields, they aren’t part of the structure and and removable ( screwed on) and replaceable

uniqueinteriors wrote: ↑11 Feb 2024, 13:47 Right so I've tried it on fresh fuel today and there's no change what should I try next?

How long have you now had it running

tony1256 wrote: ↑06 Feb 2024, 21:43 having trouble starting after an episode of overheating, could it still be fuel  line / injectors or am i looking at blown head gasket / lack of compression and how do i check

How hot did it get , how much coolant was lost

What’s the problem with your current engine ?

Don’t “fix” random stuff , the fuel is pretty much certainly stale , put a few fresh gallons in and run it for a while

most likely stale fuel

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So I have just spent a couple of hours playing with fuel system. I found a small fuel leak which I have remedied. I've taken my regulator apart and all is spot on with that. The engine now runs but the fuel pressure is only 1psi which I would assume is not enough!. So I'm now thinking my cheap £14 ...

Another thing I've noticed is that the fuel pressure gauge is reading zero. also if the float bowl was over filling wouldn't petrol be coming out of the pipe that comes out of the fuel bowl. Currently it doesn't  I Would say your gauge is faulty and suspect the fuel pressure to be incorrect too, th...