I haven't taken mine offroad although I would like to if I can find a nice site in the Devon/Somerset/Dorset area where I can play without damaging the car.
I used to offroad quite a bit, here's a couple of links:
YouTube - Build a Bobtail
YouTube - Bobtail Range Rovers
If you look at my other...
IMHO I would do as suggested and change the oil and filter, but as a precaution I would do it again at the next service too just to make sure that you remove any traces of cooked oil out of the gearbox as it will have mixed with your new oil by then. With a bit of luck you might be OK. Touch...
I hope it's not a steering box problem as they cost a few bob, a good way to test it is to get the front axle up on axle stands and twirl the steering back and forth without the engine running. It should turn easily and smoothly from lock to lock back and forth. If you feel resistance in the...
I am getting 25-27 on a mixture of town and "A" roads and the best I have seen ever was 30mpg on a run along the motorway probably with a tail wind!
I am planning to install a Van Aaken Smartbox in the new year to, hopefully, improve things a little not to mention the extra horsepower.
In a word, no! What has been discussed here is very particular to the Diesel engine. I'm sure someone will be along shortly to give you some advice on your V8 issues, if they don't then I would start a new thread to attract their attention!!:)
mine comes on occasionally too now. I can use the car one day and no symbol and then the next time it will come on almost straight away, there doesn't seem to be a pattern to it! I'll get it looked at at the next service. I have run through and checked pretty much all the functions and I think...
If you press the inhibit switch and then press the height switch to lower the car, it drops to motorway setting and then stays there. I use this sometimes round the tight twisting lanes near where I live as the roads are smooth but you don't get up to speed long enough for it to lower on its'...
Not sure about the 2.4 but I'm pretty sure the 2.5 vm motor is the same as the one fitted to the Jeep cherokee so that might give you a few more possibilities for sourcing the bits you need.
Has anybody fitted 19" wheels from the current shape Range Rover onto the previous model, I have 2001 model and am thinking of treating myself to some new wheels? The ones I have seen are fitted with 255/50/19 tyres so I am hoping that they won't stick out like the 20s' that Danrange4 has tried...
I have a 2001 model 2.5 DT now with 66k miles having bought it back in July with 59k on it. Since July it has had an EAS fault that stuck the car into it's highest setting, a stuck open thermostat (you have to dismantle half the front of the car to get access to it) and a crack in the plastic on...
Fuel will not run back if you don't let air in at the top, replace your leak off pipes first as they are cheap and easy to do (these are the pipes that link each injector to the next and then back to the pump) and will almost certainly cure the problem. IMHO a non return valve is just curing the...
I don't think any of us are looking for tyre smoking performance :rolleyes: I would just like the car to cruise at motorway speeds without needing to downshift on the hills etc.
I don't think that anyone believes that 134bhp in a car this size is enough!!
The bolt will be of a specific tensile strength and your 10p bolt may not be up to it! do you feel lucky for the sake of £7 odd!!?
Sometimes you just have to take it on the chin and keep smiling! The right bolt should only be £1 though!!
37-38 mpg is impressive, no matter how gently I drive I never get the mpg above 30mpg. When I look at the intercooler on my car, it appears to take up all the available space between the radiator and the aircon rad and has the oil cooler below it...question... how does a bigger intercooler fit...
I too paid top money for my car but after looking at lots of high mileage cars I decided I would have to spend some money to get a low mileage car in the right condition. Back in July, I paid £9980 for a 2001 2.5 with 59k miles, full service history and a comprehensive "unlimited" 12 month...
Having done lots of reading up on this and asked lots of diesel driving friends about the subject, I have come to the conclusion that with veg oil at around 80p a litre now and the cost of the kit to run the car on it without gumming everything up it doesn't seem worthwhile. I have looked into...
Now I'm interested, do tell us more, how much veg oil vs diesel do I use, is there a particular type of oil to buy, i.e. corn oil, sunflower oil etc, is there any performance hit or smell or smoke issues? How many miles have you covered?
In my humble opinion you don't need a one way valve as this is disguising the problem which is that air is getting into the system from your leak off pipes, you only need a small crack in one of the pipes for air in the system to allow the diesel to run back down the pipes. It is a bit like...