Wassup - have you broke it?

Have you dislodged or split a boost pipe when doing the job?

You defo need a new mechanic. If possible, take someone who is mechanically-minded with you when you go back. Fuses missing are a massive tell-tale…

Assumed you’d already tried the normal regen route as your first post mentioned doing 50-60 for an hour, which should have forced it.

LR diagnostics can force a regen, but I thought the car would display a ‘DPF full’ message, if that was the issue(?)

Lack of power and smoke could be a loose/split boost pipe. Other things to check besides the filter and LP pump are the O rings on the high pressure pump. These wear over time also. Cheap repair kits online. If you have decent diagnostics you should be able to see the high and low fuel pressures.

Possibly - I’ll look next time I plug LR SDD laptop in to it. If it works and I can configure, I’m happy to come over @GrumpyGel and do yours, but you’ll have to cover expenses 😵‍💫🤪

Fink there is a ‘rain sensor’ in the windscreen…?

Of course, fitting different sized tyres is a modification, and so you “may” have to notify your insurance.

Door actuators are fairly common. Fairly easy job - there are some videos on YouTube.

*1 is magic, and seems to be installed in every F2 😵‍💫 Auto lights are great, but, as every car, they still struggle to sense fog during the day, and so many people forget to override and switch their lights on. (That’s not LR specific of course). Still don’t think you can retrofit these though.

Your asking on a LR forum whether you should keep the LR or a Passat? VW are a good make, but I’d take the Landie any day - much more fun.

C’mon - I know it’s holiday season and all that, but has nobody been ignoring this while I’ve been busy? @MGT

Fitted a set of roof rails onto mine today. Have just bought a set of LR roof bars to go onto the rails, so I can stick my roof box onto it later this year…

Must admit, I left the exhaust connected at the front when I changed the rear subframe. Just wrestling the rear end down onto supports was bad enough (on your back, on the floor, on your own)

Nice one. Well done!

At least it’ll come back. My daughter ‘borrowed’ my F1 when I got my F2 and it never came back. She is now the proud owner of it… uses it as her daily. Of course, she paid for it - not!

No, a cam censor should not look like that! IIRC, and assuming the petrol is the same principle, back-probing the wires you should find a 12v supply, a signal and a ground. The signal should give around 5v. Your ‘odd’ readings are indicative of a duff sensor. Yours has 2 I believe - have you...

Possibly just an air lock and no damage done - fingers crossed for you

Yes - as per your other post and the advice given, check your camshaft sensors first, before disappearing down bigger rabbit holes! A faulty cam sensor can cause starting issues, especially when the engine is warm.