Getting Older diesels through emissions testing

[@waitemc]

Spot on about keeping a older vehicle longer is better than building a new one.

[@danlight3656]

That was the most useful thing I think I've ever seen on KZbin! My van only just scraped through the emissions this year, so well useful to know what to do for next time

[@cjstubejackofalltrade1551]

Mine failed day b4 yesterday at kwikfit. I drove the car on the motorway yesterday crazy and took the car to a local garage and emission was 0.71. They asked me to take it back to kwikfit and car passed this morning after half hour mad drive several proper rev by the kwikfit guy. It was 0.99. I put half a litre diesel system cleaner yesterday. Kwikfit guy advised me to do that every 6 months and also lot of people I spoke to advised me not to buy fuel at supermarkets. I always bought at Tescos or shell but past 4 weeks morrison and sainsburys. I had so much stress past 2 days. Thanks for the video man.

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

Happy for you mate, it's a ballache. Same with you on the supermarket fuel it's a scam, I swear you get less miles to a tank on that gutter wash, so it's not actually cheaper and it messes your car up.

[@cjstubejackofalltrade1551]

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 Thanks mate. Keep up the good work. We need nice people like you around us.

[@maryandsam2]

That's a good set of advice, my old van 2006 is as basic as it gets (no turbo even) it went straight through its last mot. Its overdue an oil change though so some top tips for me there. As always useful practical advice!

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

The small french diesels used to be my favorite but the ones with lots of wires are pants, keep it going forever man, when it goes it'll take hassle free motoring with it!

[@FishinNStuff]

It might be older but it's still a nice looking truck man , that's helpful stuff brother

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

Cheers mate

[@xDrDeath78x]

Absolutely spot on video mate. Thanks for sharing this info and I’m sure it’s gunna help a few people. I forget that you aren’t just a nutter in a shed but you are also a proper mechanic/engineer.

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

Well... By proper, you just mean I get paid for it right?

[@xDrDeath78x]

Turbo Conquering Mega Eagle lol yeah

[@abudhabidel1]

1997 Jeep XJ Cherokee. MOT failed - among other things, THREE TIMES over the limit on emissions! Bloke in the garage said it could cost up to a grand to fix this PLUS all the other issues - which included some welding on the sill. I was sad and thought this was the end....then I found your video! Inspiration! So I set to work. Second hand headlamp off Facebook Market place - some brake cleaner - and some cheap engine oil. Got it hot and changed the oil. Put in a bottle of Wynnes - £30 of super expensive diesel and asked the garage (different one from before) to change the oil and filter and MOT it when it was hot. Result!! It only failed on the hole in the sill - and wait for it - I hadn't adjusted the replacement headlamp! Well done mate -I owe you a beer!!

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

Nice one mate, let's keep them going as long as possible just to stick it to the man.

[@mrpete1972]

Nice vid, I agree with all that you are saying about the vehicle life and thanks for the top tip about the oil level. I could feel your frustration don't let the bastards grind you down.

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

They'll never grind me down, I'll do something stupid way before that happens.... Maybe run the exhaust to a blow up bed on the roof so it makes no emissions

[@SamShepherd-m1h]

Great video,my van failed badly on emissions last week, I've just done the double oil flush that you recommended and new filter, plus a bit of redex and a thrashing and it's passed! Nice 1 👍

[@gillbertomally123]

Searched and searched for tips to reduce emissions on VW diesel , failed not! Followed your advice, should have seen their faces at mot garage at retest! It sailed through! Thx mate! A big difference in price compared to filters/converters they said I’d have to fit to get it through! Thx again mate!👍👍

[@liberty9002]

Thank you for your time and effort much appreciated

[@Марк.Фетнов]

Thats me doing an oil change, same basin, same puddle of oil on the drive where I wasn't quick enough! Handy tip on the oil level, and cleaning the injectors in an ultrasonic kit. Cheers!

[@PaulRansonArt]

Great video. My old 2007 VW Golf tdi ( 140K miles ) just failed the emissions test. It was serviced 3,000 miles ago, does 53 mpg doesn't smoke or burn oil so should have flown through. But the EGR valve gets clogged and pushes the emissions up. Just another thing to check on higher milage engines. 😍😍

[@jemmace2586]

Totally agree mate! it's daft! I have a 1.9tdi.. I'm waiting for the suits to outlaw any diesel at all! I'm up North but it's coming and everywhere sooon. This car will last me forever, it's reliable, i know it'll do more than 500,000 miles! it's a vw and will keep going and going with my care in looking after it myself, I'll foil them too on the next mot and so on until they do make them obselete. knob eds! Subbed btw! and 23K subs! think you're airing a lot of our fears, don't you reckon!!

