Many thanks Garry, I think you're right about it being a core plug, I've just looked it up on Wikipedia. I hope you are wrong about the rest of it, sounds expensive! No, the oil is not creamy - could the oil light have been flickering because the engine was getting overheated?

Thanks for the welcomes and the waving flags. Just spoke to my mum and the weather is sunny there too. No snow here tho, shame really, snow's better than rain and we've had A LOT.

Hi, I hope someone can help. Yesterday we drove about 30 miles and when we stopped there was a lot of hissing going on under the bonnet for ages and we couldn't see where from. We managed to get home OK but the oil pressure light was flickering at idle revs. This morning we think we located the...

Hello all, This is our 4th Defender and because of the horrendous prices in Portugal this time we've gone for a pick up but I can't say I like it much yet. Previously we've had 110 station wagons and I feel very strange with no room behind the front seat. In the past we've used our landies for...