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Did the Bypass wastegate solenoid valve this evening and it worked. Took it out for a drive and its got alot more pull and power, ive ordered the solenoid and will be replacing when i get back the weekend. Cant believe such a small thing can cause that much hassle. Ive also ordered the air...

Im in bicester on a course just need it to get back as im working 0800 till 1700. I could do it on saturday if i could get back safely

Thanks for that ill order one for £12.00 Think ill order the pump aswell and get it done. Do you have any idea of the bypass for the solenoid i just wanna try everything before i go and buy a new solenoid if its not that. Ive also gotta drive 90 mile back home friday and the way it has...

Does that air bleed just go on the end of the fuel filter instead of the black cap, and presume drain the air off? Im quite new to all this but learning fast lol Can i bypass the wastegate solenoid ive saw a few threads but none seem really clear of what to do. I just want to elimnate...

Nice Disco cumbria and loving the bike rack :-)

Could it be the Wastegate solenoid ? Just saw it on the Disco 2 website? Just thinking that it cuts out when under load or trying to rev to much so the ECU cuts it out for safety to the engine. Could this be correct? Thanks

Update and advice needed ! After cleaning the ECU out and it seemed to run alot better i have now done 700 mile in her. I ordered the injector harness and fitted around 70 mile ago. Still got abit of oil for a while but now stopped the problem of the oily plug. Anyway today im...

It isnt hard to remove the headlining it takes about a hour to take it all down and another 2 hours to work out how you are gunna fix it lol Took mine out 2 weeks ago to repair the 2 plastic tubes that had snapped off. Lee

Thanks Is there any preventive maintainance that should be done or things that should be done on a Disco 2 to encourage a longer life and reliability ? Im new to the Disco so the only problems i no of are the ones i can see on this forum and google.

Update Tested the battery today and it was drawing 17 MA when left. Started the car then turned off and did the test again and it was drawing 160 MA I tested a 1 hour later and it was back down to 17 MA Also the alternator was reading 14.4v and went up to 14.6 when accelerator was pressed...

Update to post Drove around 20 miles today with no problems , saw the posts and decided to check the Ecu, on looking the red plug had some oil in it not as much as ive saw in earlier forums but still enough. I cleaned the red and black plug and also decided to spray up into the ecu and...

Thanks for the info gunna try take alook when I check the Milliamps drawn Lee

Think I'll check the milliamps again as for the battery it had nothing on it telling me. I went to halfords and the even lesser one was recommended I still have the receipt if it is a 110 one. I just went of the chart for a Td5. Should have known better than to go to halfords.:-(

Thanks for info Just been to the car and started first time no problem. The battery was 90ah and 700 cc i brought the one that was rated more than the spec for the car. Earth is good and very clean took it off anyway and clean connectors with wire wool. I thought that this may of been...

Thanks first time ive used still finding my way around lol

Hi im Lee and just joined the forum have kept a few series Landys and now just brought my first Disco hopefully enjoy abit of banter and learn abit Thanks

Hi im Lee and im a new user to this forum. Ive had a couple of series Landrover in the past and with a expanding family decided on a Disco 2. I purchased a Discovery 2 several weeks ago, its a 2002 pre facelift diesel Autobox. Brought the Disco and had no problems driven 250 mile on...