[@1.9tdilove71]

Hey bro. I also have Skoda Octavia rider 1.9tdi diesel 2006 clocked 99000 Kmart on odometer. Which oil you use? Do you recommend any diesel additive? Thanks

[@maciekm7953]

Great video 👍 all this ecology stuff it's a business. It got nothing with saving the planet.

[@sircumference5032]

nothing wrong with diesel fumes.........they talk bollocks and we pay

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

It'd certainly be easier to believe if the people doing the preaching weren't the biggest bunch of wasters on the planet.

[@grahamcorley8156]

The best and most honest video I have seen in ages.

[@BensWorkshop]

Interesting video. Many thanks. I've just bought two small 3 cylinder diesel engines which apart from being non turbo work the same way to fix up. Full rebuilds will be coming on my channel. My Jag sailed though and has a common rail system. Not fond of it but it works and changing the injectors is easy.

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

I hope you are buying the Ford injectors not the identical jag ones at 3x the price! I look forward to seeing your new engines!

[@BensWorkshop]

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 I don't recall seeing the notification of this reply... Odd. I get reconditioned injectors for around the £100 mark. No Idea if the Perkins or Kubota I'll be working on will need them. Both are around the 660CC mark. Out of interest, on the subject of Izuzu Troopers, when was the last year they had a proper old fashioned injection diesel?

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

@@BensWorkshop I can only speak for the troopers, that same engine was also in 5 1/2 ton forward control lorry's but the troopers switched from 3.1 manual to 3.0 common rail around 1999 and the van version a year or two later. Very excited for the Perkins being fairly local to their Peterborough factory, the locals in these parts love them!

[@BensWorkshop]

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 Many thanks. SO if I'm after an old style trooper, I'd want a 3ltr pre 1999. On the Perkins there's a few other things that need to do first, but I'll probably do it before the Kubota. I'll also need to get a bore gauge. (Though with patience that need not be expensive).

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

@@BensWorkshop Benedict White no, the 3.1! The smaller 3.0 was common rail and had the usual injector blow by issues of the era. If you've got a clean unswept area of the cylinder you can just use the Piston ring, like doing a ring gap check. It is a very good test for ovality (which in some engines is far more important) as well if you put a light behind it once you have used the Piston to get it squared. Unless I am doing work that specifically requires I record the bore dimensions, I just use an old ring as it is very quick. I use an upside down Piston, behind the ring, feeler gauge in the gap in the middle/ most worn portion then work it up and down, if it binds up really badly I investigate further! I'm fortunate in being able to get a fist in the cylinders I work on though.

[@hairymarmite6419]

Congratulations Turbo, on your fresh mot. Another 11 1/2 months of worry free motoring,

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

Lol, cheers mate I've never been worried about this one, my mrs's little van was giving me concerns but that sailed through.

[@Everythings_Adjustable]

Some good advice right there! 👍

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

Hope so, I don't like the idea of cars being scrapped at 100k for no good reason!

[@Nordic_Mechanic]

Try Prolab DBF-4 it's just fantastic for keeping your engine clean. It cleans and add lubricity to the diesel, making it run forever and burns cleanly. 2 millions miles big truck have used it, and the cylinders stayed spotless . I bet it helps emissions too

[@garrieparsons2265]

what is dbf4 ????

[@zoiksandmorezoiks2719]

Spot on, its to get people on leased contacts on new vehicles I reckon ...I'm going to try some of this, my trusty old VW just past my last MOT emissions test by a mouses fart after I've done loads of work on it so I'll need some of this voodoo magic before the next one. really want to keep it as it's got real keys, non electric window winders, a real hand brake, manual choke for frozen mornings, plenty 2nd hand parts etc. Need a computer programming degree to fault find some of these new space wagons, and they seem to have plenty!

