300Tdi Checking glow plugs and leaks prior to fitting

[@barbellbell]

Mike the olive's was a good one. That will go in my memory 👌

[@greebo7857]

Been doing this stuff for 40 years, on and off, and I've never seen that trick with the olives............. thanks Mike, I'll probably never have to do one now.......

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Far better than fiddling about on the motor!!

[@nicholasviney5975]

That's looking superb, who ever ends up with that is going to have a great staring point for future maintenance.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Hope so!

[@lisalock8009]

my wife is pottering around our kitchen listening to you ,while i watch your videos and she said he's so funny to listen too ,and she even says good evening mike when i put you on. keep up the good work,Dave & lisa south wales uk

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Wow, thanks

[@gazzafloss]

Mike, it's what I found with my old 300Tdi, lose the vacuum pump, lose the mechanical fuel pump, replace with electric pumps, 95% of your oil leaks will disappear. And Nigella Lawson, phawww, bewdifull, now your talking!!!

[@chrismiller9740]

Mike, you are right about the cheap Chinese lift pumps. The only lift pump I’ve ever found that didn’t leak or fail prematurely, were the old AC lift pumps. However, finding a NOS AC pump is the issue. Imagine they are no longer made. Great video!

[@Defender110SLO]

My TD5 pump sounds just like that. 🤣 Cheers King Mike 🥃

[@denisscott3073]

Hi Mike 👋 just saying thanks again for sharing this video update and information 👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🚌🚌🚌

[@BritannicaRestorations]

No problem 👍

[@gshort4707]

Shows the advantage of not power washing down the engine before dismantling.

[@peterjohnson2245]

Hi Mike, must have a slip of the tongue, to anneal copper you need to heat and then drop into cold water, if you let it cool gradually (like steel) tempers it (unlike steel).

[@BritannicaRestorations]

You can do it both ways - try it!

[@alanhowatson3462]

Bloody lift pumps strike again!

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Never ending story!

[@tomjohns8498]

Can you use the aluminium antiseize on must parts ?

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Yes - for me it is an all round anti-seize - I use copper or nickle on exhausts, but I have found the copper does dry out

[@grahameroberts8109]

If a mechanic is careless and doesn’t cover up holes and pipes on the engine, take them up in a single prop plane with a sputtering engine. They then realise the importance of the lesson! 🤪👍🏻🙏🏽🦘

[@davidforbes6250]

THERE IS A LANDROVER REPAIRER WHERE I LIVE IN AUSTRALIA WHO HAVE THESE CASTINGS BUILT UP AND MACHINED ACCORDINGLY AND REUSED.

[@grahameroberts8109]

David. If you press the caps lock key once, the typeface goes back to lower case and stops you from ‘shouting’. Cheers mate. 👍🏻🙏🏽🦘

[@davidforbes6250]

@@grahameroberts8109 SOME PEOPLE NEED HELP, NO CHEERS!

[@BritannicaRestorations]

I believe David is visually impaired..

[@davidforbes6250]

@@BritannicaRestorations FINE fine FINE

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Well there is someone who always writes with the caps on as he cannot read the screen - thought it was you

[@googlegok9637]

Did you ever workout at good way to get glowplugs out? (the nasty ones) ! A guy in UK who btw has a 400hp S1 , suggest to run the engine real hot and then shock them out with a tiny impact.... It sounds tempting , but on the other hand , running the engine hot , will it not squeeze the plugs even tighter?

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Difficult - they tend to carbon up at the tips = this is why that are tight If you can get them to turn, maybe time and good penetrating oil will do the job - maybe 1/4 turn at a time, back and forth I have a kit for drilling them out and inserting a thread - that is hit-and-miss, so if they do snap off at the bottom, it's off with its head and punch the tips out

[@morganhill6200]

On my 300tdi engine I found 2 censors on the bottom of the thermostat housing and can't find them in the part's manual it was Elwood censor's

[@BritannicaRestorations]

www.lrworkshop.com/parts/PRC3359 www.lrworkshop.com/parts/PRC3505

[@morganhill6200]

@@BritannicaRestorations thanks 👍👍

[@stevebarmore3509]

did you buy the caps as a set or just pick them up as you go along ie the large ones as well?

[@stevebarmore3509]

also just looking on line the only pump i can see that comes with a spacer is the brit part one + its the cheapest one LOL

[@BritannicaRestorations]

I bought them as a set of 10x each off EBay years ago

[@BritannicaRestorations]

I have never seen a pump supplied with the spacer - listed in the parts book as 'no longer serviced' - Nor have I seen one fitted to an old engine

[@bigm383]

I think that your anti seize brush only has about five to ten years left in it.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Another thing not made to last.... lol!

[@derekburgoyne5211]

Do you have the part number for the nut you used to tighten the olive onto the lift pump.Ta

[@BritannicaRestorations]

www.lrworkshop.com/parts/NTC1612

[@derekburgoyne5211]

@@BritannicaRestorations Thanks for that👍👍

[@marklong2248]

Was looking at the oil leak from my lift pump yesterday! Do you have to take the injector pipes off to get at it?

[@billsoucess2448]

No you don't have too

[@BritannicaRestorations]

You struggle to get the pump off without removing the pipes - far simpler to take the pipes off and then get the gasket nice and square

[@dariuszradomski6076]

Mike jaką farbą malujesz silnik .pozdrawiam

[@greebo7857]

I reckon glow plugs should be a service item, like spark plugs...

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Should be checked in a cold climate!

[@secpac58chichi]

nothing coming out NOW - wait a few hundred miles

[@123Bilko]

Don't know about Popeye? But wasn't she married to 'Arthur' in On The Buses?

[@grahameroberts8109]

Is that machine really a Hookah bubbling away at your Shisha ? Lol

[@BritannicaRestorations]

lol!

[@vincentpoole7588]

Mike. Young Nate at his "Dirt Lifestyle" YT Channel might be interested in your remainder 300Tdi/R380 for his D2a ? ? Get in touch with him in Tacoma, WA ! V.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Need them for exchange units