What did you do with your Range Rover today

kermit_rr · Saturday at 22:17

stuu said:
Mines still on continental tyres, i will admit they're only on 2mm (yes i know they should be changed ASAP but iv just bought transit to give the RR an easier life) and I can just hit any puddle at any speed and it just stays straight, 255 50r20 with 33psi front 36rear like the sticker says, my old td6 had 255 60r18, 255 55r19, 275 40 and 275 45r20 on 9 inch wide wheels and never felt funny through water untill a front arm and a rear toe arm was messing up the alignment, what like is your alignment?

It's towing in slightly on the front i think, but nothing major. Been meaning to get it done though i don't see it's bad enough to cause a problem

stuu · Saturday at 23:16

kermit_rr said:
It's towing in slightly on the front i think, but nothing major. Been meaning to get it done though i don't see it's bad enough to cause a problem

So with toe in the front of both wheels are pushing in at the front against each other so when you hit the water the opposite wheel will be pushing it further into the puddle, a tyre pushing against the opposite tyre + weight of a motor + a driven axle too its easy to see why it pushes the tyre to feel like its skimming the surface funny,

id personally be getting alignment sorted before chasing changing tyres, yes some are better then others iv done mix and match on tyres and new and olds grippy and some not so grippy on the same axle and all sorts over the years and found alignment has more effect the way your describing hitting puddles that way then tyre brand

Scotiawhiskers · Saturday at 23:52

Caught up with friends and got lost in the backstreets of Grimsby. Fuelled up, 19.3mpg for almost 200 miles with quite a bit of idle or stop start crawling involved. Happy with that. Reset the computer after the stop and trip back to hotel got as good as 22.7mpg avg and range increase from 360 to 520+ miles before we stopped.

Grrrrrr · 2024-10-27T08:11:10+0000

kermit_rr said:
And wots all this about synthetic dot4 brake fluid? Do i need to avoid it it's it compatible with normal dot4?

Is that not dot 5?

kermit_rr · 2024-10-27T08:15:12+0000

Grrrrrr said:
Is that not dot 5?

No. Apparently it's still glycol based like the normal stuff, just has the word synthetic on the bottle. Supposedly just a higher boiling point and fully compatible from everything I've read.
Then there's 'dot 4esp' which is 'socially designed' for cats with traction control and stability control
I think it's all just marketing fluff

Grrrrrr · 2024-10-27T08:16:28+0000

Fitted Engine Guard to my P38A oil burner. Bolted the temperature sensor to the head. It takes a lot longer than the coolant needle to reach a steady temperature but seems to sit between 80C and 90C, admittedly on the inlet side. Maybe I should have put it the exhaust side, although I am guessing it will heat up PDQ should the coolant go missing.

RangeRoller dt · 2024-10-27T09:11:06+0000

You get plenty of beeps and warnings before the becm shuts the engine down from overheat. Admittedly by time it shuts down Itl already be too hot for the head but you do get warnings before that

Graculus · 2024-10-27T12:01:29+0000

kermit_rr said:
No. Apparently it's still glycol based like the normal stuff, just has the word synthetic on the bottle. Supposedly just a higher boiling point and fully compatible from everything I've read.
Then there's 'dot 4esp' which is 'socially designed' for cats with traction control and stability control
I think it's all just marketing fluff

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I would add that it's best to use one or the other, don't use 'synthetic' as a top-up to standard DOT4.

Scotiawhiskers · 2024-10-27T15:27:15+0000

Grimsby to home via the overnight stop. 150 faultless miles of comfortable wafting, 47mph average with 22.7mpg according to the trip computer. Very relaxing journey.

brianp38dse · 2024-10-27T15:39:45+0000

Well the mot did not go well top and bottom ball joints on front axle and a rear wheel bearing so the motor will get sorned and I will fix it when I get time I have had a set of lemforder joints sat in the boot for three years but didn't know they needed changing
I got them after I did the rebuild on all the bushes or I would have done them at the same time,, never mind

Henry_b · 2024-10-27T20:57:23+0000

Fitted 2nd hand abs pump, which fixed the intermittant ABS fault, my reward?

EAS fault....

:gunner:

Graculus · 2024-10-27T21:26:24+0000

Probably not a popular opinion - my L322 was written off due to a minor collision (other driver at fault), so I took the payout, added a bit to it and bought a L405 4.4 TDV8. Brought it up to a decent standard, realised my usage wasn't compatible with an EU5+ diesel, so bought an EU6 L405 petrol.
Couldn't be happier - no long list of things to do, I just drive it. Sure I've had to do 'a bit' to bring it up to standard, all fluids & filters, spark plugs and at some point replace the wheels & tyres.
It does however, give me the weekends back, no more messing around and pre-planning the ever-extending list of things I have to do / things I need to do.
Oh, and it's a very comfy, enjoyable place to be - despite all the electrics / electronics which refuse to fail, despite the internet's best warnings.

kermit_rr · 2024-10-28T06:50:53+0000

Graculus said:
Probably not a popular opinion - my L322 was written off due to a minor collision (other driver at fault), so I took the payout, added a bit to it and bought a L405 4.4 TDV8. Brought it up to a decent standard, realised my usage wasn't compatible with an EU5+ diesel, so bought an EU6 L405 petrol.
Couldn't be happier - no long list of things to do, I just drive it. Sure I've had to do 'a bit' to bring it up to standard, all fluids & filters, spark plugs and at some point replace the wheels & tyres.
It does however, give me the weekends back, no more messing around and pre-planning the ever-extending list of things I have to do / things I need to do.
Oh, and it's a very comfy, enjoyable place to be - despite all the electrics / electronics which refuse to fail, despite the internet's best warnings.

Now you've done it! The winker fluid will leak into the cabin and make the headlining sag, causing the boot to fill with water

On a serious note that's half the reason i ditched the p38.. the list kept getting longer to the point i couldn't rely on it as a daily

Mark Piercy · 2024-10-28T06:57:15+0000

Stomped backwards and forwards to Royan here in France over two days. A night out at Royan. Can't fault my old bus.
Sorting

out the dark roads as well... Watch this space.

kermit_rr · 2024-10-28T07:46:51+0000

kermit_rr said:
Now you've done it! The winker fluid will leak into the cabin and make the headlining sag, causing the boot to fill with water

On a serious note that's half the reason i ditched the p38.. the list kept getting longer to the point i couldn't rely on it as a daily

The other main reason, as much as i loved the car when it was having a good day, I'd just fallen out of favour with it

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