Recent content by jwrrc

It might be that the filter cartridge fits your engine and the older style ones with the stalk Kermit, I distinctly remember a stalk / spindle, but that was a 3.6... and the newer models with the V6 in have a similar thing. Very odd yours doesn't really :confused: Edit: apparently you have a...

It's been a while since I touched a TDV8, but it should have a spindle in the oil filter cap, and there's two smaller O rings on that. I always change them on Rovers... I might be less dedicated with some other brands ;)

If you're used to petrols, diesel engines will always give you black oils. Like, if you put fresh oil in, start it to circulate it and then check it, it's usually black even with an engine flush product used. Just the way dieseasals are!

This tickled me. I was talking to someone recently who said, "i wanted a Range Rover, but hubby (who doubtless has never seen a spanner let alone used one) said they're unreliable". "Only if you don't maintain them, but there's more to maintain than a little hatch back" says I. Then she got...

"Oh bugger, the alternator doesn't fully charge the battery, shall we swap it?" "Nah, just make up some waffle for the unsuspecting public!" ;):D

"Oh, there's a bit of space down there where you could get to bits... ah, just stick some plastic with sharp edges down there, that'll keep people from working on it!"

EGR will be a ballache, but well worth it to save that "gum" (which is effectively cutting paste - it's moisture and soot of varying sizes) getting elsewhere... Volvos with excessive EGR quantities have issues like the cylinder head getting scored and needing a rebuild after 35k miles. Go on...

Actually diagnosing a fault using modern diagnostics is a skill set in itself. It points you to a starting point but it never gives you the answer!

Not impossible but a lot riskier than normal thermals I imagine. Shocking!

At least all the snow had stayed out until you opened it! :D

It's hit and miss pre 2010, some do, some had it as an option and most of them aren't as prone to blocking as later ones. It was the new Euro emissions standards in 2010 that started killing cars (unless they cheated the emissions test)

Or drive to Scotland with your foot hard down on the loud pedal ;)

Meaning by the time the car tells you your DPF needs attention, it's fooked (I'm thinking of BMW specifically here, they're a bloody nightmare!)

It is, but lots of them have stupidly narrow regen windows. So, it won't regen with less than X or more than Y grams of soot, but X and Y are so close it's very hard to actually get to that sweet spot. My current job is probably just on the cusp of where I'd need to periodically regen the DPF...

If you like the shape, it's worth finding out how well it's been maintained. I'm sure there are some well kept ones out there. I doubt you could do everything it sounds like it needs with the engine in, but I suppose it depends what the actual damage is. I'm all for saving LRs even if it...