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

Are they giving you hassle on a pre 1995 petrol? I'm guessing it's not a beetle as I'm overly familiar with the crappy automatic chokes on the standard carbs! It is really sad, I'm more upset for my kid's than anything else, the scrapyard adventures and gaffa tape fixes just don't happen on new motors and really teach a youngster the art of mend and make do.

[@zoiksandmorezoiks2719]

Turbo Conquering Mega Eagle it's a 2000 plate T4 transporter diesel so I think it's more a cold start lever that adjusts the injection timing rather than a 'choke' I suppose, but yeah I'd like to keep it running as long as I can now just to spite them! Maybe vegetable oil conversion could be the future..great sense of accomplishment doing a home fix on the cheap and also handy skills for breaking down in foreign countries or the middle of nowhere. I think this nonsense will also hit some independent garages too as doubt they will be able to afford software licenses for all brands of vehicle in the not so distant future. Hopefully the kids will have jet packs anyway and the mot will be consigned to the pages of history along with the little chef and tax disks.

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

@@zoiksandmorezoiks2719 ah ok. The 1.9? Good mota, I looked at transporters for my Mrs but went Vito instead, the Merc 2.2 is as equally bomb proof, and if you have a welder, owning a 2000 era Merc is very cheap! Are you fighting the tin worm yet? Most LT's from then have evaporated, the caddy's have the Spanish half rot away while the German bit is perfect but I haven't seen any Mercedes style rot on the transporters.

[@zoiksandmorezoiks2719]

Turbo Conquering Mega Eagle yeah the1.9 she is a sluggish brute but reliable so far. a little rust appearing on the arches but easy tidied as it's thick steel on vw, nothing like the dissolving from the inside out Mazda van we once owned.. a bit on the roof rails too but I've fixed up there already as someone also had attached some roof bars with long wood screws through the roof...safe to say that leaked! Sorted now though which made it a bargain T4 just need to try some of this emissions tips to ensure she sails off the mot ramp next year with flowers kittens and rainbows blowing out the exhaust 🤙

[@Engineerd3d]

Btw. I have used ATF with great success to flush out engines. The stuff eats carbon it looks like and does not damage bearings.

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

I'll never stick anything but oil in an engine but i always reserve the right to be completely wrong!

[@Engineerd3d]

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 I agree. ATF on its own won't hurt the materials in a engine. It does however have a detergent pack that seems to disolve typical gunk in an engine. Admittedly only used it on severely gunked engines. Cleaned them up followed by a double oil change and filter change.

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

@@Engineerd3d that sounds like a sensible plan. I've spent my entire working life on light aircraft engines, they are mostly air-cooled, have huge clearances, no valve guide seals and burn leaded fuel so my views are based on dinosaurs who's problems don't turn up in newer engines.

[@TheKaptainKernow]

The intercooler from a Renault Traffic fits almost perfectly between the two holes that the intercooler pipes go through. It's a noticeable difference in oomph, and seemed to make my mate's truck less smokey too. He also swapped the little boost regulation hoses, and the thing goes like stink! Not that you'd be interested in that, being all sensible and calm these days....

[@Nordic_Mechanic]

And while my oil change cost 213$, I still have my crosshatch in the cylinder bores after 428 000 km on the engine. Possibly closer to 450kkm because im running bigger tires. Loves the isuzu trooper story, it's always the same story, they run great forever unless the rust breaks them in half. My truck has an isuzu designed engine. And I also own a isuzu impulse awd turbo. Great engine on all of those.

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

They did make excellent engines, same problems as everyone else now unfortunately, the only really bomb proof common rail engines here are the Mercedes, even Toyota can't make a good diesel anymore.

[@Nordic_Mechanic]

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 I've got the big 6.6 common rail isuzu/duramax. Not a mecanical pump but the cp3 is great and last forever. The problematic common rail if you look into it all have the cp4 as their heart. Check my 2 videos about cp3 vs cp4. Bosch purposely lowered the quality, that much is evident if you watch the vids

[@Traderjoe]

My friend used to have an Isuzu Trooper and I offered to change her oil for her and could not believe how well those trucks were put together. Even the engine shield was super rugged and easy to take off and on. I really didn’t even have to Jack the car up, just drove it onto some thick beams for clearance. My father used to use a compressor with a wide rubber cone and a hole through the middle to pressurize the engine after the oil had drained and you’d see another half pint out oil come out the bottom. I don’t think they make or sell Isuzu here anymore. It’s a shame.

