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Valley pan manisfests in drips further back drips drips around the bell housing thingy. You can see the place where coolant leaks through a drain hole with a good torch but it is hard to know where to look unless you've had it apart and without pictures. Charlie

I'd get the car up, ideally on 4 ramps to be level (drop the tray, looks like you have done that already), run the engine to temp, turn off the engine and observe with some goggles and a bright torch. If still nothing then you'll have to observe with the engine running (not pleasant) but the...

Great news! :) That's a lot of play. With Saint's 'how to' the job will certainly be more straight forward. If you haven't replaced the bottom rad hose (water pump to radiator) I would replace it as a matter of course. Charlie

Would there not be some residual smell coming from the coolant system when you release the cap if there was a leak from the gas side to the coolant side?

From RAVE the auxillary pump is there to pump coolant at low engine speeds around the heater matrix since the main water pump is not spinning that quickly - just including for reference. It is my understanding that the pump should cycle coolant with the ignition in position 2 and the heater...

Is the viscous fan okay? Just a thought...

No problem re the tools, I've used the viscous fan tool many times so buying your own pays dividends. My car is fine at the moment - I'm still pretty paranoid. The insane method of judging the gearbox oil makes you wonder if you've got it right and once you've had cooling issues any drip I see...

I'm just the same - especially when nobody else seems to repair their own cars anymore, you start to doubt yourself! The deep knocking sounds the same as mine and from comparison to the timing chain noise video link it doesn't sound like it's that (?). I'd still drop sump the pan though - even...

Also found this - I'll be dropping my pan next oil change: BMW 740 engine failed timing guides M62 motor e38 bimmer merchant - YouTube and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C15xQwny3uk (if it is the guides, this may be worth doing aswell?) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZpSwaG1uds...

Here are some links so you can compare noises: Timing chain rattle: BMW e39 540i M62 Timing Chain Tensioner Noise - YouTube Timing chain replacement: L322 Range Rover M62 timing chain - YouTube Vanos rattle: 2001 BMW e39 540i m62tu m62 VANOS rattle - YouTube I have a hint of the VANOS...

What a royal pain! I guess it can only be a leak or fluid or air getting in. I've got nought to add apart from disconnect the vaporiser as said (I wouldn't have thought of that) .....but instead of disconnecting the gas solenoids could you not just pull the LPG fuse(s). You can on my PRINS...

From your first post the sound was constant. The physical beeper is working fine. The circuit is either closed at the beeper level or a constant signal is telling the beeper to sound. I'd be interested to see if a new beeper unit (wherever that is) is at fault... Charlie

Changed my transmission oil - got soaked in fluid...Plugged in an exhaust O2 sensor which was left unplugged by a previous mechanic...then drove it to an Equestrian shop to buy some pointless tat - sorry I mean tack.

I understand Bemble is Range Rover Phil and since I really don't understand how an auto gearbox works / hangs together the specified oil it is, thanks for the confirmation. Charlie

Yes, agreed, the flush with dextron only makes sense to me if you can flush as per that video link - not something I would do with the arrangement on this transmission... Out of interest, if it could be done as per the video link would you flush with dextron? I still stink of oil!

I didn't take a pic as I had a bad day at the office. It is tan and it does have a sweet smell Oil everywhere, very exon valdeese - I have to work in a busy road which adds to the fun... A political spin would be that I did a flush and the a final fill but in reality I got in a bit of a tizz...

I''m doing mine in an hour or two - will take a photo of the oil - I believe it is TAN.

Hi, I have the same problem, left hand side and get 'Check Dip Beam Light' warning. see http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f10/strange-xenon-behavior-170163-2.html I sprayed contact cleaner on the connections and it then works for a while. Not good form, but I do this to just get through the...

I wanted to mention one thing. The oil cooler looks very much like a heat exchanger from a boiler. I have an old Worcester Bosch combi boiler that kept on turning on and off due to a temperature sensor giving a high value. The boiler was written off by a Bosch engineer due to the list of parts...

Yes - I had it at about ~75,000 (4.4 V8) , did an oil change that I should have done at 60,000 but was advised not to do (grrrrr), and the problem went away.... An assumption. but I expect that it wasn't a full fluid change. See...