Cheers, I posted at the same time as you! Just gone and done this and now have a lovely shredded newspaper....so guess the fan is working ok.

What's the best way to test if the fan is locking up properly?

I'm on the outskirts of Leeds, heading towards York if anyone can help would be greatly appreciated.

Ah right my bad! In that case the viscous fan is going all the time the engine is on, provides a lovely cool breeze whilst working on the car lol. Must be the air con fans that I was looking at. D'oh!

Cheers for the replies I have done the sniff test with no noticeable smell. Just been out and started it up, the viscous fans are not moving. Shut it down and tried to turn them by hand and they both spin freely.....does that mean they are bust?

Hi all I have a problem with my P38 4.0 overheating. Initially I was driving along and the temp gage shot up into the red, pulled over and water leaking everywhere. Once home and engine cooled I did lots of research and replaced the thermostat, the pipes and put new clips on. Engine...

I haven't checked this, I don't have anything to test it with but I will ask around and see if anyone has a volt meter. Cheers

From what I have read up it is the actuator in the drivers door, not actually the tailgate one as the tailgate one wouldn't cause it to lock and unlock on it's own. I have managed to source a drivers door one for only £15 from a scrapper so fingers crossed that will solve the problem.

Well I have stripped, cleaned, greased and oiled everything and still no joy, so looking for a replacement actuator but no luck anywhere!! I've contacted several websites and ebay breakers but no one seems to have one aaaarrgh!!

Thanks guys, I've been out today and bought some wire wool and gonna take the button apart again as well as grease up the mechanisms. I'll then have a look at the ground in the door and see if there is any problem with that. Fingers crossed it will be simple as finding a new part is not...

Hi all My P38 has a intermittent problem in that the tailgate on occasion (now more often then not) won't unlock. What happens is when you press the remote unlock all doors unlock but not the tailgate. If I use the key only the drivers door unlocks. If I use the drivers door button only...

They are naff but I don't have enough normal ones to replace them yet! :p

Those are the road tyres, I have off road ones as well :)

Ha ha took me a second to figure out what you meant! :p

Hi All I am new to the forums and to be honest new to Land Rovers having always been a J**p fan (Sorry!) Recently got myself a Disco 1 which has been customised for off-roading Yes I am a Hulk fan and with a green landy I just had to :) I don't do a great deal of hard core off-roading...