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

Did you ever see their cars from the 90's? They sell Isuzu trucks here still, but they are 2.0L high boost engines in a big old truck so no one buys them, They might have the power on paper but they just bog down the second you ask them to do real work.

[@anthonyknight3763]

I did all that in May to my vehicle just before the the MOT I fuel cleaning fluid in the tank as well previous years I actually had a TerraClean done to it it cost me 90 quid but that probably emissions right down

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

That's not far off what it costs to change the oil twice, 20 snots for 5 litters of decent oil now. What's terraclean? Someone told me to run it on veg oil for the test, apparently it's cleaner but it needed a service anyway.

[@ed7269]

Great tutorial buddy thanks

[@johnsavage248]

Keep highlighting the nonsense that is our nanny state government, James. But be prepared to get censored. Btw, Smart meters and actually incredibly dumb Smoking tobacco, not those cigarette things, is actually good for you Giving up tobacco is actually bad for you as a smoker Keep doing what you do. Love it!

[@jebba]

I don't know whether a diesel replacement fuel exists, but I can imagine if you fill up your tank with that 4 stroke gasoline replacement like aspen 4 stroke for generators, it will pass emission test easily. Edit: apearently Aspen sells Aspen D fuel, claiming better emissions for equipment you're working next to. Might be an alternative during the test

[@shanek6582]

Wonder if you could Jerry rig a DEF fluid injection into the exhaust somewhere that the inspector couldn’t find, might clean up the emissions.

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

I don't know, there are probably specific temperatures and gas flows it needs to work at.

[@shrillcarder]

There are!

[@jimbarbwe1985]

This video made me miss my 3.1 trooper.

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

God bless the mighty ship trooper and all those who sail in her. I miss mine too, sorry for bringing back those memories.

[@jimbarbwe1985]

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 sorry, fuck no they were amazing days. Beast in the snow, she was my shooting truck and would go everywhere but the motorway. She was the 3 door sports model 😁 SWB no back seats all lined out. Was a drifting beast when in RWD in the snow with only 2 seats and about 8 mates in it, we ain't missing Xmas drinks, then bin lid sledding on the was home. Pissed on all the deaf benders "defenders" had the twin battery pack and 4billion watts of spot lights and led bars.

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

Even just with a bit of rain they'd do roundabouts sideways very nicely. We had a kayak on the airfield for when it snowed and a V8 defender crash truck with 18" wide tyres to tow it with, never had days off due snow, it was too much fun!

[@FrancisoDoncona]

Get a single tank of biodiesel, aka fatty acid methyl ester aka fame aka paint stripper, you will pass your emissions and clean out you tank and injectors

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

I have heard that before, I'm definitely not brave enough to try it though mate.

[@moodyjeep]

Nice, New sub here mate. Baz.

[@Traderjoe]

Are there exemptions for vehicles that plow snow? Because here in the US, if the vehicle is used as a snow plow it does not have to have emissions testing and very often, somebody will mount the snow plow hydraulic controller to the front end and tell the mechanic that he plows in the winter (even if he doesn’t 🤫)

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

Ha, brilliant. No exemptions for snow plows, used to be for tow vehicles and agricultural vehicles but they got wise to it. Fair ground vehicles are exempt still but that comes with some weird rules. Have you got your parcel yet Joe?

[@jimbarbwe1985]

I can just imagine the guy who lives in death valley with plow stuff on his truck. "Yea buddy, I plow, what's it to ya"

[@Traderjoe]

Turbo Conquering Mega Eagle Yes sir! Thank you so much! I am planning a video on it, as soon as the heat wave we are experiencing this weekend. It’s been horrendously hot and humid. Thank you for the ___! Excellent quality! 👍🏻 The sheath is amazing quality and stitching! Copper rivets are perfectly placed to protect the user and the sheath,

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

@@Traderjoe your blood is 100% responsible for the rivet placement my friend! And thank you for the purchase, I'm saving up for another industrial sewing machine.

[@jimbarbwe1985]

Not saying to do this or that this could ever happen 😉 but, what if you had a friendly garage, who, when you you turn up rolling coal, the probe accidentally ended up in the back of a brand new BMW diesel while all the data showed it was up the back of your car. What bastard would lie to the powers that be. 😁👍

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

You think I didn't ask? Sensible testers are rare, blind ones just don't exist anymore.

