Help please, I need some advice on this...

I've had the Disco for a month now and have been checking all the levels regularly so as to spot any probs,

The oil level was stable at about 75% (between min & max on dipstick) for a while, I drove up to Inverness from Gloucestershire a couple of days ago (visiting inlaws) and checked the oil, now reading 100% !, have been driving locally (upto 100 mile round trips) for the last couple of days and keeping a close eye on the level, has slowly crept up to 125% !!!

The engine has done 97K so i'm thinking possibly lift pump diaphram leaking ? Does any one have any experience or other thougts on this ?

Worst thing is I don't have any tools with me (this is well within my capabilities) and i'll be leaving the Disco up here for a fortnight with the wife (I have to fly back down to work and then fly back later) and then drive back down south, obviously I don't want to be driving around with a rising oil level, posssibly contaminated with diesel (thinning the oil)...

Thanks, Jon

Waht does the oil look like and what is your water level like? Also it's probably a silly point to make but you have always checked the oil level on a firm and level standing. I think the best time to check is first thing in the am.

All sorted now, nothing wrong with the disco, but I don't half feel like a ****...
Parked on a slight slope, nose down, and guess what if I turn it round (nose up) it only reads just over min on the stick. I really must get this paranoia sorted out...
A case of overlooking the obvious I think.

Thanks for the reply anyway.

S368 VOP said:

I really must get this paranoia sorted out...

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I wouldnt be half as paranoid as I am ..if everyone wasnt out to get me!

In the spy business they say that they realise they are paranoid, but wonder if they are paranoid enough!

Nice to see the problem sorted...gravity is a bitch eh?

Better to find out before you have stripped the engine down - it's surpirising how much a slight slope affects the level at the dipstick.