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Hi What checks have you done since???? does the engine turn over?? does the filler cap on a 300 tdi have a pressure relief valve built in, if so that should have done the biz, is it working??? what did the AA say about it??

I have previously used a couple of coats of stonechip and then once over with spray on waxoyl/underseal, seems to do the job. Ed

Hi Dont know if this is in the right place?? Bumped into a mate of mine this morning whilst out getting a bit for my disco, he has a blue 96 300TDi with 80k miles on it, he is looking to buy a td5 so is now selling his disco. Dont know too much about it except that it was reshelled when 2 years...

Ideally drain or siphon the stuff out and replace with fresh diesel. It will probably run fine on that mix but the ecu might not like it and also some components of the fuel system may become damaged. I did the same on a toyota a few years ago and it ran fine but the diesel pump packed up within...

Big f***in hairy dangly ones!!!!!!!!! I knew i was asking for it by singing the disco's praises earlier, i cant believe i have been out and done about 15 miles and got home to realise that the rear end is sitting a bit lower than normal, checked sensors and compressor and found that the...

Wether its jap or british they all have their problems, my last 4x4 was a toyota and within 3 months of purchasing it had cost me a grand in repairs and went on over two years to need around another five hundred, i did use it off road and the exhaust falling off was probably due to that but, i...

Hi BBQ was good, didnt realise it was you again!!! obviously your leak didnt stop then???? while trying to sort mine i was told if the headlining in the drivers corner is damp then you probably have a problem with a sunroof drain tube, also that the only place the TD5 screens leak is the top...

Hi before you make the same mistake i did, check your air con/ heater system drain off points, these are located either side of the tunnel towards the front of the car, find the air vents inside the car under edge of centre console at front, the drain pipes are under these vents and come out as...

If the belt has been previously squeaking it may be that the belt is past its best, a quick check for this sis to spray the belt with a drop of wd40 and see if the belt then runs quieter, if this makes no difference then it is probably a bearing gone, possibly alternator or water pump.

Hi I am 6'4" and have always suffered with back pain when driving for long periods, i have lost count of all the cars i have owned but the ones that i remember as being most comfortable seats were a 1984 ford orion, seats were superb, later years had changed seats. My current TD5 i find the...

Hi Kind of related to the above question but it is another question!! A friend of mine runs an engine parts importing company, when i last saw him and he had a look at the disco TD5 i said to him "should be reliable being the BMW engine" he told me that the 300TDi is the BMW engine and that the...

Mine has been in and looked at, the problem has been solved by disconnecting the height sensor arms and allowing the suspension to fully drop, reconnect arms and start up car and the sls system resets and rises to the correct height again.

The best way to get it checked is to have the VIN or Chassis numbers checked against the registration number, your VIN should be printed on your log book,check it against your cars VIN which should be either on the passenger side of dashboard and visible through the windscren or may well be...

Hi mate I have just cured the exact same problem. There is an air con vent that blows air either side of the tunnell down into the footwell, both sides of tunnell along bottom edge of centre console roughly in line with the gearstick, switch blower on and feel for the air. From these vents...

Hi You mentioned that the car came with a full MOT when purchased, unfortunately some garages have "arrangements" when it comes to MOT so get tickets on cars that shouldnt have them. I would get confirmation of wether the welding problems are MOT failures, if they are may i suggest a quiet chat...

I have a 2002 TD5 which has recently started to do exactly the same, it does not leak but the drivers side has dropped an inch and stays an inch lower all the time now. I wondered if it needs the sensors checking or re-calibrating?? It is going back to the selling dealer tomorrow as he gave a...

Hi I was also a landrover virgin until about two months ago when we bought a 2002 TD5 as a family car, fortunately we found one with just 37k miles on it but we have still had a few problems with it despite the low mileage. The air con drains were blocked up causing the drivers side floor to...

Peanut butter is ok but it takes ages to pick off all the crunchy bits after application!!!!!

Woohoo!!!!!!!! Sorted at last, took advantage of my insurance companys offer of a new screen as mine cracked (god it hurt my knuckles) but all that did was prove it wasnt the screen!! It turns out the water was coming through the heating system drain offs on the o/s of the tunnel, took the funny...

Thank you all for your help, i have stripped out the trim panels on the drivers side and am still no wiser, think it must be from the screen, its time to get the hosepipe out and lay on the floor of the car till i get dripped on. Something sounds very wrong about that!!