[@jimbarbwe1985]

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 never say never, unless that twat from London who doesn't want anyone to have a penknife asks 😁

[@hairymarmite6419]

The bastards from "you know who" have direct video link to the station........... Bastards!

[@donner101]

When it failed the initial emissions test what reading was it giving and what did the tester say the upper limit was?

[@IrlDave71]

You should try the Irish equivalent of the MOT, the Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness Test (CVRT). My 2003 Toyota Landcruiser failed for having a 2 inch tear on the drivers seat at the seam visible when you opened the door. Question, when you changed the oil for the final time, did you also change the oil filter?

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

Yes I did, put a decent one with the decent oil, should have made that clear. Your torn seat is a joke, makes me feel silly for complaining now!

[@Nordic_Mechanic]

11:42 Turbocharged engine. So no difference in their rating between a petrol and diesel engine? Surely it can't be the same emmisions with 2 different fuel source

[@shanek6582]

I don’t know shit about engines, saying that, for the past two days I’ve been tearing down my 03 duramax to put new head gaskets on. I’ve been feeling sorry for myself because my truck is down but at least I’m in Tennessee so I don’t have to worry about the emissions bullshit. I’m sorry for you dude. You should try and make buddies with a inspector and pay him off to pass your vehicles

[@OutofTownwithRobinBell]

👍

[@doOf3r]

MOTs are the bangeromics kryptonite :(

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

It always used to be good sport till now, wiring all the dash lights together so he doesn't twig the abs is fucked, swapping tyres with mate's, this emissions stuff isn't sporting though, it's like playing five a side against blokes in toe cap boots.

[@garrieparsons2265]

will sea foam in your fuel clean out carbon ????

[@mrblack61]

common sense doesnt come into it, big business power and profits always come first eh :/... BOC all of em!

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

Not just that but a whole bunch of voters that buy into the crazy plans, votes and backhanders. BOC.

[@mrblack61]

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 totally, we need Brewster! 😁 kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2fYYaiqgtV5jtE

[@EitriBrokkr]

what engine is in your truck?

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

12valve 2.5L it's a Mazda badged as a Ford.

[@EitriBrokkr]

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 that's awesome, they don't have such combinations in the states

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

@@EitriBrokkr all the euro Ford rangers are just Mazdas, yours are a bit bigger by the looks of them.

[@CLOWNUK]

dont understand how changing oil can make it smoke less, my old 95 discovery smokes like a mother with my foot down still passes mot . 31 mpg

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

You must have noticed a difference in smell when it's got fresh oil in it? With fresh oil you won't get as much blow by the piston rings and as a result less oil will get through the breather and into the induction side of things. I spose there could be a number of other things going on but that's what Im guessing would be the biggest contributor.

[@CLOWNUK]

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 i change my oil every 4000 miles with good oil (the book recommends 6000) it now has 180000 on clock, its running about 20 hp extra with playing about with pump and better intercooler 20psi turbo. i add 2% veg oil to tank of diesel to help the pump and things last longer, so cant smell much more than cod and chips type smell, although it does get a little quieter after oil change

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

@@CLOWNUK ha, pretty cool. I'm afraid I don't do anything with my fuel.

[@barnydrunk]

Sorry to use bad language but, AD-BLUE pain the the ass really 🤣🤣

[@User107D]

Its so nice that EU pushes the people to scrab there cars because of the emissions this will definitely help the poorest to use more bikes and buses! Meanwhile the rich folks can breath fresh air and drive brand new cars! European Union is example for social justice liberty and human rights!

[@Re_Kitty]

It’s total ripe shit

[@woden20]

Deadly diesel fumes are BS ,you couldn't do yourself in with the hose pipe on the exhaust. Old russian submarine engine story time propaganda , utter BS all about £££.

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

Yes gents! It is all about spinning some shitty narrative and robbing decent folk their entire working life, if they push me much more I'm just going to fit a cloaking device then I won't even bother with the test.

[@RandomClips27.]

