Recent content by pateire

Thanks and will do. Right now i am going to wait a while - looks like the total bill will be about half the value of the disco, including sorting out the air suspension compressor - so i am not going to rush into it. Oh to be back in the UK with LR specialists on every corner :)

Fan and pulley do indeed just unscrew. That's no problem. The hard part is where the pulley goes into the engine. The shaft goes right through the front and you have to get at it from the inside - hence having to take the engine half apart to get at it.

Well finally worked out what was rattling :( OK, so the crank damper is gone - outer metal piece doesn't move at all by hand, but the inner ring that the belt fits onto can be moved by hand from about 12 o'clock to about 3 o'clock - so that has to be done, and no 2nd hand ones to be had...

Hi Haven't been able to get to it yet - had hoped to but other things came up. Still Driving around as little as possible - rattle still there but not sure if it's getting worse. Hope to meet a LR specialist this Friday so will let you know when i get home. Also have to sort out a...

Will do It'll be Monday before I get chance to look properly but will let you know the outcome, in case it might be of use to others in the future. Pat

Hi and thanks Got the video - got it to play - sounds different to mine. Mine is making a sound more like 2 pieces of metal banging together - i listened more carefully today and i am going to take apart the power steering pump and the water pump - as was suggested earlier. Many thanks...

Ha Ha I can well imagine you'd be a good friend of the bank :) She looks well though - did you do all the styling yourself or did she come like that? Looks like sport alloys too and sport side vents. Very clean for a 97. Pat

Ok thanks. The noise is definitely coming from the compressor so maybe i better look at why it's still getting power.

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Hey Steve Maybe the noise of the V8 is designed to stop other people hear you swearing after you've just filled another tank of unleaded :D Pat

Well done that man :) Yes the Martell is a standard RR fitment for all the cold winter mornings you're underneath looking for another leak :) Audi TT?? :eek: Sweet jesus i would hope there is more room than that - even if not as much room as you'd think from the size of it. Have a good read...

Yes it could be moisture - had the disco for 2 years and no real trouble before this. Its not blowing the 30A fuse though - I took it out the last day for a while just to kill the noise. Opening the doors makes no difference. It just runs away merrily. With the key at position 2 (lights on...

I was thinking that - it shouldn't run at all - i will investigate the relay. thanks

Thanks ratty I was hoping that myself after the tensioner. At least the water pump and/or the power steering pump will be financially lighter than the crank damper :eek: I went for the other 2 as the noise seems to be from the bottom of the engine at idle. Cheers.

Hi guys It seems to be one thing after another this week :( My idler pulley decided to seize up and snap the belt - depositing bits of molten rubber all over the pulleys and engine. Anyway, got a new belt and pulley, cleaned up as much as I could, checked all other pulleys and they...