Spill Pipes

[seatkid]

Sorry to hear your having problems len. The solutions are all here on this forum if you decide to carry on when the bruised knuckles heal.

 

I think your starting issues are a combination of (mainly) timing (incorrect belt installation or a slipped timing pulley) and a bodged glowplug circuit by a DIY fixer.

 

The gear issue could be broken selector cables or ends (gearlever or gearbox end) or the selector lever bolt.

 

Searching the forum will reveal all you need to know, I'm sure.

[xavier]

was there not a recent post by a guy who had to start his car on sniff on a daily basis, once it'd been started it was fine for the rest of the day? Did it not turn out to be an issue with the fuel pump?

[seatkid]

was there not a recent post by a guy who had to start his car on sniff on a daily basis, once it'd been started it was fine for the rest of the day? Did it not turn out to be an issue with the fuel pump?

 

No, it was a worn timing pulley on the crankshaft (common problem) plus a slipping timing pulley on the camshaft (incorrectly tensioned bolt) that kept throwing the timing out on a daily basis.

[lennybhoy]

aye i know just what you mean about the timing belt issue slipping and the worn cog,but you see there comes a point when you loose faith in the car,have got three g/kids who need ferrying about here and there ,and have set times otherwise i get into trouble from social work if they are late the car just lets me down all the time, if you remember i had probs before with thius car i used cooking oil and thought that was the problem until i was told much later that the prob was although a new timing belt was fitted they had not fitted the whole kit,that was ttwo weeks ater buying the car and getting stuck lots of miles from home,the expence of redoing the head outweighed the cost of a s/hand engine so i was told (say no more about that) i would get the car up to the young lad who first told me of my prob but now the gear shift is wonky, so you see how ive come to this decision to sell on, all new parts have been bought incl clutch/water pump relays maf even bought a tow bar for getting the kids out in the caravan some hope, we bought this car because we were assured its great on diesel,cheap to insure,and run,so far quite the opposite as far as we are concerned, but will try to get it running right so we might be able to recover some of the outlay from this car, as allways will keep you all posted yours very low len

[lennybhoy]

for got to mention the glow plug button was never used on the engine before it was to be used if the temp was realy low the car used to start first time without any probs and no smoke what so ever ,len