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how long did it take bud?? ive looked at it, looks like the airbox will have to come off, and my hands are fookin huge... and theres not much space in there. lol

thanks guys, i'll just have to chuck it in the garage as i work funny hours and cant muck about with it. especially not in this weather lol

well, i think it has any way lol... was driving home and all of a sudden could only select 3rd and 4th gear. Gear stick was wondering around all over the place. Car is a 99v reg if it helps. Ive only just bought it as a stop gap as my 405 diesel was written off by a bafoon! lol any advice would be g...

Hi guys, found out about static water injection from veg oil diesel forum the other day and thought i'd give it a go and share my experience. Basicly i have a 405 td, running on svo which was a bit down on power/hard to start. So i took the intercooler off and stuck a wall paper steamer down into th...

Hmm, that does seem a little low... i get 46-47mpg from mine around town on veg oil, and thats with 15" Nimrods on it with 34psi in the tyres. As Gary says a good service with oil and filter change should see an improvement. Welcome by the way

I had a 350bhp (stage 4 remap) Saab 9000 Aero a few years back, i had poly engine mounts fitted to cope with the extra oomph!!
I loved that car!!

ALL SORTED!! Thanks guys for all your advice.. I checked the glow plugs and timer.. they were fine, so i followed your advice on putting 250ml of 2 stroke oil in it and 3 litres of petrol mixed in with 5 litres of fresh diesel outside the car.The old oil is still in there as it will mix in within th...

All it is is vapourised oil... its due to the fact that the oil gets so hot and vapourises and makes its way past the seals.

Thanks for the advice, 2 stroke oil... never heard of that man, whats the dilio!?

I had a similar issue with mine... turned out to be the actuator rod had siezed... get under the car and you should see a rod with a nut on it going into the turbo... you should be able to pull it by hand (it is under spring tension). If not, then it will need a good soak with Wd40. I found it easie...

Cheers guys, i'm gonna re-fit the fuel filter and siphon the fuel out and replace with diesel to see if that cures it... failing that i'm looking for an air leak some where... any ideas where to start!?

I had a clutch done at Mr clutch.. car was a previous 405 1.9td. On driving the car home the coolant light came on... so i stopped to investigate. I topped it up and drove it to my local garage who told me that when they were doing the clutch they (Mr clutch) must have pulled the gearbox over toward...

Yes Gary it's a 1.9td. I took the strainer out of the tank last night to discover it was spotlessly clean. I even stuck my hand/arm right in the tank to see if i could find and crud in there but all was clean. In the bit where the strainer sits there was a cloudy white film on top of the oil.. i dip...

Thanks for the reply, i only put 15ltr (about 1/4 of a tank) in as it was an unknown quantity... it does seem a little down on power too. I thought about putting diesel in it til its gone but didnt want to end up draining the diesel out too if it didn't work :roll: Plus the thought of going to a gar...

Hi guys, I've had my 405 td on veg oil for 6-8 months now, new stuff from the supermarket (when its on offer) and derv when i cant get any oil cheap :( So the other day i put some oil in the car from one of these "international foor shops" it said it was veg oil, and had a picture of a sunflower on ...