Range Rover Auto Overdrive

Hi

Hope you can help me. I've done a search on the group and not really
found what I was looking for.

I have a 97 Range Rover 2.5TDi Auto which I use regularly for towing
my heavy horse and horsebox. I think what I want to do is stop it
going into overdrive but I don't know how to. It goes into overdrive
then won't accelerate or pull as well as it did before. Similar to my
old disco I suppose - never really used 5th gear when towing. Also,
it gets a bit hot at times and I didn't really expect that - I have
been up and down to Edinburgh (I'm Aberdeenshire) a few times recently
and there's several long long climbs and it gets really hot. I either
slow down for a bit or if struggling up a long hill, I open the
windows and put the heater on ;o) and it cools down again.

Does anyone know how I stop it going into overdrive? Is there a handy
little switch I didn't know about, or does it involve buying some sort
of shift kit? Is the overheating something I should be really
concerned about?

Any help most gratefully appreciated.
Cheers,
Linda

In article <[email protected]>, LindaMcK wrote:
>
> Any help most gratefully appreciated.
> Cheers,
> Linda

You may get a quicker answer in alt.fan.landrover lots of people in
there who know these things inside out.

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Simon Barr.
1.7i Lada Niva Cossack.

LindaMcK wrote:
> Hi
>
> Hope you can help me. I've done a search on the group and not really
> found what I was looking for.
>
> I have a 97 Range Rover 2.5TDi Auto which I use regularly for towing
> my heavy horse and horsebox. I think what I want to do is stop it
> going into overdrive but I don't know how to. It goes into overdrive
> then won't accelerate or pull as well as it did before. Similar to my
> old disco I suppose - never really used 5th gear when towing. Also,
> it gets a bit hot at times and I didn't really expect that - I have
> been up and down to Edinburgh (I'm Aberdeenshire) a few times recently
> and there's several long long climbs and it gets really hot. I either
> slow down for a bit or if struggling up a long hill, I open the
> windows and put the heater on ;o) and it cools down again.
>
> Does anyone know how I stop it going into overdrive? Is there a handy
> little switch I didn't know about, or does it involve buying some sort
> of shift kit? Is the overheating something I should be really
> concerned about?
>
> Any help most gratefully appreciated.
> Cheers,
> Linda

Stopping it using 4th overdrive is easy - instead of slotting it into D,
select 3 - it will drive as normal but won't change up into top at all. In
the same way when descending hills drop the lever into 3 or 2 depending on
the hill for more engine braking with a trailer.

As for the overheating - it shouldn't do that. What is the max weight of the
horsebox including the horses? The autoboxes themselves do get hot to the
touch but the temp gauge shouldn't go above 2/3. Could be something as
simple as too little oil or a partially blocked radiator.

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Simon Barr <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> In article <[email protected]>, LindaMcK wrote:
> >
> > Any help most gratefully appreciated.
> > Cheers,
> > Linda
>
> You may get a quicker answer in alt.fan.landrover lots of people in
> there who know these things inside out.

Thanks for the suggestion - am trying that now.
Thanks,
Linda

Linda,
When towing, keep the shifter in 3 not D as D gives you the Overdrive!


In message <[email protected]>, LindaMcK
<[email protected]> writes
>Hi
>
>Hope you can help me. I've done a search on the group and not really
>found what I was looking for.
>
>I have a 97 Range Rover 2.5TDi Auto which I use regularly for towing
>my heavy horse and horsebox. I think what I want to do is stop it
>going into overdrive but I don't know how to. It goes into overdrive
>then won't accelerate or pull as well as it did before. Similar to my
>old disco I suppose - never really used 5th gear when towing. Also,
>it gets a bit hot at times and I didn't really expect that - I have
>been up and down to Edinburgh (I'm Aberdeenshire) a few times recently
>and there's several long long climbs and it gets really hot. I either
>slow down for a bit or if struggling up a long hill, I open the
>windows and put the heater on ;o) and it cools down again.
>
>Does anyone know how I stop it going into overdrive? Is there a handy
>little switch I didn't know about, or does it involve buying some sort
>of shift kit? Is the overheating something I should be really
>concerned about?
>
>Any help most gratefully appreciated.
>Cheers,
>Linda

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"Exit" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<OvWbb.115420$B%[email protected]>...
> LindaMcK wrote:
> > it gets a bit hot at times and I didn't really expect that - I have
> > been up and down to Edinburgh (I'm Aberdeenshire) a few times recently
> > and there's several long long climbs and it gets really hot. I either
> > slow down for a bit or if struggling up a long hill, I open the
> > windows and put the heater on ;o) and it cools down again.
> >
> > Does anyone know how I stop it going into overdrive? Is there a handy
> > little switch I didn't know about, or does it involve buying some sort
> > of shift kit? Is the overheating something I should be really
> > concerned about?
> >
>
> As for the overheating - it shouldn't do that. What is the max weight of the
> horsebox including the horses? The autoboxes themselves do get hot to the
> touch but the temp gauge shouldn't go above 2/3. Could be something as
> simple as too little oil or a partially blocked radiator.

Trailer is around 1000kg unloaded - horse is around 750kg and then
there's bits and bobs in there, too - probably altogether around
2000kg.

The temp gauge does go up but I don't let it go into the red. It's
had a new gearbox overheat sensor recently as it was broken - it
doesn't beep that the gearbox is overheating, just the temp gauge.

Thanks heaps for the info,
Linda

LindaMcK wrote:
> "Exit" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:<OvWbb.115420$B%[email protected]>...
>> LindaMcK wrote:
>>> it gets a bit hot at times and I didn't really expect that - I have
>>> been up and down to Edinburgh (I'm Aberdeenshire) a few times
>>> recently and there's several long long climbs and it gets really
>>> hot. I either slow down for a bit or if struggling up a long hill,
>>> I open the windows and put the heater on ;o) and it cools down
>>> again.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know how I stop it going into overdrive? Is there a
>>> handy little switch I didn't know about, or does it involve buying
>>> some sort of shift kit? Is the overheating something I should be
>>> really concerned about?
>>>
>>
>> As for the overheating - it shouldn't do that. What is the max
>> weight of the horsebox including the horses? The autoboxes
>> themselves do get hot to the touch but the temp gauge shouldn't go
>> above 2/3. Could be something as simple as too little oil or a
>> partially blocked radiator.
>
> Trailer is around 1000kg unloaded - horse is around 750kg and then
> there's bits and bobs in there, too - probably altogether around
> 2000kg.
>
Half what a RR can pull so no problems there.

> The temp gauge does go up but I don't let it go into the red. It's
> had a new gearbox overheat sensor recently as it was broken - it
> doesn't beep that the gearbox is overheating, just the temp gauge.
>
The temp gauge tells you how hot the engine is so I suspect its an engine
cooling problem, possibly themostat but more likely a partially blocked rad
which copes fine when used normal, but loses it when worked harder. When the
engine is fully hot *CAREFULLY* feel all over the face of the rad - it it is
partially blocked some areas will be cooler than others. If thats the case
you can try flushing it but probably you need a new rad - not too expensive
or too hard to fit!

Good luck.

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