Recent content by roythebus

Re your starting problems, is the engine and starter physically connected electrically to the chassis and battery negative?

<Monty Python voice> "tis but a scratch"

Thinking about the event that led to the red and yellow warning triangles coming on, it was after a fast non-stop drive for over 200 miles, then a good uphill climb. After the lights came on and the low engine power warning, there was a burning smell, but the water temperature was normal. Could...

I know when they regen buses it is usually done it's static. The amount of smoke it can produce gets the public worried, especially in a crowded bus station. I speak from experience.

I was actually getting just over 30mpg at EU motorway speeds. Going home from here is downhill most of the way to Liege, and have managed to get the clock to show 99mpg for quite a distance. :) When it runs.. I think the garage man is proposing a regen round the back of his place where he's a...

Presumably you do a lot of off-roading and trailer it with your Series 1 Landy?

I have a similar problem with my 2011 TDV8, see my "broken down in Belgium" thread! I mentioned on there that a lot of the modern buses I drive have this problem and they do a regen on them which involves running the engine at high revs for about 20 minutes. Some do it automatically, the...

Latest update, I wish I'd found this garage earlier! The car is now at Erezée. They've found there's a section of the long fan belt about 4cm long and 1cm wide has been flapping around and may have caused a bit of wiring damage. Until they get the front off later today they won't know. The fan...

Just back from the local garage at Erezee, a vey helpful chap there, speaks English as well which is a rarity in Wallonie. He's arranged a recovery truck to get the car from the dealer, who say they've got no idea when they can even look at the car! So hopefully by this time tomorrow I'll have...

Thanks, I'll keep you updated. At least accommodation costs aren't a problem!

Sounds a bit like a problem I used to have on Leyland Hydracyclic gearboxes on buses. The valves would get blocked with cack and stick. Luckily they are extenally fitted and easy to remove and clean out. Regular oil filter changes helped. but I don't know if your box has a filter.

An update, no I'm not on the road with the Range Rover. The car was eventually taken to a dealer at Waimes who had a slot they could fit it into. But, the recovery truck didn't manage to get it there in time, so it's still sitting there with no idea when they can do it. I did manage to get a...

Thanks, it may be of help to them, but as they are an approved dealer they "ought" to know, but every little bit helps. It seems you have to take off the fan belt to change the main one. The next delay will be the European recovery agent dragging their feet! Mind you, it's quite nice here at...

The local garage can't do anything or at least 2 weeks! But, I contacted a LR specialist near Malmedy who ISTR using about 14 years ago when a previous car blew up its torque converter. They can look at the car tomorrow and do the belt, thy've got them in stock! But it also depends on what other...

Having wasted more time on the phone today, a friend from Luxembourg called in at the recovery truck place at Houffalize. Haad a lengthy chat with matey there who explained that the fan belt had lost about a third of its width at one point and was likely to fail and potentially cause a lot of...