1. K

    help complete novice

    Jeeezus! Thats main dealers for ya! it looks good on ya service book with main dealer stamps but as yella disco said its largely made up of "checks". As ive just bought my first landy, A 300 tdi disco and had to put it in for some bits to pass the mot and i put it into R.J Harvey(landrovers) and...
  2. K

    help complete novice

    Yeah no worries Adie, Glad the info helped. As to oil i asked that on here and i said i used castrol gtx magnatec and the answers were that i couldnt go far wrong wiv that . All the best mate :-)
  3. K

    help complete novice

    Ive just bought my disco a 97 tdi first 4x4 ever and i have only picked this knowledge up from lookin on here, This is a great source of info as i am a newbie so i was wondering what lots of lights and switches did ! lol Anyway hope that helped ya mate and good luck
  4. K

    help complete novice

    Yeah thats where it should be in normal driving on the road, if you put it into neutral the vehicle should not drive,( a good extra anti theft device!) and when engaged into low this should be used for low speed manouvering only and not at any high speed.
  5. K

    help complete novice

    It means that your diff lock is engaged, if ya light remains on after the diff lock is disengaged you may have " wind up", reverse the car for a short distance then go forward, this should sort it if not then have it looked at. Hope that helps mate i just looked it up in my manual.
  6. K

    Best oil to use?

    Yeah i was thinkin of using magnatec coz thats what i used to put in me merc b4 i sold it and bought me disco
  7. K

    Best oil to use?

    Just bought a 97 disco tdi and want to do a service on it. Now she runs great and for a diesel she pumps out hardly any smoke so i was wondering what make of oil can be recomended as i want to use the best quality i can. Cheerz.
  8. K

    Whats the difference?

    Hi as you can probably guess by this question, Im a newbie to land rovers just got a 97 300 tdi and was wondering whats the difference between a "tdi" and a tdi "s"? any help gladly appreciated..Cheers guys.