phills1003
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Hi all.
I wonder whether anyone may be able to give me some info/advice.
Having had my disco 4 3.0 v6 looked at by 2 different garages recently. One of them replaced steering column as Ujs had seized. The column had soot on it like exhaust had been blowing on it.
My engine performance has dropped, the mpg has dropped and its making a hissing noise when you put your foot on the accelerator.
The car is now going into limp mode almost every time I drive it.
On a separate note, the viscous fan seems to be running much more than it used to be, even when cold and it seems to rev up in line with the engine revs. It is a new fan and so shouldn't be the fan itself - not sure whether this is related or not but I suspect it could be.
I think I am also getting an exhaust smell when the car is stationary and the heater is on in the cab.
Ive been told that it is the crossover pipe that is leaking exhaust.
I'm told that to get to the crossover pipe that the body has to come off for access to change the part. Its in a very awkward place to get to.
My question: Labour is obviously going to be the killer on the cost here, and so I was wondering whether any of you can recommend someone to do the job or know of someone that has done it before and therefore perhaps save me some money on the labour element of the cost to replace the part?
I'm probably going to get a quote from landrover themselves as you would imagine that they would know how to get to the part to replace!
The problem is that the car has done 140,000 miles and is probably only worth £8k at best if its working.
Any info or help much appreciated!
Thanks
I wonder whether anyone may be able to give me some info/advice.
Having had my disco 4 3.0 v6 looked at by 2 different garages recently. One of them replaced steering column as Ujs had seized. The column had soot on it like exhaust had been blowing on it.
My engine performance has dropped, the mpg has dropped and its making a hissing noise when you put your foot on the accelerator.
The car is now going into limp mode almost every time I drive it.
On a separate note, the viscous fan seems to be running much more than it used to be, even when cold and it seems to rev up in line with the engine revs. It is a new fan and so shouldn't be the fan itself - not sure whether this is related or not but I suspect it could be.
I think I am also getting an exhaust smell when the car is stationary and the heater is on in the cab.
Ive been told that it is the crossover pipe that is leaking exhaust.
I'm told that to get to the crossover pipe that the body has to come off for access to change the part. Its in a very awkward place to get to.
My question: Labour is obviously going to be the killer on the cost here, and so I was wondering whether any of you can recommend someone to do the job or know of someone that has done it before and therefore perhaps save me some money on the labour element of the cost to replace the part?
I'm probably going to get a quote from landrover themselves as you would imagine that they would know how to get to the part to replace!
The problem is that the car has done 140,000 miles and is probably only worth £8k at best if its working.
Any info or help much appreciated!
Thanks
