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    Jatco Gearbox Fluid. What Are The Alternatives

    sorry to mention it has N402 written on the barrel.
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    Jatco Gearbox Fluid. What Are The Alternatives

    ref jatco gear oil. i did a lot of digging about this and found that the Rover 75 has the same gearbox, rover dealers (they are still around, my local one is also the land rover dealers) sell the same oil in 5 litres alot cheaper than if you bought 5 litres of the one with Land Rover written on...
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    front suspension squeak

    i had a squeak on my 02 td4 front left hand suspension turned out to be lower ball joint. you can replace just the ball joint, dont need to replace the whole lower arm.
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    decatted td4 yesterday

    spacemonkey diesel cats are worthless, they are a filter and there is no precious metals inside. people call then cats but actually they are particle filters, its like a ceramic type material inside.
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    Black Smoke & Missfire

    I had a simular problem on a fl1, it turned out to be a split turbo hose.
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    decatted td4 yesterday

    singvogel, i took the middle section off the vehicle, then with a 1mm cutting disc cut a 8x6 inch rectangle out of the top of the cat/filter. i then chiseled out the insides replaced the piece ofmetal that i cut out and then welded it back up. so it looks exactly the same. You cannot see any...
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    decatted td4 yesterday

    decatted my td4 yesterday, turbo seams to spin up earlier and engine feels more responsive, will update on economy if it has made any difference.:)
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    Holy crap......

    Hi, just to let you know all land rovers vehicles post 1994/5 went through an ecoat dip before they were painted. secondary areas was painted but did not have clear coat applied (cost saving). other areas like the roof on the inside of the car had no paint just ecoat, if you take a look its...
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    MPG drop with new injector

    creeg. Somebody may say i am wrong but i am sure you should replace all injectors at the same time. Leemx1
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    Tailgate window faulty............Aaaaggghhh.

    try this slime58, open the back door, lock the lock using a screwdriver. this simulates the door shutting on the striker. Now get someone to operate the switch while you assist the window going fully up. If the window goes fully up operate the lock as if you was opening the door. the window...
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    Hi 3landygaz, do you still want a prop shaft gaitor, now got some. give me a ring on 07961511026

    Hi 3landygaz, do you still want a prop shaft gaitor, now got some. give me a ring on 07961511026
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    maf sensor

    thanks for that chaser, there is an improvement so i have concluded that the maf is knackered.
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    maf sensor

    just been on rover ron site, it recommends not fitting the new 09 pierburg sensor so i will be giving them a ring tomorrow and ordering a mafam and maybe a pierburg maf on there advice.
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    maf sensor

    cheers shag might pop round tomorrow if your in
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    maf sensor

    Hi everyone Today i have removed the connector on the maf sensor and it has made no difference to how the engine runs, in fact it probably runs better. does this mean the maf is knackered. i was thinking of buying one of those new pierburg ones the one that finishes with t5he numbers 09, has...
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    prop balencing freelander

    Hi everyone, Just5 thought i would let you know what i think of this thread, i worked at LR factory for 16 years, during this time i worked on the first freelander to come down the assembly line and all the way through to the very last freelander to come off the line. The prop assembly was just...
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    gearbox problem

    check the gearbox oil level as well .
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    fuel brands

    hi frontosa, my td4 auto only does 30 mpg on supermarket diesel and 300ml of 2 stroke. I also have blanked off the egr and vehicle is serviced regulary. So i think you are about right with what mpg you are getting. I am going to try shell or bp to see if any difference. Leemx1.
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    Theromstat on TD4 Mk1 Hippo

    Hi, my stat is the same, the engine was not gettting warm and the gauge barely above cold. I looked at changing the stat and realised it was a difficult job and did not fancy doing it in the cold weather so i just taped the lower grill up with duct tape. It now runs in the middle of the gauge...