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Offline muddyjames

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a disco is born
« on: June 02, 2008, 22:22:36 »
well nearly.

After the death of mine on the M1 a few weeks back I have had a stroke of luck.

A mate of mine was at a trials day and someone he knew has a 300tdi engine out of a S reg ex police support disco with all the bolt on bits I need eg alternator etc for £450. My mate is even going to borrow a trailer and bring the engine to me and a engine hoist and spend a weekend with his landy loving partner too to help.

Al this for £450. Bargain I think and must be a reliable engine. Veg oil kit is going and along with my 200litre surplus of oil I have! Not risking another engine going pop.
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Re: a disco is born
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2008, 23:05:07 »
had my new engine in for 4 months now never look back , wish id had it done a while back . u wait and see it will have a complete new lease of life and possible better mpg on normal diesel too :D :D
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Re: a disco is born
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2008, 05:28:59 »
Nice one James

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Re: a disco is born
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2008, 12:10:11 »
Do you think using veg oil contributed to the death of your engine or am I badly reading between the lines of your OP???

Cheers,

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Re: a disco is born
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2008, 20:17:09 »
I'm not 100% sure it has effected it but I think it may have been a contributing factor. there was certainly veg oil all over my engine in with the water when the rad header tank cap let out the high pressure water.
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