Recent content by Graham Carter

There is now a classic parts site linked to JLR. The beauty of this site is it has all of the parts diagrams. The link below should take you to the roof rack page. Some of the prices on this site are eye watering but some unusual parts are available here. An the parts diagrams are priceless...

My comments came from the workshop manual. According to that, the FPR regulates by diverting excess fuel back to the tank. So I'd agree that the pump could have a higher maximum pressure. If the FPR is working properly, it shouldn't get above 4 bar. But my comment about the pressure stands...

I would be surprised if you can use normal hose and connectors. The Td5 fuel system is high pressure system. From the fuel pump it goes to the fuel filter at 0.75 bar, then back to the fuel pump and from there to the engine at 4 bar. You need to make sure any replacement can stand these pressures.

That was the first thing I thought of. Relatively easy to fix but you will get wet and dirty. Do this when car is cold as you need to go past the exhaust. Crawl under the car under about where the footwells are - drivers side is easiest so do that first. Where the transmission tunnel opens...

My autobox started going into limp home mode (3rd gear only) and the M+S lights flashing. Turning oiff and on would get it going for a while. My local independent looked at it and they got a CANBUS error in the diags. Turned out the injector harness cable had started leaking oil and that had...

How much fuel is there in the tank? When I had a 300Tdi, it suddenly started running like a dog when on low fuel. Due to the way the pickup works, crud in the base of the tank can block some of the fuel ports and you get fuel starvation. Full throttle, car almost cuts out but runs nicely at...

Have you checked the steering damper? If that is damaged you can get funny stiffness.

It's totally normal. Both my Disco's have done this. When you switch the ignition off, the controlling ECU stays active for up to 30 minutes. If a door is opened during this time, the ECU will monitor and if necessary relevel the vehicle, typically as passengers leave or load is removed. It...

Thats a picture of what is in the Discovery Tdi tank. I don't think there is a strainer as such. But the car definitely ran into problems when the tank was under 1/4 full. Definitely cused by gunge somewhere in this lot. Good luck! Graham

I'm pretty sure the disco 1 had a strainer in the tank. I had one in Zimbabwe and suddenly started getting fuel starvation symptoms when low on fuel. We were getting fuel out of drums then an turned out the holes at the bottom of the strainer were blocked. So if the problem is worse with low...

I had a problem a few months ago where the rear dropped on one side and wouldn't come back up. Took it to my local specialist and he put his Testbook on it. Problem turned out to be ride height sensors - they were showing the height as being up when it was right down. So the system did the...

A waste gate on a turbo charger is a valve that releases excess pressure - if there wasn't one, at full revs the turbo would overboost and probably kill the engine. On the old Tdi, the waste gate was effectively controlled by a spring. When the TD5 came in it got electronic control, so there is...

If you start getting a kangarooing effect around that rev level could be the wastegate actautor. Common fault.

I've just done this again on my Discovery 2 - my wife though she had been bitten by an insect - turned out that the aircon drains were blocked and when they back up, the water ends up getting somewhere hot, probably into the heater matrix. Anyway to fix 1. Wear old clothes - you will get dirty...

Hi John PM is only 420 Characters - I'll post instructions on the forum. Cheers! Graham Carter