Thanks, Ramillies. I've heard that if the front propshaft fails catastrophically,that can total the autobox. Is that true? I'm going to have to keep my D2 off the road until I find out! Is there any sort of check I can do muself to acertain the state of the propshaft/UJs? I suppose it's cheaper...

Dear Disco fans, I hope you help me with a problem(s) I'm having with my 2002 D2 V8 auto, 170,000 km on the clock. I'm working out in Bahrain, so I have little in the way of tools or workshop, and communicating with garages and mechanics can be a challenge. So getting an insight into problems...

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Dear All, I'm hoping you can help me with useful suggestions re a transmission problem I've just encountered on my 2002 Disco 2 V8 auto :(: I was driving my 2002 D2 V8 Auto on the highway at about 100 kmph, in the middle lane; suddenly and with no warning I felt a slight judder from the...

Hi, Vehicle electrics aren't my strong point, so I was wondering whether anyone could help me solve a starting problem on my RRC, 1984 3.5 V8 on carbs. My Range is a very basic lightweight model originally supplied to the Saudi military, so mechanically and electronically it is more like a '70s...

Hello All, It's Mr. Da Range here, not my Hippo-driving wife! I have two V8 related questions. Q 1. My 1984 3.5 Carb V8 RRC has had, at some point in its history, long before I bought it, a carb conversion. In place of the twin SU carbs it now has a single Rochester down-draught off a Jeep or...

Finally dropped my Hippo at the garage, to be honest with you I haven't had the cash until now so she's been immobile until today. Man at the garage said that even though I had clean coolant, clean oil, clean exhaust and there were cracks in my coolant bottle there was still a possibility of HGF...

Just checked, the oil on the cap is lovely and clean, no traces of white gunk anywhere. It's looking promising

Thanks, I'll get them to do that. I'll also get them to do a pressure test just to be safe or will they do that anyway? It's reassuring to hear about the bottle problems, it doesn't leak coolant but looses a little air through the neck which stops when I push down on the lid. I will let you...

I hope its just that

Feeling cautiously optimistic, I've just had her idling, checked exhaust for coolant leak,there was none. Felt inlet and outlet hoses and they both felt soft and squishy unlike our Discovery's hoses during a pressure test when that had gasket problems, they were rock hard. Coolant still clean...

that's clever of 'em- design a car that runs on the hot side of things and then make sure that there's no way of judging an overheating engine til the whole thing explodes..:confused:

Can't understand if the engine is running hot then why is my temp gauge slightly below the middle?

Maybe that's why the Landie garage owner here drives a diesel Disco despite the fact that petrol is so cheap out here in Bahrain...

:eek: I know about the gasket problem before I bought her as my hubby knows his Landies and I am fond of Freelanders so he said if I have to get one, get a V6 and as late a model as we can afford for that very reason. She's low mileage and 'last of the breed', surely I've avoided the curse!! I...

Any ideas on this one: Hubby took my 04 V6 Freelie out last night and having parked up suddenly smelt and acrid smell coming from engine. Popped the bonnet and heard a hissing noise from the coolant bottle, the coolant was also way about the max fill line. Anyway, brought her home, let her...

Thanks for your suggestions. :)

Thanks Dann. The reason her milage is so low for the age is because she didn't move anywhere for a year, she was kept in a garage and sometimes out in the heat which can be vicious here, up to 50c in the summer. Also, the potholes and constant speed humps, Bahrain's answer to speed demons, but...

Da Range's wife posting here, so excuse the newbieness of this post :o I've got a Freelander V6 automatic 2004 model (but only 44,000 KM on clock :)) which vibrates at around 3000-4000 revs just as the transmission change from 1st to 2nd. As soon as the gear change happens and the revs drop...