The lesson was don’t keep throwing good money after bad, I liked the car I have to say but I couldn’t afford to have it off the road while I did the work necessary, I looked into getting it done in a garage but the cost was ridiculous, the cost and time needed to put the engine right simply was...

Well I cured the problem and saved hundreds, I got shot of the car, another valuable lesson learned.

Anyone have one of these leads, for Discovery td5 for sale,

Yes it wobbles at low revs/ tick over, not until warmed up once it’s warmed up it can start the erratic tick over, but again not all the time but most of the time, once above tick over drives fine, I’ve upped the tick over to around 900 rpm, it helps but not allot, if I up tick over anymore it...

Thank you for your reply, my engine has done around 170 thousand and is now suffering the uneven tick over which I am told is a common problem exhibited by the pump being knackered, I have tried replacement injectors including the sensor injector, with no remarkable change tick over wise, it’s a...

I approached my local Land Rover 4x4 garage, and asked for a price to fit a replacement injection pump , the deal is I have the reconditioned pump I supply timing chains, tensioner ect, all they do is remove the old pump and fit and setup the new. I got a call back few days ago with an answer...

I will have another chat with the garage that removed and renewed my clutch, the chap defiantly said they had cut a hole in the gearbox to get the clutch in, at the time I didn’t question his words I was just amazed at what he was telling me, since like some of you having time to digest his...

I agree a total bodge, it must have taken them triple the time to bodge the clutch in there, you think you’ve seen everything then someone comes along and just astounds you. I have written to the former owner a Terry Stockwell through FB, voicing my opinions on his cowboy friends, needless to...

Update on the no traction. The problem was the clutch, as I say I bought the car just over 3 months ago, the seller told me he works as a fitter semi skilled, and he had a new clutch put in by his colleges , ok fair enough, but what he didn’t say was, they did not have a clue how to fit a...

Update on the no traction, I spoke to the garage yesterday late afternoon, he told me car is out on test now, I said yes and, yes it was clutch related, his words!!! the mechanism had broken, I couldn’t push him further as he said I would have to speak to the mechanic that did the job, he said...

If Clutch fork was loose I should still have drive surely, Engine runs fines, I can select all gears but they don’t engage, if I pump the clutch pedal I can hear something moving/rattling briefly as I lift and drop the pedal, I still have clutch pedal resistance. I know on the older discovery’s...

You recommend Valeo not had any dealings with them, I have airways fitted Borg & Beck in the past but then that was in discovery’s and old classic rangys.

The car is 1998 S reg 2.5 BMW diesel engine manual vogue, all symptoms I pulled away from traffic lights, as I did so I glanced in my mirror and saw black smoke, I thought oh **** that’s down to the pump something I need to look at, looked again in my mirror smoke had cleared obviously because I...

Thanks for your help. I’ve just had a good look through my manuals, oh sorry it’s a P38 Manual 2.5 BMW. I bought the car around 3 months ago the chap I got it from told me he had just had a new clutch fitted, I receipt he had among the bits of paper that came with the car, listed the cost at...

Was driving home today came off a roundabout and was accelerating when bang no traction, nothing at all in high or low ???

I think this could be head gasket, that doesn’t sound like a knock to me, it sounds like pressure escaping. It’s always going to be difficult to diagnose for definite from internet, but you can get a fairly good idea. Get a used kitchen antibacterial bottle or similar wash it out, and fill it...

Gearbox oil has to be topped up with the car horizontal, the filler hole is your level, so when refilling as soon as oil starts to flow from the level hole that’s it no more oil in. The car must be completely horizontal or you will put much in or not enough. To much oil and gearbox pump will...

Highly extortionate price then if it has to come through Land Rover.

Come on don't you beat about the bush, ha. thanks for the answer

Sounds to me like a cam follower warn, it will tap louder when cold, start to clear as engine oil pressure rises and engine heats up. Cure is engine strip and investigation. if the engine is high mileage I would be more inclined to put a couple of tins of ametech in the oil should help used many...