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Thats great thanks - i have ordered Icarsoft for the future anyway

Yes - the alternator appears to be powering under load - the dealer provided me with a new battery which i have swapped over - the car starts much better but the suspension fault is still there and the car sits on the floor. (hmmmm)

Evening, I bought a second hand D4 on monday, 107000 on the clock 2010 version This morning the car fails to start and the battery is flat, i charge the car battery and eventually get the car started which purrs (no obvious odd sounds) but whilst driving this afternoon i get an amber...

Hi, no my mechanic simply replaced the whole unit which also came with the vacuum pump apparently. went out for a drive tonight and noticed that the wipers went quicker than they have done for months, phone charger worked more quickly in charging the phone and my dash lights no longer dimmed...

I went for a Britpart replacement ERR6999 - not sure whether we can put the links up but I got it here. https://www.lrdirect.com/err6999-alternator-assy

Alternator replaced and battery now charging under load at 13.9~, seems to have fixed it so far... will see

Ok so the new battery that i bought turned out to be one that sat on the shelf through COVID and wasn't fit for sale, they replaced it with another one and the car started fine - without load the battery was 12.9v and under load showed 12.4v - looking at a number of videos on the internet i...

Low output on the alternator at idle - i am guessing if i replace this, the problem should stop (hopefully)

So, battery checked, shows 10-11v, managed to start the car this morning and the back climbed up and levelled off, (didnt need to use my trolley jack to get it started either). Thinking back to last night, i had lights on, radio on, heater panel on and the amber dash lights all came on after i...

Evening all, my disco 2 TD5 (02 plate) has been parked up for a couple of months, i charged the battery fully and began driving it yesterday, tonight i pulled up in a layby and then all the amber lights came on within the dash (TC,Hydraulic rear etc) i then heard the chime noise which indicates...

Sadly yes, the first pool, (about the size of a pringles lid) was very watery which i hoped was just water residue from the split coolant pipe which had gathered on the lower areas of the engine bay (whilst i waited for the replacement), i dried it all off and took it for a drive and as soon as...

fitted the new small pipe that runs from the coolant bottle to radiator, but rather annoyingly i now have a small leak of oil that drops onto the cross steering bar from somewhere under the engine?...wasnt there before the boost hose went....

Fitted the new boost hose tonight..........and rather annoyingly the screwdriver slipped on the jubilee clip and shattered the small plastic pipe that runs from the water bottle to the top of the radiator...... at least its only a five minute replacement when i get the new part but now i have...

Well after 30 minutes of scratching around under the bonnet, the answer....... a blown internal lining on the Boost Hose that goes from the turbo into the intercooler....£36 from the dealers (i collect on tuesday) and we should be back up and running, did a number of tests with the hose in front...

Sadly not, the mechanic due round tomorrow