Mines a pertrol 1.4 and still fails every year on emissions even tho its got a brand new catalytic converter in they cu*ts just want us to buy electric cars but not everyone can afford the crazy price's they go for my mates got one but with everything going up he paying more then me but now he changed jobs where they let you charge your car for free but won't last long tho anyway I just put cataclean in few days before my mot and gets through the mot with flying colors even the mot guy shocked asking what I done to the car 🤣🤣🤣

[@shanek6582]

It’s all about having to buy new vehicles and pay sales tax, it’s 10000% about sales tax on new vehicles.

[@gramursowanfaborden5820]

6:30 Seafoam killed our old van engine! got rid of all the grot that was holding the thing together and keeping the valves sealed! the Scrappage Scheme was probably the worst environmental disaster in the UK for a long time because of the number of new cars manufactured to fill the gap left behind by the old reliable motors, gotten rid of by people who didn't know what they had. also, old tip from my dad. save some money on disposal and paint that black oil on any external wood that needs treating. looks like bitumen paint, it'll come off on anything that touches it though, so only good for walls and other stuff out of the way.

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

Unfortunate about your van, my condolences. Scrappage scheme might have kept Nissan and Peugeot here for a few more years but they are packing up now and it was a huge hit to the independent garages that live off servicing old bangers. Like you say, people didn't know what they had, it's obvious now that car manufacturing peeked in the 90's even some Vauxhalls were ok back then. 90's Nissan Micra as a design and manufacture study is in my opinion the closest mankind has ever come to making the perfect car, no excess yet no weakness, affordable despite being assembled in the UK, complexity only where absolutely required but without compromising reliability due to the finest of tolerances. It makes me sad knowing that we are still moving away from that and rewarding sloppy throw away design with purchases of impractical body shapes and powerplants that need £400 servicing and major repairs before 100k.

[@gramursowanfaborden5820]

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 those Micras are bomb proof! friend of mine bought one from an old granny, 70k miles, never been serviced, it was immaculate, he went to change the oil and the stuff he took out was still transparent! no bad rust either, and in Cornwall that is unheard of. i think Land Rovers are the ultimate though, as long as you get a diesel one, just like old tools, they'll last 'til the heat death of the universe if you look after them, but they don't put up with being abused, that's what a lot of people don't seem to realise nowadays.

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

@@gramursowanfaborden5820 I get Misty eyed over a nice Landover just like most blokes but they stopped being good 4x4s in the 80's Too many weaknesses, and seeing as the gearbox is one of them and it's also the most unpleasant gearbox I've ever had to replace, unless I could find a 2.25d series 3 that was cheap enough that I could go and buy a galv chasis and firewall I'd never go near one. Have you seen how badly the thinner gauge alluminium rots on the deffenders? The 200&300 tdi's are as thirsty as the v8 and all the later diesels had bad faults, td5 blew it's head and then instantly cracked between pots, tdci from Ford had the pump and injectors eat each other at 40k, and I stopped paying attention after that! My cousin was a Geoffrey in the RAF, spent half his life doing gearboxes on deffenders, the military one's even had bolt on cross members to make life easier so when I couldn't get the cross member back on the crash truck at work, I spoke to him and he said "never take the crossmember off, we do the gearbox through the cabin as the second you unbolt the crossmember the chassis bananas and you need jacks to get it back together" but it was too late...

[@gideonsimmons8015]

English engines are so weird looking

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

There is always so much space inside the engine bay, all the Volvo's, Mercedes and 4x4's I've owned have been 4cyl version of what you lot have with a v6. Kinda handy for working on them.

[@gideonsimmons8015]

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 nice I own a Nissan xterra you probably know it as a patrol, I used to be a mechanic and I'm a big ford guy. I used to love really old land rovers but nowadays they suck. I'm a new subscriber and so far like what yah done and I'd really love to see more work done with the slingshot rifle

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

@@gideonsimmons8015 big fan of patrols and land cruisers, they've always been out of my price range for anything that isn't completely ditched. I'll do some more little vids with the slingshots but pretty focused on dump trucks and bunker building right now, thanks mate.

[@gideonsimmons8015]

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 awesome work man. I think your showing a demographic of people that arent really seen alot any more and that's the more traditional english countrymen. I live out in the desert of new Mexico here in the US and is a dang shame hearing about how all the countries are failing and that people like you and me who build thing and work for ourselves and use our minds and our hands, were being completely forgotten in just about every aspect of life and so many politicians make rules that they dont think who they affect such as banning alot of guns and like your emission checks on your truck.