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If you can all remember 15/20 years ago, if someone had their front fogs on they would get flashed by everyone, now if people have their front fogs on, nobody and I mean nobody flashes them anymore or seems to notice.

Get the codes read

Welcome to LZ. You will need the exact fault codes as low voltage is to vague.

Not in difflock is it?

Yes fixed it.

If it was mechanical I reckon the noise would be there sll the time. Just had a truck engine in bits for a few days, and the moisture in the air done two of the injectors in, £830 each! Had terrible knock when rebuilt, immediately thought uhoh what have I done wrong. Spoke to one of the truck...

common rail injectors are fussy little buggers, slightest thing can bugger them up.

Injector, maybe google it, you wont be the only one.

Think long and hard about keeping it, guy down the club had new engine fitted by LR, they did not clean out debris from the intercooler pipework, which promptly destroyed the new engine!

It certainly looks like steam in how it settles down, but if it smells poignant as you suggest then I would say it could be fuel related, any coolant should be burnt off within a few hundred kms at the most, unless you are doing very short journeys. I assume it is not using any coolant/oil etc...

Welcome to LZ. Your location might help people answer your question.

I have had it where new u/Js even decent ones do not last, new prop sorted it.

I would go for originality if going to the expense of a new chassis

Google Ingenium engine issues, timing chains seems to be a favourite fail point. Remember codes can only tell you what they see, and they generally cannot see mechanical issues.

Welcome to LZ. Trivia question, did you know they made several versions of the Discovery running from 1989 to current day? If you would be kind enough to avail us that information, then just maybe someone can help you.

Not the end of the world on a defender, but might explain the price.

Cat C.

New bearings means it might need shimming?

Very good point, 1.4 to discos 1.2, that would explain the difference in get up and go.

Swarf means FIP is dead.