Be careful taking the temp sensor out of the oil cooler. It is screwed in to a Rivnut - basically an uber pop rivet tapped with a thread. What can happen (it did to me) is the thread on the sensor is tighter than the rivnut's grip on the cooler. Result is knackered cooler! :doh: Certainly...

Thanks for the help - looks like my Land Rover dealer is about to get his Christmas bonus after all. The light is red by the way. Any ideas how to check / top up the fluid in the ACE?

At least you can mend it. They are the most unreliable things ever made but I do love mine. Series 2 have got the added fun of loads of well dodgy electronics which play up in the wet and air suspension which is fine but costs a mint to fix.

The winner of most loved but most unreliable car of all time has thrown yet another wobbler. Anybody got any advice for sorting a reported Active Cornering Enhancement fault? Were it not for the light & the gong I wouldn't bother - still driving all OK. It's a 2000 model year series 2 TD5 by...

Thanks Andy, I'll have another go as you suggest. Sounds like I need to enrol someone with horrendous deformaties as my Land Rover specialist repairer!!

What is it with Land Rover designers? Why when they made such a mess of the TDi (according to the funniest comment I've ever read on the forum) did they compound it when they sketched the Series 2 with TD5 engine? Just how do you get to the top nut? I've tried all my socket extensions /...