dave85

If anything could be called a schoolboy error.....

At what point did you invent dan from glasgow and ring me you pair of pasty-munchers?

Sometimes you find that the piston won't come all the way back no matter what you do, I tend to leave it well alone if it's still got enough travel to work and isnt leaking. Nip the TPA up till the lever stops flapping about and bleed from there.

All modern oils go black very quickly, it's mostly carbon and tiny bits of metal being held in supension. The age/use of the oil is more important than its colour in knowing when to change it. Another thing, if it's losing water into the engine, you may find a mayonaise-like substance plastered around the oil filler and the top end of the engine, that's a pretty good sign of a failing head gasket. Most diesel additives are pretty similar, and should be doing the same job.

It'll be the first diesel I've ever seen with spark plug trouble And you're a little mixed up. Blue smoke is oil, usually coming past the rings or up the valve guides. Black smoke is overfuelling, wether that's a pump or injector problem. I'd support the idea that the cutting out may be a fuel problem, perhaps a can of diesel clean would be a good thing to try if you stop its coolant drinking habit.

You're a padewan student at the feet of some people.

As blackadder pointed out, the abused kick downwards p.s. certain members posting in this thread are well known for being complete twats, don't take it to heart.

Water being used can be innocuous, a small leak in a hose perhaps. At the though worst it can be new head-gasket time. Get a bottle of sealant (rad-weld or barrs leaks are the best we've used) and see wether that cures it. The temperature of the coolant doesnt really affect the level much, it expands but so does the engine and radiator so the change is minimal.

I hate to be the bringer of doom, but is it using any coolant?

How many won by dent of being the only entry to that class?

Have a look here for a dealer. Failing that contact the factory.

I can't find out the reason, but water bleeds seem to be to blame in most cases when the piston goes tight. I take the seals off, stick the piston in a lathe and machine a few thou off it, if you're careful you might be able to do the same with some fine emery.

The buggery he is, I'm not welsh

Here Usually called mascots. Any reason you want the Jowett to look more like Gumdrop?

I can't help feeling that acting like you have something to hide by asking for representation didnt exactly convince the copper to go easy.

There is no money, not 100 million for a mosque anyway

Are any of us still living under the delusion that this is a real proposition?

ten minutes under an oxy torch has them right as rain

In aluminium, anything less than 25mm is asking for trouble. In steel, anything more than 20 may bottom out on the frame tubes.

Not much has actually changed since you were in nappies though, my '96 x-lite is pretty much the same geometry as an '07 one

What exactly, if anything, do you want us to do about it? Short of the whole population thinking "f**k this" and dissolving government, we'll never get to total freedom. Even if half of us think "f**k this" and stage a coup de ta, we would be enforcing our "no rules" rule on the other half, which would rather miss the point (On that note, I had a chuckle today reading a poster on a lamp post that proclaimed some kind of organisation for anarchists was to be set up....) Perhaps your life grates on the inequalitites in our society, which is in no sense your own fault, you were just born as Rich and that's how you are. Still, avoiding insoluble problems is a damn sight better than banging your head against them.

Those three terms for girls are derogatory, I'm not surprised your mum gets wound up by them. I know you're too thick (skinned) to take offence, others arent.

Hooking better than this chap.

Not like there's been no warning, I heard about it over a week ago

Try this