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Hi, I was just sat in traffic before (think I was stationary and foot lightly on the brake -- its an auto) and all of a sudden I get the dreaded warning bing and the dash lights up like a Christmas tree. I had.... HDC, ABS, TC, SLS, the offroad mode light, the master brake warning light (same...

Does the torque lockup totally bypass the gearbox? I can distinctly count 4 gears before the torque lockup kicks in. Although what I sense as 3rd and 4th seem to be very close in ratio. It will distinctly change into 3rd at around 30mph and then the engine drops revs slightly (around 250) at...

Hi I'm only getting around 320 miles (my workings make this to be about 18mpg) on a full tank on my '02 TD5 ES with 78k on the clock. I don't drive particularily heavily and on a recent run up to the lakes and back (300 miles round trip) I had the cruise set to 70 the whole way there and back...

Also - is the car safe to drive like this? Or does it need to go back to being an ornament the garage?

Hi, Went through a _puddle_ this morning in my S2 2002 Disco. When I say puddle I mean the Vauxhall corsa in front of me went through it with water no higher than where the tyre meets the wheel at the bottom. I go through it and the dash lights up like a Christmas tree and I get lots of...

Sounds like the immobiliser controller behind the radio. Mine used to do exactly that, when hot or if i needed to restart just after turning the engine off. If I left it any time between 2 minutes and an hour it would restart. LR have made an immobiliser bypass unit for about £5 to fix the...

One other thing -- I've been struggling to get more than 360 miles on a full tank recently. Most people are reporting >500 And I don't drive particularly aggressively. Any chance this could be related?

Thanks, I'll try changing the fuel filter. Just tried restarting it about 3 hours after last running it. Ran sweet as for about 15 seconds then started misfiring again. Guess that would rule out a blocked injector? Stopped the engine and restarted engine immediately and it misfired from the...

HI, Was just driving the td5 on the bypass earlier and all of a sudden when I pulled away at a roundabout the car started shaking to buggery. Thinking I had accidentally driven onto the rumble strip thought nothing of it. However, car seemed down on power for the rest of the journey. Once I...

I've done about 25 miles on the yellow and its been fine. In theory, light comes on when theres 2 gallons left (diesel) and 3 (petrol) so you should get about 50ish. Although if I did more than about 15 in my old 300tdi with the light on and left the car overnight it would really struggle to...

Not sure about the leaking (I know someone who just sold a 53 plate disco with a terrible roof leak problem, maybe you've got theirs :P) Although I'm getting just under 100 miles on £30 of diesel. Works out to be a tad under 400 miles on a full tank (fuel dripping out of the filler cap full)...

Tesco value insure me, £612 on a TD5 ES auto - I'm 21 and got older mates paying more than that on 1.2 corsas!

Hi, Was just filling the disco up with diesel the other day. Went in to pay for it, locked the car, came out from paying, unlocked, got in and started the engine. Engine started for 1/4second (if that) and immediately stopped. I thought initially I must be going daft and had turned the key...

Thanks for the comment guys I've just run the engine for ~10seconds (was totally cold when I posted before) and the oil level is now at "full" so I guess it's OK!

Hi, I have just bought a td5 disco series II. The garage said they would do a full oil service, so I just looked under the bonnet today to check it has actually be done. I noticed on the dipstick that the engine oil has been overfilled quite a way. It's probably as far over the "full" line...