Thread: Headgasket YAY

I think it is something to do with timing slightly off. Its very sluggish throttle response not just when taking off. Is there a way to do it with a timing light? Or just the way you mention there?

Only the way previously mentioned ,unfortunately, so rocker cover off , cam plug out, but compared to what you've done its a walk in the park
It'll be running sweet after that, ( timing light is for ignition timing of a petrol engine, this is cam timing)
Let me know how you go

Thankyou yeah timing etc is where i tend to get to limit of my knowledge haha. Shall do. Hopefully it returns my car to its former speedy self! Just so glad to have the beast back though. Missed my Landy

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well the cam timing is obviously the cause of the issue, or even the injector clearances too. and after following proceedure, ive got an even more sluggish disco that is using loads of fuel. so going to speak to mechanic today but might be time to take it in and get him to check and sort it out and tell us what we are doing wrong with timing the dam thing. the cam tensioner has also now some how tightened itself extremely tight. when it has been fine. and no socket large enough and im not sure size it is. has always been easy to remove with a big adjustable spanner. my disco was heaps zippy before all of this with its tune/chip thing now it is rediculous and extremely frustrating

sorry to hear that epic, socket size is 27 mm or i think 1.1/8in in the old school
best not to drive it like that, .....so you locked the crank from under the car in tdc number 1 when the cam is in the position with the little cutout that you can see when looking down the locking pin hole ?. 2 turns of the crank =1 turn of the cam so you may have to do another full rotation of the crank to get the cam near position .pm me if you get stuck. remember to walk away for a while if you want to bash it with a hammer

Haha i never want to bash my car my partners made up a few new words though :O haha! But remotivated thanks to the mechanic. Shoutout to PCB Landrovers and how awesome he is!! But seems to be the injector bump clearances. The how to saying "bottom out" is easy to misinterpret. So now that has been explained and know what right feel is hopefully after later my zippy disco should be back in fine form. so almost there. Will update later then hopefully its good for a long time to come and my reliable steed returned! I also lost my engine cover bolts :/ LOL
The crank bit was also a missed step. Cam is always lined up and locked. But crank need to remove the bash plate to see that line up mark.

has anyone got a pic of the crank timing pin thing? or location of it? just to double check got right area. only RAVE manual i can find to download/view seems to forget about td5. and extensive google has the camshaft timing stuff and says about the crank but no info on location or images or a diagram to be found.
thanks in advance