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    Disco 2 All steering wheel controls not working

    I should have added that all other stalk and cockpit control electrics are fine.
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    Disco 2 All steering wheel controls not working

    Typically it's one month until its MOT! As the thread title says, all of my steering wheel controls have gone west. No cruise control, horn and the SRS light is on. I've replaced the rotary coupler last night with no joy. All relays and fuses are fine. Any suggestions where to look? It's in the...
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    Disco 2 Best way to drain a small amount of coolant from a TD5

    The problem was with the last refill (had a new cylinder head!) I suspect. The coolant is brand new (a month old) and I really would like to do this with the minimum of fuss on my drive.
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    Disco 2 Best way to drain a small amount of coolant from a TD5

    In short, I had a problem with an air lock whils on my travels. I sorted this out (whilst learning a very valuble lesson in not ever buying cheap coolant tank caps again!). Anyway, the long and short of it is that my coolant has become quite diluted and I need to add two or three litres of OAT...
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    Disco 2 Took battery out to charge and now key problems

    Well, used the EKA (after the local LR dealership was very kind to me and looked it up!) and can now get in and start the vehicle. Just got to get the fobs talking to it again now :(
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    Disco 2 Took battery out to charge and now key problems

    The problem is that once I reconnect the battery, the alarm goes off! Not a popular feature with the neighbors that one!
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    Disco 2 Took battery out to charge and now key problems

    OK, I know this is one of those problems that happens very often with many and varied symptoms and, seemingly, cures. My battery died during the recent cold snap and I removed it to put on charge for 2 days (I got flu, it was only supposed to be overnight!). Now I have the issue that when I...
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    Disco 2 No heaters, overheating and coolent backing up into the expansion tank

    It look slike I may have found the problem. It's in next week to have the gasket checked. I use Millers Diesel Power EcoMax additive occasionally (well, the bottle does fill up quite a few tanks!) and apparently (after looking around) there are issues with some fuels additives and some types of...
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    Disco 2 No heaters, overheating and coolent backing up into the expansion tank

    The same guy who is looking into this for me did the head gasket last year we also had the CH pressure tested and skimmed. If it is the gasket it will be covered under warranty but if it's deeper than that then I'm going to have to brace myself! I can afford it, I'd just rather not!
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    Disco 2 No heaters, overheating and coolent backing up into the expansion tank

    Well, Got a new cap and had a new thermostat fitted as the cheapest diagnostic course of action. No joy. It's still overheating and pressurising. Strangely only of fast journeys i.e. motorways 2500+rpm, on a\b roads it remains fine. Looks like I'll have to dig deep with this one. May just cut my...
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    Disco 2 No heaters, overheating and coolent backing up into the expansion tank

    I'll order a new cap as a 15 year old one will probably be a bit past it anyhow and see what the garage say next week. TBH, it could be one of a dozen things both cheap and not so cheap to rectify.
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    Disco 2 No heaters, overheating and coolent backing up into the expansion tank

    Bugger, blown the fuse again, still overheats and puts coolant into the expansion tank. I have noticed though that the tank cap does not vent (allows coolant to escape via the overflow pipe) until it's been turned quite a bit.
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    Disco 2 No heaters, overheating and coolent backing up into the expansion tank

    Now it's light I went and had a good look around and refilled any missing coolant and did some panicked checking for coolant in the oil etc. One of the very last things I checked was (and this was just an afterthought) the fuses. Yup, I'd blown the cooling system fan fuse. The problems we had...
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    Disco 2 No heaters, overheating and coolent backing up into the expansion tank

    I shall be very unhappy if it's a head gasket issue especially after having it done about 7 months back :(
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    Disco 2 No heaters, overheating and coolent backing up into the expansion tank

    Well, this has been a fun day! Went on a trip out for a walk around Arnside (about 40 miles from our house and about 2/3'rs of the way there the heaters went cold and the engine temp began to shoot up and we began to lose engine power. I pulled over into a layby and popped the bonnet to see that...
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    Disco 2 DAB Radio using built-in aerial question

    As some closure to the thread I found an active ariel DAB splitter with a SMB connector on eBay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261647468325?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT It was a mere £10.79 and shipped from Germany. It works fine but due to 'technical reasons' you...
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    Disco 2 Smoke on startup in the cold - Not head gasket!

    Because it was 18 degrees when I picked the car up. No smoke!!
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    Disco 2 Smoke on startup in the cold - Not head gasket!

    Well, the garage I use is a reputable independant. Someone had fitted cheap ones earlier in the year (3 out of 4 had failed) and they tell me they were workign fine and I belive them TBH. I've got it in for another small job at another garge (a Landy specialist) at the end of the month and will...
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    Disco 2 Smoke on startup in the cold - Not head gasket!

    Well, I've had some Bosch glow plugs fitted last week and cleaned the EGR valve (because it's possibly the only thing I hadn't done yet!) and it still smokes until the engine has warmed up - it has to get to about 20 degrees c before it stops smoking. I do note that it is worse on cold damp...
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