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Hi everyone, 91 Defender 90 200tdi due for mot in a few weeks! Last year he said there is almost enough play at the front wheels, raikos, to fail it, got it as an advisory, i wonder how much play is acceptable and how much it will cost to fix them if it fails, there is oil leaking out of the...

Thanks for the useful replies guys, there isn't really a problem i was just wondering why there was so little warmth in the coolant as opposed to yer normal car type expansion bottles.

Hi all, my 91 200tdi is doing about 30 miles each way at the moment daily, i must admit, i like to check the levels frequently and rejoice in not having to worry, that week, about unexplained fluid loss, i was wondering why the water in the expansion tank only ever seems tepid, temp gauge hardly...

All very useful and much appreciated info GRUNT, thanks for that, will give it some thought whilst eating me jalfrezi now, cheers mate.

Well he did mention doing all of it while he was there, i wonder how you can tell if it,s the wheel bearings and not the raikos? About £180 a side was mentioned, rough estimate, finishing up with one shot grease.

Thanks for the quick reply GRUNT, not a land rover specailist, he just jacked up the front and showed me the slack whilst gripping top and bottom of the wheel, also the near side swivel is leaking oil, needs topping up every so often, cheers.

Hi all, i have a much loved and depended upon 1991 90 truck cab 200tdi, it has low miles, 68,000, just gone through the mot with advisory about the raikos, anyone know how much of a job they are to rebuild and can they go on for many miles with some slack there? It currently does 350 miles a...