Discovery 2 - does anyone know what this is please?

thebiglad said:

Thanks for the reply Ratty, I'll just go and check.

Right, first of all the car was bought as a non-runner 3 weeks ago and I've had no real time to get at it until now.

Just tried turning over the engine and nothing came out of the pipe. There is half a tankful of juice in the car.

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ratty said:

silly question. Has it always been a V8 or is it a converted Td5? That pipe is in the correct location for the fuel cooler on a td5. The heat shield doesn't look right underneath it in the piccy neither. I could be barking up the wrong tree here but ya never know.

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barczyk said:

Exactly the same as my V8. Heat shield is ok and the black connector is there - not connected to anything. Nothing to connect it to so wouldn't worry

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thebiglad said:

As per the title really - this is a picture of the drivers side (rhd) engine bay and there is a stiff black plastic pipe and socket in the middle of the picture, but it's not connected to anything; I need to know what this is as I have an engine fault light on the dash that stays on.

Vehicle details: yr 2000 D2 V8 auto

As always all answers gratefully received
Cheers
Dave

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jiginc said:

Please see attached pictures.
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/attachment.php?attachmentid=19707&stc=1&d=1289923889

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/attachment.php?attachmentid=19708&stc=1&d=1289923889

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/attachment.php?attachmentid=19709&stc=1&d=1289923889

The LPG injectors got in the way but you should be able to see that yours is the same. The pipe is the same but in a different location. I think it may have something to do with air con as mine does not have it.

jiginc

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barczyk said:

My V8 has aircon so pipe is nothing to do with that. Suggestion that it is used on a td5 makes sense. Perhaps someone with a td5 can confirm

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ratty said:

I see what yer mean. It just doesn't look right. I wonder if it's a modification to the original design. Out of curiosity what year is yours? Is yours an early example too?

I'm wondering if that pipe was fitted to all the early disco's but only used on the td5's and left redundunt on the v8's.

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barczyk said:

My V8 has aircon so pipe is nothing to do with that. Suggestion that it is used on a td5 makes sense. Perhaps someone with a td5 can confirm

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