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Hello All, So, in the storm on Saturday I set out cross country in the truck. After about 45 minutes it seemed it was using far more diesel than normal. While I was thinking about whether the gauge was faulty or just the terrible conditions, I could see the fuel gauge falling and it was...

Hi, Today I was tracking the cause of an oil leak (probably rocker cover gasket) and gave the area thorough dousing with brake cleaner to get rid of all the oily mess so I could see the leak. Most oil was at the rear FPR side of the engine which got most brake cleaner, and all over the bell...

Hi All, It's oil change time again, at half the LR recommended interval. I ordered the 2 filters from one of the well know suppliers, Mann for the rotary and Mahle for the cartridge one. I thought the Mahle was a good quality German item but it has "Made in China" on both the box and the...

Hi All, In another thread I mentioned that the brakes failed returning from the (passed) MOT. Having had a crawl under the car, the O/S rear pipe has rusted through where it goes over the spring, completely hidden from me and the MOT tester, but not from all the muddy crud it was sitting in...

Hi All Well, the Disco failed the MOT a rusty front (O/S) body mount. Photo below. The rest of the car is pretty rust free, even according to the MOT tester. The MOT garage don't do welding, but the tester said it could be patched, so I brought the car home to do some investigating thinking...

Hi, Yesterday I noticed a small puddle of what was coolant by the OSF wheel. The car hadn't been used for 2 days and cold. I put some cardboard underneath and a couple of hours later there was more coolant. A bit of tracing and it seemed to be coming from the underside of the header tank...

Hi all, Well, on my way home to Fareham last night, the D2 (2004 TD5 Landmark) decided to dump 9l of ATF onto the A303 near Wincanton. I didn't fully realise what was happening, doing 60mph it seemed to drop out of lockup, then the revs went up and down. It's only when I noticed the rear...

I've been tracking down a small oil leak (only a drop or two on the drive) which may have got slightly worse recently. After using half the world's supply of brake cleaned to clean the mess off the engine, gearbox and transfer box, I drove it around for a while and the only area of leak was out...

Hello All, 2004 TD5 Landmark, 153k miles. While searching for a small engine oil leak, I checked the engine oil level, OK and has never risen on the dipstick, but this time the filler cap smelled of diesel, although the dipstick didn't. When I last changed the oil, 3k miles ago, the drained...

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone knows if you can get access to the auto box harness, particularly the area around that P-clip, from above by removing the central console access panel. I've seen this, https://www.landroversonly.com/threads/trans-harness-replacement-on-03-disco-auto-v8.156902/...

Hi All, I am having to do a repair to the rear step similar to https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/rear-step-replacement.309274/ but mine doesn't seem to have the gas strut, so I thought I'd get one, however, Land Rover only lists the gas strut to VIN 1A298103 (KVL100040) and nothing later...

Hi All, Well, I found the a/c compressor pulley bearing rough and noisy and as the a/c hasn’t worked since I’ve had the car and has no gas I replaced the compressor with pulley ERR6493 and the belt, which was also knackered, with a Contitech 7PK1715 as per a TD5 with no ACE and no a/c. All...

Hello All, So I spent most of the morning trying to locate a small oil leak which is probably the front cam seal, however, to get to see more things I removed some of the turbo hoses which were slightly oily. So I checked for play at the turbo and there is some sideways movement, but none fore...

Hi All, I'm finally catching up with overdue maintenance that the POs probably never did. I've come to greasing the front prop. I've found the grease nipple on the UJ, but both RAVE and Haynes:rolleyes: say to remove the blanking plug on the sliding joint and to replace with a grease nipple...

Hello, Does anybody know the difference between the early and late front calipers? The early part numbers are STC1915/16 and late SEG000030/60. I can't find a difference for the rears. The carriers are the same early/late. The early calipers are much easier to get and also a bit...

Hi, I was wondering if there is a rough estimate of alternator life? I know this is not going to be exact and there are many factors which can reduce is life, but I was wondering what sort of consensus there is. I have a few long journeys coming up where recovery would be awkward! In my last...

Hello All, A bit odd. M & S lights just started flashing and limp home mode going into reverse a couple of times. Nothing unusual there for a Disco 2! Connected Nanocom, fault code P0705, position switch monitor, as I had expected. I used the Nanocom to monitor the WXYZ inputs from the...

Many years ago, back around 1990, I was working in Holland but kept on my UK registered car. At that time I called my insurance company, Norwich Union I think, and for a minimal feel I got a Green Card valid for a year which meant I didn’t have to worry how long I spent in each country. Now we...

Hello All, The time has come when I really must change the autobox oil. No real problem, I've never done it on this car before (I have on autos with dipsticks), the drain and fill plugs will undo so no problem there. The question really is about refilling. Can I do this on my own, with no...

Hello all, I know there is a thread on this, but I have just driven onto a ferry! Started car to load onto car deck and sluggish to pull away and I saw M S and gear lever telltale red light flashing. Auto box has been perfect up to now. It’s a 2004 by the way. The handbook says I need to...