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Are they a straight swap? I thought 300's needed new engine mounts?

It's been well covered in the press recently. They're usually knicked to order by some Herbert with a laptop, blank key and ODB cable. Then popped in a shipping container and sent to Europe. New identity and they're away. Slim to no chance of ever being able to track it down, even with trackers...

Just mixed with water? Must be like driving around in a tube of toothpaste all the time though. :-)

Is it just me, or do Defenders seem to be the perfect habitat for spiders? I seem to have the national collection of them in my 90. Can't keep them out.

All wheel drive in Brantham Mill are good, and next door to Brit-Car.

This might help too - http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f7/how-replace-200-tdi-defender-front-shock-absorber-57044.html

None that I've ever found, I usually use one of the breaker phone services where you register your part needed and they call/email you. Or fleabay

Ahhh the thrumming, yes I think I have about 3 of those, all with separate conditions to cause the thrum. :-)

The mystery deepens. Thanks to wet-weekend Bertha, there's been plenty of near side puddle action to play with today. I've noticed that I may not be losing power at all, and what seems to be happening is the tone of the engine is changing. Almost immediately on splashing through a near side...

That's what I was thinking.. working my way through the list of possible problems with water, something contracting was beginning to be the last resort. I've had a quick look at the exhaust, but not in detail. I'll go and take another look. Cheers

Yes, I sealed it up as part of my troubleshooting. :)

yeah, thats what I was thinking, hard to imagine water getting in. I'm stumped really, but beginning to wonder if it's a problem with the fuel line instead, as has been suggested. But, I can't see why that would only make itself known when driving through puddles.

NRC62 is correct. Looks like the one on the right. NRC62 | DRAIN PLUG FUEL TANK DEF-RRC | Land Rover | Range Rover Classic - 1986 to 1991 | Britcar (UK) Ltd

Dunno, I did wonder the same, but have seen a few in the same position.

Road puddles of a few inches, tops. I haven't tried wading yet, this problem has kind of put me off until I know everything is sorted. The air intake 'nozzle' was pointed into the inner wing, behind the sidelight; I can't imagine it'll make much difference, but I've turned it round to point...

Disco 1's are getting lifted more these days, stripped for parts and scrap. They're as easy to lift as a fender, sadly.

Yeah, I'm a bit lost as to what it could be. Also seems to only happen when driving through near side puddles, which is what made me wonder about water in the air intake.

make sure you buy new turret mounting rings, your bound to shear off most of the bolts.

tis an oil burner, yes. It's the engine noise that gives the problem away more than the power loss. The normal diesel rumble, turns into a much higher pitcher puffing and blowing noise, briefly. Although sounds like it's at the same sort of revs.

Evening all, an odd problem I've noticed on wet days. After driving through a puddle or lots of surface water, I'm occasionally getting power loss for about 30 seconds afterwards. The engine sounds 'flat' too.. Hard to describe, but the usual 2.5 nad rumble is replaced by much higher pitched...