Hello all!

[asnelling]

Hey guys
Just wanted to introduce myself, my name is Alex, im 22 and proud owner of a 2002 discovery td5.
I was left the car by my Grandad who sadly passed away this year, he looked after it like it was part of the family and I intend to do the same. I was always fascinated by it and always pestered him to let me have a drive (he never did) and it became my first car owned by me only (was only a named driver on the family micra before )

Its different for a 22 year old, all my mates have their boy racer cars, but i am into motorbikes for that kind of thrill, and i always loved big 4x4's. The reason it was left to me (apart from me and him being very close) was that he always took me to race motocross/enduro and the land rover pulled the bikes all around the country, he got me into racing and agreed that if I went for it he would take me to the meetings, and so he wanted me to carry on as normal still using the trusty landy to get me there

I really love driving it, I make excuses to go out for a drive! my only gripe is the low end power, it seems to hate any incline, it has been stood for a while when my Grandad became to ill to drive it, so i think a few parts may need a thorough clean but im unsure which parts? turbo etc

I plan on getting a decat pipe and blanking off the EGR, then maybe a dynachip remap, and consider what others suggest...

Anyway thanks for reading my story!

 

[Briggsy1980]

Hi Alex

Welcome, great to hear your disco has inherited another keen owner, sorry about your grandad.

There a few discussions going on at the moment about decats failing MOTs so have a search for this.

Cheers

 

[asnelling]

Ah, thanks for the heads up

I'll have a look, i was already planning on putting the original one back on for the MOT just in case

 

[Dippypud]

Ah, thanks for the heads up

I'll have a look, i was already planning on putting the original one back on for the MOT just in case

Give it a good basic service, check all the hoses / pipes, water, air and the 'others' like steering ...

Sometimes a split hose from the turbo can cause the sluggishness or just a clogged air filter ...

By servicing it, you get to know the vehicle and what goes where and does what ... lots of advice on here ... have a read, many have had the problems you will come across ...

Take lots of piccys and have lots of fun ...

 

[KillaJoules]

Welcome Alex, a great tale of one generation inspiring another. Sorry to hear he passed away.

Yes give it a full service, remember it is a 2 tonne car so will never be too sprightly. Personally, given some recent clarity on another thread, I would recommend not decatting the exhaust for MOT reasons even though you know it would let the engine run more efficiently! but thats a rant for other threads.

Make sure you inspect the rear chassis thouroughly if you tow as that is one of the D2 weak spots.

 

[asnelling]

Give it a good basic service, check all the hoses / pipes, water, air and the 'others' like steering ...

Sometimes a split hose from the turbo can cause the sluggishness or just a clogged air filter ...

By servicing it, you get to know the vehicle and what goes where and does what ... lots of advice on here ... have a read, many have had the problems you will come across ...

Take lots of piccys and have lots of fun ...

Thank you for the advice, i gave it a full service the day started driving it

I will have a look at the hoses, regarding the turbo ones. im afraid i dont think id know where to look :doh: like i have had good look at the engine when i did the oil filter but didnt take much notice of the Turbo, is it just a case of a few hoses coming out that i could check/replace?