Hi all. Just Joined :)

Hi,

Been lurking, thought I'd join the community.

Got a 1999 Disco 2 TD5 Auto (Epsom Green - LR's have to be green, right? ).

Had it about 4 years now. Love it!

Very few problems so far...main ones being:
1) Serpentine belt idler collapsed
2) Crankshaft pulley de-laminated - made a nice rattling noise when turned off
3) Rear sunroof leaks

Other than that, until Monday...

The coolant header tank split and the pressure cap came apart when I tried to top it up...

Parts on order.

Hope I can be of use on the forum - I'm not new to LR's, Previous ones:

1964 SIIA, rebuilt and then converted to V8 (Sold)
1986 Range Rover V8 auto (Killed it hitting a tree)
1994 Range Rover 300TDi manual soft dash (Died of body corrosion )

Cheers,

Ultraweasel

Morning Ultraweasel,

Welcome to the Looneyzone.

Hope you did not get a hot head when the coolant tank went.

Cheers

Hi neilly,
Thanks for the welcome.

No, luckily I caught it before the coolant dropped too much! Phew!

Cheers, Ultraweasel.

Ultraweasel said:

Hi neilly,
Thanks for the welcome.

No, luckily I caught it before the coolant dropped too much! Phew!

Cheers, Ultraweasel.

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save your pocket money for a new head/head gasket..... you'll know its time when the top hose goes pop....

then its 'pop goes the weasel'

Bobdog said:

save your pocket money for a new head/head gasket..... you'll know its time when the top hose goes pop....

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Least you could do is caution him about Auto ownership......

Cheers

neilly said:

Least you could do is caution him about Auto ownership......

Cheers

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one crisis at a time lol!

Whoa!
There was no overheating or anything - It's been fine, it was just a regular fluid level check when I noticed the level was lower than it should be. I then noticed that the header tank seam was opening up. It is nearly 18 years old, after all. I'm not really surprised that a plastic tank, subjected to thermal and pressure cycling constantly for that period of time has got a bit 'tired'!

What's the deal with auto ownership? The XYZ switch has been changed (and a I have a spare if it does decide to sulk).

Please enlighten me???

Ultraweasel

Ultraweasel said:

Whoa!
There was no overheating or anything - It's been fine, it was just a regular fluid level check when I noticed the level was lower than it should be. I then noticed that the header tank seam was opening up. It is nearly 18 years old, after all. I'm not really surprised that a plastic tank, subjected to thermal and pressure cycling constantly for that period of time has got a bit 'tired'!

What's the deal with auto ownership? The XYZ switch has been changed (and a I have a spare if it does decide to sulk).

Please enlighten me???

Ultraweasel

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well.... my 2001 D2 auto (epsom green) is sitting on the drive awaiting its 3rd replacement gearbox, when i can afford it, and my 'new' 2002' D2 ES auto has just had a replacement torque converter which i'm still not sure is right as its making a growling noise at 2000rpm. even though it had a brand new gearbox fitted by land rover, 35,000 miles ago...
maybe you're one of the lucky ones...

oh, and welcome to the forum!

i'm sure it'll be fine...

Well,
Despite your best efforts to give me a coronary with your tales of woe (although Bobdogs does make me twitch a bit )

I got the cooling system parts and everything is now good. Until the next thing...

Cheers,
Ultraweasel.

PS - No 'popping of weasels', yet.

Welcome and yes green is the colour, mine is an Ardennes 92 classic