Is this a good idea? Anyone know why the Defender TD5 doesn't have one? Point is it seems i am losing some pressure resulting in sloppy performance and I have read that you can just bypass it without causing other issues. Alpine greetings Simon

Yahoo! after the service and the fluid change, also did all the filters, both oil, fuel , air and so on and she drives fine, next job that waste gate issue , i'm going to just bypass the modulator like on the defender .. thanks guys

No it was not running .. Yes it will drive in 1st but only very slowly My main concern is that i did something like not properly plugging in loom connectors properly .. but i guess it wouldn't run right?

I am totally new to automatic boxes and all that it involves so please can some one give me an idea of how to proceed , the head gasket change all went well and the engine runs fine however I have no drive (forwards) Very very slow on the uptake when driving and feels like the hand brake is on...

It made a massive difference for me. I got all my parts from here: https://www.hnjengineering.co.uk/pages/products/hnj2286su4cyl/hnj2286su4cyl.html Perfect fir U bend and as my air intake faces the back of the engine I reused the old metal air intake with the manifold gas intake and a long air...

Everything worked out like the book, also took the radiator off and flushed it, replaced thermostat, cleaned the intercooler. It took a few turns and a little waiting until the fuel was up but She started and it runs fine.. So what now, running in? is that even a thing on this kind of head...

Afternoon all, the head cleaned up with very little intervention and witness marks mostly gone. The block however .. is this just perseverance with a wire brush on a power tool or how clean is clean enough? Alpine fun Simon

Everywhere enough and there was evidence of a head gasket quick fix, being a lot of blue silicon type material around, mostly near the thin part of the head between cylinders. the head removal was hampered by that last piece of sound proofing plastic cowel on the back of the head and the long...

Yahoo got the head off with minimum struggle .. all cleaned up and ready to go back on only to discover that the two locating dowels are not included in the head gasket set .. so a three day delay whilst 1 pounds worth of parts rather expensively makes its way here. ...

Sadly our one year old cat had been run over by the boy racer idiots who continue to treat the country lane as a race track and my head was somewhere else despite 4 warning signs asking drivers to take care but your right I should have checked :-(

Cant find any head gasket change thread here .. any one help me locate one or online workshop manuals?

It was all going so well, did the change put it all back together ran her up all good. Then she sat for 4 months until this weekend when my Disco TD5 threw a head gasket. Ok no problem, put 6 liters of new oil in the S3 and off we go .. no wait .. the oil pressure rose to like 100, WTF...

the fun has indeed started, I have got as far as being ready to remove the injectors .. i just need to find a you tube video to show me how but all the pipes and stuff are off

Hail one n all, So I have been in and out of the forum for a few years now from my trusty Series 3 through the rather reliable Freelander two and now i'm on the TD5 Disco path .. or was. To cut the long story short I bought a D2 (late one) all was going well until the first overheating incident...

(posted in error under stole a few minutes ago - don't try posting whilst lying under the landrover on yer mobile phone) So time to change the main bearing oil seal. Nope the flywheel is not shifting, going to remove the starter motor so that I can hit the flywheel from behind to get it moving...

well that will teach me to try using the mobile phone to make a post whilst underneath the landrover.. sorry

Ok the time has come, the gearbox is out and I have to remove the flywheel .. nope it’s not shifting. anyone got a handy trick? I’m going to remove the starter to be able to hit it from behind to get it moving and the use the clutch plate bolts to wiggle it off.. British bush mechanics at its...

Alpine greetings one and all. Looks like the crank shaft oil seal has bitten the dust if the huge lake of oil is anything to go by. Can anyone help me with the right part number for a 5 main bearing engine please? I have a 542492 that I picked up in a swiss garage closing sale along with a...

Yep its the accelerator link bracket

Swiss post office .... mines light green lurking under swiss fire engine red ...