What did you do with your Range Rover today

selfsoiler · Jul 14, 2014

"What did I do with my Range Rover today?"

Pushed it into the garage with a knocking and smoking engine, we think its over fuelling getting into the oil and drying our the crank shaft bearings: I have been told this is common on the 2.7 diesel but no one on here seems to have come across it,

grogblossom · Jul 15, 2014

Loosened the front panhard bolts turned the wheels full left/right,sent the suspension up/down, let it settle on normal load left drivers door open & whilst engine was still running did bolts back up. Then took car for a run, hard suspension gone vibrations at 1500 to 2500 revs gone...ME happy...

Datatek · Jul 15, 2014

grogblossom said:
Loosened the front panhard bolts turned the wheels full left/right,sent the suspension up/down, let it settle on normal load left drivers door open & whilst engine was still running did bolts back up. Then took car for a run, hard suspension gone vibrations at 1500 to 2500 revs gone...ME happy...

Why would loosening the panhard rod sort a hard suspension and vibration problem

tomcat59alan · Jul 16, 2014

Removed maintenance charger and started her up.

mutsnutz · Jul 16, 2014

Christine strikes again just got the top end done ran great yesterday and today she decided that she would have a hissy fit and not work the rev counter and engine started racing and just for good measure crank bolt has loosened but the big question is would i changed owning a p38 hell no love it

back to square one now and strip it back down to recheck everything is ok

tomcat59alan · Jul 16, 2014

mutsnutz said:
Christine strikes again just got the top end done ran great yesterday and today she decided that she would have a hissy fit and not work the rev counter and engine started racing and just for good measure crank bolt has loosened but the big question is would i changed owning a p38 hell no love it back to square one now and strip it back down to recheck everything is ok

Very occasionally when I start mine (2.5 bmw)) she revs high and the rev counter does not work. If I switch off and restart then everything is fine.

mutsnutz · Jul 16, 2014

tomcat59alan said:
Very occasionally when I start mine (2.5 bmw)) she revs high and the rev counter does not work. If I switch off and restart then everything is fine.

tried that mate no joy going to recheck my work and put it on diagnostics

wammers · Jul 16, 2014

mutsnutz said:
Christine strikes again just got the top end done ran great yesterday and today she decided that she would have a hissy fit and not work the rev counter and engine started racing and just for good measure crank bolt has loosened but the big question is would i changed owning a p38 hell no love it back to square one now and strip it back down to recheck everything is ok

Crank bolts on diesels don't loosen. They are not tightened correctly, but if done properly they are seriously tight and do not come undone on their own.

mutsnutz · Jul 16, 2014

thats why she is called christine she has an evil spirit within her

grogblossom · Jul 16, 2014

Datatek said:
Why would loosening the panhard rod sort a hard suspension and vibration problem

All to do with angles bolts n rubber,I had it on stands when I replaced them last week was running around with Skittish steering and hard suspension after putting the rod back on, now I ain't.

wammers · Jul 16, 2014

mutsnutz said:
thats why she is called christine she has an evil spirit within her

I have mentioned a few times on here the crank bolt MUST be torqued correctly. The pulley pinches the oil pump drive against the crank shaft. That is the only thing that holds it. If it is not tightened correctly you will lose the oil pump and knacker your engine.

mutsnutz · Jul 17, 2014

wammers said:
I have mentioned a few times on here the crank bolt MUST be torqued correctly. The pulley pinches the oil pump drive against the crank shaft. That is the only thing that holds it. If it is not tightened correctly you will lose the oil pump and knacker your engine.

what is the correct torque setting for the crank please i will tighten it correctly and hope it doesnt happen again, can the timing have slipped with the crank loosening and moved of its marks poss making the engine race like it did ???

biketeacherdave · Jul 17, 2014

Fixed my air con and no more book symbol

brianp38dse · Jul 17, 2014

fitted a new ac dryer having done the compressor and condenser the other day how time for a regas and hopefully have it working in time for family holiday

tomcat59alan · Jul 18, 2014

Went for a little spin but couldn't get far, bloody traffic (Open golf). Cannot believe people pay £75 to watch grown men knock a little white ball into a hole. Don't know what the problem is, the hole is big enough

scootmarc · Jul 18, 2014

watched the bloke at the garage fiddle around for 2 hours and not get my raaaange going.....

brianp38dse · Jul 18, 2014

got the aircon regased :banana:

it works cool at last, now can i stay in the car all day please its lovley

biketeacherdave · Jul 18, 2014

did about 150ish miles today with ice cold aircon

gazzab79 · Jul 18, 2014

parked in a hospital car park and rf went mad. took me 10 mins of trying before she started

chrisrr · Jul 18, 2014

Collected fleabay bargain bonnet and started rubbing down ready for spraying tomorrow.

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