Hi Recently had my serpentine belt replaced as the previous one disintergrated (I had seen one of the threads going but it perished in the 300 yards back to my house !) I have now have a terrible squeak (like a really REALLY angry canary) when the engine is under load. I have done the usual...

If it does turn out to be something mysterious. Il just fit an isolator switch. Would like to have it in the cab, would mean quite a bit of fettling I dont have an imobiliser, or a radio. Meant to have central locking but I need to get round to those springs :/

90AH. too dark for photo, will try tomorrow

Hi Im my never ending quest to have an easily starting 300tdi in the coming colder months, I have discovered a 1.5 amp drain on the battery when its parked. This may well go some way to explaining why its so pathetic at starting after a week etc. I have done some nosing on the forums etc, and it...

Just had a new starter fitted, which has made a massive difference. I may have to resign myself to charging the battery once a week on a sunday night when its near 0c

Definitely not going to pull the fuse. I think the case has been well made for it being kept (and anyway the alert noise prevents the fuse being pulled). ABS on my modern car is fine. This just feels more "agricultural"

Cheers Brian. I will have to lump it. Cant hurt to ask tho :) BTW its a Disco 1 so doesnt seem to have traction control and downhill assist etc

Yes it only comes on if im braking hard or if im going down an incline, but I really hate it (especially down an incline toward a junction when im not going that fast)

Hi My ABS seems to work OK but it feels a bit medieval for want of a better term, ans I swear that it puts me in danger, when it should just stop dead. I took the ABS fuse out and it was wonderful, but of course there was an error light and buzz My question is, is there a proper way to disable...

This fixed mine. Cheers all

Seems reasonable, Il try one of those (does say suitable for up to 2.5 diesel)

Not sure why it wont show links

OK its that time of year and for whatever reason (frankly tired of the endless waste of money trying to fix it), the Disco 300tdi just hates starting in the sub zero I end up having to charge a spare battery and using that to jump start it. Clearly not an ideal solution for my wife when I am...

Thank God for this site, just popped the badge off and did the squirt fix, howver it seems the actuator is stiff so disconnected it and will just use the key

For the reference of other poor souls such as I, it was a dodgy starter motor. Now turns over like a brand new car.

Didnt make any difference, although it may not have been steep enough

I thought I should add, that over the summer, I think the starter motor seized (has happened before when towing the carvavn on a hot day). At the time I tried jump starting etc to no avail then i remembered an olf Golf years back that had the same issue, (Brushes stuck in solenoid) Gave it a...

Read the dipstick. feel like one now

Ah really? So how best to check level?

LOL