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Update. Since my original post the front end dropped randomly and sat on the bump stops whilst parked up, whilst parking up one time heard a rush of air from the NSF corner. After removal of the airbag we found an inch tear in the airbag, which was sealing itself in the folds of the airbag so...

i own a 2011 Range Rover and I am experiencing some suspension problems, it will rise and lower Ok, however when your driving it randomly lights up the dash with suspension error. Some times days between these events, turn off the ignition and back on and it clears. The vehicle is parked in...

I own 2011, L322, 4.4 tdv8, With an illuminated dash, yes that famous engine management light + DPF is on and I'm stuck in limp mode. I have taken it to my local mechanic who has carried out a diagnostics check using his snap-on equipment. There was no fault codes showing, so he cleared the...

My dash is louder than Blackpool illuminations.

I have a 2011 tdv8, when listening to the radio and turn the vehicle off the sound does not work on the radio, however, the next time you turn it off and on the sound starts working again, this is very random. The sound comes back on when I pressed the mute button on the steering wheel and then...

over a £1000 in parts but didn't have any labour cost, but these where jobs that had to be done so it wasn't about the cost

FYI my rangie had done 128,000 miles i was having problems related to diesel injection pump (fuel quantity actuator) and timing sprockets, previously before any work was carried out on my ran P38 i was recording 22mpg. We sent the diesel pump away for recon, fitted a new timing gear sprocket...

Hi All with all the front end been stripped i have fitted a new timing chain tensioner along with a new set of chains. after replacing the head and the timing chain guides we have it to be tight to put the cam shaft sprocket in place, Is it normal for the chain to be rally tight before...

the missing dot is your 4 or 6 depending how many cylinders you have, if it's six you use that as your timing mark on the pump

I was stripping the head off my Range Rover for the wrong reasons, ie broken timing sprocket, but got a bit of a result, on stripping the head off we found a water leak between the head and the front cover which would never have been found and that i had a badly worn timing chain tensioner which...

I bought a 2nd hand pump and didn't check the woodruff key, when we tightened it up we heard a crack, on removing the pump there was a fracture in the sprocket, the marked woodruff key tried to splay the sprocket where the key goes, and thats how i ended up with a broken timing chain sprocket...

i have been looking through past threads and can not find the information i'm looking for? I have broken the timing gear sprocket on the diesel pump whilst fitting another pump with marked woodruff key. we have RAVE wihic states removing the head to get the front cover off, but just want to...

thanks guys for that, will give that a go tomorrow

Good Evening Wammers is that the correct procedure? due to reading your procedure it is difference from the one in RAVE, in rave it says cam lobe pointing vertical, then fit dial gauge and preload by 2mm, then rotate engine to null point, setting dial gauge then insert timing pin. We followed...

I'm located in Grimsby My rangie run ok just loss of power on deceleration, having fault codes read and speaking to a BMW mechanic, they all confirmed diesel pump, that is the reason for changing. my mechanic has never done one before so we entering a new field, we used a punch the same as you...