OzBrian
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Hi Guys,
New to this so hope I do all of the right things.
I have a 2004 TD5 Discovery, diesal and automatic. My wife and I just completed a 6000km trip around Western Australia towing a 2.5 tonne caravan. Had the gearbox checked before we left, all well until just before heading home the landy started revving out in first gear without the caravan on. The change to second would not occur until about 4500 revs and was naturally lumpy, however subsequent changes to third etc. were fine. This problem was intermittent, and only in first gear, with or without the van hooked on.
Arrived home, booked it in to a mechanic who said the oil was very brown but their computer said there was nothing wrong. Took it to Adelaide to a landrover dealer who changed the oil again, plus filters but who also said there was nothing wrong. There fix was a new gear box!!!
The weird aspect of this is the fact that like today I drove it to the shops and it did the same initially but then was fine. Surely if the gearbox was faulty the problem would be continuous..........could it be the computer? as I am loathe to go ahead with a new gearbox apart from the cost, without getting some expert opinions. I am happy to fill anyone in on other details I may have missed, but would really appreciate some help. Thanks Brian
New to this so hope I do all of the right things.
I have a 2004 TD5 Discovery, diesal and automatic. My wife and I just completed a 6000km trip around Western Australia towing a 2.5 tonne caravan. Had the gearbox checked before we left, all well until just before heading home the landy started revving out in first gear without the caravan on. The change to second would not occur until about 4500 revs and was naturally lumpy, however subsequent changes to third etc. were fine. This problem was intermittent, and only in first gear, with or without the van hooked on.
Arrived home, booked it in to a mechanic who said the oil was very brown but their computer said there was nothing wrong. Took it to Adelaide to a landrover dealer who changed the oil again, plus filters but who also said there was nothing wrong. There fix was a new gear box!!!
The weird aspect of this is the fact that like today I drove it to the shops and it did the same initially but then was fine. Surely if the gearbox was faulty the problem would be continuous..........could it be the computer? as I am loathe to go ahead with a new gearbox apart from the cost, without getting some expert opinions. I am happy to fill anyone in on other details I may have missed, but would really appreciate some help. Thanks Brian
