First time landy owner, lots to learn.

Hi all,
I recently bought a 2001 Disco td5, manual. I love it, but I took it to an independent landy mechanic recently and he was unable to diagnose the reason for my very noisy, vibrating engine. He did a sniff test and checked the oil and couldn't find anything wrong.
I have no idea about cars, but after a bit of research I found out that blown head gaskets on td5s are both quite common and quite hard to diagnose. Could this be the problem?

My temperature gauge is also acting up. It starts off in the middle as soon a I turn the key to position 2, then climbs to max after about 5 mins of driving. I have noticed the portion of the centre console by the drives left leg does get very hot after after a while.

There is also a bit of growling going on when I turn the wheel (even as little as a few degrees either way). If anyone can assist me with these issues I would be extremely grateful.

Josh.

Not really the best place for this thread- you would get more help and advice in the discovery section.

Don't know much about the disco myself but I recon you need a. we temperature sender to sort the gauge problem.

The growling could be low power steering fluid amongst other possibles.

The more information You can give us the better when remote diagnosing faults.

Enjoy your new hobby that is a landrover!

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MODZ!

Hi, welcome to the forum!!

when was the headgasket last done?? it may possibly just be a dodgy thermostat so try replacing that first (cheaper)