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Well as he's not driving a rubbish Rabbit, nor a grubby Golf, but a dashing Dasher, the brake lines are external :mrgreen: PTFE tape? Shouldn't need that, as the sealing does not rely on the threads.If it's to prevent fluid rising up the threads/air entering, whilst nipple is loosened, then the nip...

Referring to your second head, 4 cracks could mean a catastrophic event, like adding cold water to an overheated engine, but unlikely. More likely at least 3 cracks are superficial.Logic being that the first real crack would prevent further driving due to pressurized watergushing out. Common betwee...

Where are the cracks in the head? Some cracks are superficial, and most used heads have them. It may still be a blown headgasket, or incorrectly torqued down. It's a rare crack that lays dormant waiting for a new gasket Mixing hydraulic and shimmed heads and blocks may require blocking off of some ...

I guess it's easy to forget how the circuit works if it has the habit of working for 20yrs between acting up. :idea: Useful to remember the battery turns the light on and the alt lead turns it off. :idea: My alternator seems to wait about 5 seconds to begin charge @ 850rpm, or as you say can be bli...

Yeah, there are more common sources of air leaving the pump when none appears to be entering. But if there is no air in the line before reusing this o-ring. A sudden appearance of air would mean the old one just wasn't good enough to use again. Indeed! However if you've never tweeked a small job in...

Lol. How did I not read smoke in the filler tank :shock: ? Probably because it was 4am local time here! Products from combustion do include water, but that takes a long time to accumulate. Definitely headgasket. Maybe damaged/weakened by your previous faulty waterpump. Can a new pump be faulty? Wha...

That o-ring seals outside air from getting to the pump input. You would know if it leaks by seeing air in the clear fuel line on the output. Unless your shaft seal was leaking, which, on an old pump is more likely,due to the ingress of dirt scratching the shaft. As a matter or interest, I have a br...

I see the timing advance is working when using my timing light with the timing adapter. It changes the timing at the slightest increase in engine speed, but above a certain RPM the TDC mark 'disappears'. I suspect the piezoelectric unit is picking up some other vibration and falsely triggering the ...

Measure all gaps between cam and shims 'off lobe'. They will be fine or too tight. Spec is 8 thou inlet and 12 thou exhaust. IMO 4 and 8 are fine for wear limit Remove each shim, measure and place on a numbered sheet of paper. If shims are differently sized you may be able to swap a few around to g...

30dodgeboy wrote:Thanks for the reply Q-man. I did not have time to measure the pump pressure yet, but I am willing to bet it is low. I know for certain that the cold start handle pulls out the same whether the engine is running or not.

Is it harder to pull than to push back in?