Thanks, it may be of help to them, but as they are an approved dealer they "ought" to know, but every little bit helps. It seems you have to take off the fan belt to change the main one. The next delay will be the European recovery agent...

The local garage can't do anything or at least 2 weeks! But, I contacted a LR specialist near Malmedy who ISTR using about 14 years ago when a previous car blew up its torque converter. They can look at the car tomorrow and do the belt, thy've...

Having wasted more time on the phone today, a friend from Luxembourg called in at the recovery truck place at Houffalize. Haad a lengthy chat with matey there who explained that the fan belt had lost about a third of its width at one point and...

After more hours hanging on the phone to the UK breakdown people, we've all tried various LR garages in the area. Most have closed down for the summer holidays, they won't re-open for another 2 weeks! There's an offer to repatriate the car in...

Thanks for all the advice. Whichever way it's a dilemma! The simple answer is to get it recovered home. But even that is hassle. When I hd the oil cooler replaced just after I got the car I was advised then that the big turbo pipes were rather...

If that main belt is "sealed for life" as they say, the car's done about 148,000 miles (235,000km I remember) that I suspect is the usual "life" for these cars. Those who can afford a new one do so.

OK thanks for that help. Come to think of it, there's been a ticking noise for quite while. the recovery truck driver saw a bit peeling off the belt, the big, huge fiddly one. What concerned me was the red triangle light coming on along with the...

It would help if there was someone local with the box of bits to read the fault codes.

There's 2 belts, the main accessories belt and the fan belt. Not done it but you don't need to take the whole front off.. you can do it but it's fiddly. Apparently

Quite, my other half has this thing about "tidying up" and not knowing where she's put my stuff, most annoying. I doubt it's brakes binding, the rears have only been on the car a couple of weeks, the fronts were serviced and freed off at the same...

Sadly I don't have the handbook with me, it's at home "somewhere" tidy! I reckon it could well have been gearbox overheat, there was a bit of burning smell at the top of the hill, but that's normal for everything on that road. Maybe low on...

I've not come across that, I'm used to the normal V belts and multi-groove belts used on buses! It seems to me that to replace the belt the whole front end has to come off. What else is driven off that belt, and I wonder what cause the red and...

As you may have read in another thread, I'm currently stuck in the Wallonie part of Belgium with the 4.4TDV showing with what I suspect is the fan belt about to fall apart . does anyone have any contact detail or recommendation for garage in the...

It's just over a year since my trusty 08 reg engine blew up, a couple of weeks having spent a fortune getting the brakes and suspension joints done. te next 2, 1 was disastrous, the next a Sport was ok but cracked wheels were costing a fortune...

It's a common design which I see a lot on bus air brake components. It'll be a thin O ring. If you ccn slacken the 2 halves and get in there with a sliding vernier it should be possible to get the internal diameter. But without that measurement I...

It would be unusual to have 2 O rings facing each other. It you can find the size I've got hundreds here and will happily send you one. Bemble might know if he's still around.

I'd go for a dried cracked oring problem🤔 If they hadn't of replaced the oring it could have emptied itself and you'd be dealing with a dead transfer box reckon 😵

My l add to my little bottomless money pit? Booked in with my local indie garage for new brake pads and front suspension arms etc, the usual clapped=out at over 140,000 miles syndrome. It also needs 2 rear caliper replacing, in is so badly siezed...

Out and about for a couple of short motorway trips, Ashford to Broadstairs (sounds a bit posher than Margate) and before that Ashord to Folkestone and back. On the way back from Marstairs approaching folkeston the "brake worn" light came on. Got...

Windscreen? No it's still greasy inside, I really must find the white vinegar.

Thankfully mine's been behaving for the last few weeks, busy going to and from night work, a couple of social events, mostly motorway work. I tend to get though about £100-worth of diesel a week, car says 27.8mpg. But that depends on whether me...

There's a lot of loose chippings round here at the moment, usually from stones getting flung up from pot holes. The bus-grade cleaner has a mix of alcohol and other stuff, but I'll give white vinegar a try. I've got some acetone, used for making...

My TDV8 has been running ok, but since I bought the car last November we've been battling to clean the windscreen. Whoever had the car before seems to have sprayed the inside with some sort of wax that's impossible to move with whatever we try...