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Hi All, 2004 disco auto has started hunting around 2500rpm. Done all the usual checks. Injector loom cleaned MAP sensor, Turbo waste gate free hoses all good . No faults logged . I am running out of ideas. Can anyone help please

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Hi All Disco2 Auto 54plate. Havn,t had it long when the Auto box started faulting. Flashing M and S lights on dash and limp home mode . Read all the threads about the subject and checked everything over. Battery and alternator on the top line. Bought a new XY switch and thought I had fixed it...

Hi All. I,ve just bought a low milage 2004 td5 auto and having never owned an automatic before I was wondering at what speed the gears are surposed to change up at . It seems to me to be abit slow at changing up and seems to select 4th at just over 50mph. You also have to almost lift your foot...

Just had a drive and my high milage disco, was going well but i braked going down a hill and i felt the pedal and it was hard. The next time was ok then braking at a junction it was very hard as if i had no servo!! Question is has anyone had to change a vacum pump? if so how do i test and what...

Hi all Just come back from hol's and found brown staining on right rear wheel coming from centre of wheel. I thought it was copperslip from refitted wheels but it now has a gear oil smell to it. Removed wheel and it appears to be coming from centre of disc/ shaft nut area. Any ideas how its...

My Disco 2 has the problem of gear lever sticking in 5th to 4th. I have done the usual of changing the box oil and cleaning and lubing the gear lever. I have read that in Europe they fitted an oil cooler to the box. Ashcrofts do a kit but has anyone else done this and dose it help with a hot...

Has anyone any ideas, My 2001 td5 keeps giving me a over current fault on the air flow meter. You can clear the fault go for a drive and nothing is logged but run it for a week and up pops the fault again. I have fitted a total of four new meter units and it is still the same. I have checked...

Has anyone tryed the new hybrid turbos that are avalable? They proclaim to be much better , less lag and more power but are they worth the extra cost .Any experiences!!:blabla:

Can anyone shed some light on this? I've just run Nanocom and as I was playing I noticed that it thinks that it is in low range when it is really in high range and visa versa. Has anyone else found this and can anyone say if this will effect the proformance IE engine mapping. It is a 2001...

Warning to everyone, if you buy a steering box from Paddocks on an exchange bases then don't expect you money back on the exchange. They have just sticked me up and said that the box was worn so they could not refurbish it . IT looks like if you by a recon box then all they will do is put a new...

Can anyone discribe the symptoms of a faulty or failed steering damper. I,ve had slight steering wobble at certain speeds and the steering sometimes has a loose spot or play. I have tightened up the steering box and checked the tyre pressures and balance. The steering joints all appear to be ok...

Can any one tell me why the injectors have to have a serial number programed into the ecu? Also what would happen if this was wrong. I recently had my injectors out and tested but befor they went away I wrote down the serial numbers and the cylinders that they came from. I sent the disco into a...

Dose anyone know where to send a td5 injector for testing or repair? I must have spoken to 5 different diesel repairers and they all say they can send them off and be back in 3 or 4 days but who is doing the repairs and can I deal with them as no one will tell me so I can cut out the middle man!

Wife brought the disco home and said that there was a vibration. sitting idleing . Seams like it,s running on 4 cylinders. Injector loom new and ok ran Navco and no faults and injector ballance acceptable. all injectors pass test .Took to indi and put on test book still no problem. No fuel in...

Has anyone else ever had a HIGH current fault with the air flow meter on a 2001 disco td5. The usual fault is LOW current. The local landy enginneering co said they hadn't ever seen this fault befor. I've changed the air floe meter 3 times now and the fault still happens. You can clear the fault...

Got another TD5 Problem. How long should an Air Flow Metre last ?? I've replaced it for a new genuine unit only 6 months ago and now it,s logging a current fault . The truck is running ok appart from the clutch switch fault. The last unit was replaced when the truck was also running ok at the...

Hi all, got a new problem with my 2001 manuel td5 disco. From cold when you change gear the engine revs don't drop off when you lift off the accelarater. It is only a slight increase in revs and it clears when the truck is up to full temp 10miles plus. I have run Nanocom and have no faults. The...

The wife got in the Disco this morning and went to drive off and it wouldn't move. I got in , selected 1st gear and the the thing rocked as if the hand brake was on . selected 2nd and the truck moved off ok ,back to 1st gear and all was normal. The gear lever felt normal all the time. has anyone...

Has anyone fitted or reconnected the diff lock on a td5? I know Ashcrofts do a kit that will fit ( lots of Money£££) but is there a 2nd hand parts way of doing the job. I do have traction control but I like the idea of Positive drive to at least two wheels not electricity,Better known as white...