Dr Mark's Tardis

I clearly had a water leak, but with coolant catching the fan is was splattered all over and impossible to trace. I found it eventually by pressurising the header tank, thanks to a little hand pump that I had inherited from Rich. It was from the water pump. So new water pump: Parts: Pump 500361919 (Iveco £167+ ) o-ring 14472681 (discontinued)           94.62mm x 5.33mm white tube 4697947 (Iveco £2.64 +) o-rings on white tube x4 17278481 (Iveco £2.64+)           17.17mm x 1.78mm circlip on white tube x 2 11066976 (Iveco poa) Gasket for rear pipe 9843478 (about £1) New jubilee clips for water hoses  Antifreeze (Red 5ltr £9.99 eurocarparts) The pump included the studs but not the o-ring seal. The large o-ring is discontinued by Iveco. available on line ???? The white plastic tube becomes brittle, and as predicted, it broke during disassembly. Order of Work Front Grill off Radiator out Remove fanbelt and fan Rem...

Preparations for the next trip November 2018 Oil and filter changed by the garage 2994057 Antifreeze changed (red, 5 year lifetime) New front brake pads 1906430 (1906040 is equiv)

It seemed like a simple oil leak to fix, but I ended up finding four different places that the oil can leak out and fixed all of them. Flange to casing Oil was clearly leaking from the front of the rear diff casing and "wetting" the case. There is a major seal part number 40101693 (£26 Vexi). The job involves Undoing the rear propshaft flange to drop the end of the propshaft out of the way. Undoing the 36mm nut holding the flange adapter. Forum reports suggest this is very hard to remove, and then the seal comes out easily. I found the opposite. Nut is 36mm and should be torqued to 200Nm, mine came off easily. But the tab needs drilling or prizing out. The flange adapter then slides off exposing the splines The seal is a tight fit and needs to be prized off without  damaging the splines or thread. New seal goes in. It's a tight fit; must go in square and needs a soft mallett or piece of wood to put it in. Put the flange back and tighten the nut. You could bolt a...