Recent content by Uncle Pete

I just found that the big air tube to the turbo had been left loose at both ends, presumably by my dear local garage, and when I checked the air filter, it had been fitted upside down and consequently was a mangled wreck. I've tightened up the jube clips on the air tube and put in another new...

Thanks, BobDog. It's kinda what I suspected, but why it should start happening at least 7 years after the conversion to coils was done is a bit of a mystery. I'll have someone check the settings and reprogramme if necessary, hoping that the reprogramming will cure the problem and stick (not...

Hmmm. I'm about to put the old girl up for sale but want to sort out the two problems I have with her before passing her on to someone else, so don't want to go to the expense of a nanocom at this stage. Does anyone in the Edinburgh area have one and be prepared to help me with a little...

That's part of the problem - I asked my local garage to run diagnostics on it, and no fault codes showed up. I'm wondering if removing the SLS relay will help, since I have no SLS anymore. Just thought of that, so could try tomorrow, unless someone says, "No".

Another wee problem with my Disco is that it's developed a case of asthma when accelerating. It doesn't always happen, but often enough to be very irritating. I found that if I slip into neutral and rev the balls off it, it seems to be OK again, especially when it's hot. I changed the...

My dear old manual D2 is normally very well-behaved, but this problem has me and others scratching their heads. The car was converted to coil springs before I bought it 7 years ago, but in recent months, the SLS warning light started coming on whenever I went around my first roundabout. Switch...

Will 200/300TDi CD with difflock fit a TD5? I would like to have a proper-looking difflock on my TD5, which only has the Traction Control system at the moment. I've already proved to myself that the TC is useless when all drive at the back end is lost, so I'm hoping to swap transfer boxes or...

I'm new here, but want to tell a wee story. Last December, I bought an 03 plate Disco TD5 GS with a dodgey rear diff and bought a 2nd hand diff to fit when the original finally failed. I figured I could just put the diff lock in and move it on front wheel drive if/when the inevitable happened -...