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Clean S3 with the best engine - sounds like a good bet :D Welcome and good luck with the servicing.

The thing about the damper is, it only masks problems. As I understand it, it's only there to stop the steering violently whipping round when hitting obstacles off-road. If there's vibration or knock coming through the car, something must be loose or out of adjustment. There is such little...

To be honest, driving a RRC/ Discovery 1/ Defender with correctly set swivels and hub bearings is like a breath of fresh air! I'd say the vast majority of these vehicles need to have the work done nowadays.. a tiny bit of 'rock' at the wheel makes such a big difference to the drive...

Swivel bearing pre-load is one of the most common causes for this.. but it could be many things.

Good effort mate

Just tell them anything you can mate, you can't be expected to know the exact location- all fields look the same.. but whatever you do, call it in- number for non emergencies is 101.

Sorry mate, but I wouldn't have even touched it. It's clearly hot as a very hot thing.. last thing I'd want to do is put my finger prints all over it. I'd definitely had a look I suppose.. but is it on private land?

I'd report it to old bill.. that may be someone's pride and joy lying there. It'll be set upon by the vultures before too long.

I think I would want the adaptive values re-set after that amount of work. The big problem with LPG on the P38 is that the fuel trims that tailor themselves to running on one type of fuel, are not suitable for the other type :( Hence, the car will probably never be as efficient as it could be...

The heat/ combustion spots are quite normal I think, mine had them and now it's back together, has no problems at all. I'm no expert on LR TDi heads, but, those tiny cracks by the glow plug holes are probably not significant. Im sure James Martin et al can advise.

Oil must not be above the max mark... search 'diesel runaway' on YouTube :D Before you start taking things apart, make sure the breather is clear.

Is the oil feed/ drain anywhere near a waterway on these heads? Looks like the antifreeze hasn't been changed much.. is that pitting shallow enough to be removed with a skim?

Welcome.. and I hope the Disco is as good as you're hoping :D We like pictures :cool:

Welcome and good luck with the project :cool:

Could it be diesel rather than engine oil?

God loves a tryer I s'pose :eek:

Lose the plastic arch extensions and fit the early alloys and that would be very nice. Colour suits it, not seen many in that grey.

Welcome :) I'm down the road from you in Maidstone. Good luck with the Disco.

Only you can decide whether it's worth carrying on with.. do bear in mind though, that Discoverys are as cheap as they'll ever be at present and finding a replacement won't be too much of a problem- and it won't cost you much either. I have an early 3dr 200tdi, bought two months ago for under...

Nice one. Mine failed today :lol: It was its first MoT for 9 years and only went down on rear brake imbalance. Looks like I'm rebuilding the calipers sooner than I thought!