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Hello LZers, Following a period without any hippos, it is nearly time for me to acquire another cheapie. The question is what do i go for this time? Previous hippos have been L series and TD4. Will be used for bimbling around the cotswolds complete with black labrador approx 6k miles a year. I...

Good morning hippo lovers, Just wanted to share a few things with yourselves, I spent yesterday morning servicing my new Td4 before I was rudely called into work:mad: Yesterday I: Fitted new bmw cyclone breather jobby Fitted allisport EGR bypass Cleaned inlet manifold and associated gubbins...

Good evening loonyzoner's! After a year in the non LR wilderness having sold my old L-Series hippo, we have finally bought ourselves a tasty td4 hse. It goes so much better than my old xdi and with all the toys its a great piece of kit. Going to give it an epic service and get tinkering over...

Bonjour and bonnet de douche, Just wanted to update you on my tinkerings. Having been a fan of millers for years I decided to try something new (only because I was given it gratis :D) I poured Forte's Advanced Diesel System Treatment into my tank when I filled up this afternoon. Forte and this...

Eh up, My hippo has been making some strange noises over the last couple of weeks, so I have done a bit of invest but could do with some advice. Randomly there is diesel knock or a loud TAP TAP TAP etc before returning itself to normal. Its got fresh oil in, ive checked #1 injector plug and...

Recieved my synergy VP-L from roveron today!:5bhurray:, going to fit it tomorrow, think I will solder it in as I am allergic to crappy scotchclips! Has any other synergy owners got a reccomended setting please? Obviously I will experiment, but a starting point would be nice. Thanks

Hello again LZers, I have found the problem that has been cauing my hippo to smoke heavily then lose power progressively throughout the week. My wife has been driving it this week and she mentioned to me that 'it seems to be gettng slower', we used it today and it ended up with the pace of a...

Hi people, I posted a thread the other day about possibility of tuning my L Series diesel, well my super diesel lump is now playing up!:mad: It drives fine, doesnt use any oil, the turbo is about 4 months old, injectors have been reconditioned 4 months ago, but boy does it smoke above 3k rpm...

Hi Loony Zoners, I am considering getting one of roverron's synergy VP boxes to stick on my L series hippo and maybe tweak the wastegate a little on the turbo. Obviously having extra power will be fantastic in my venerable xdi but I do approx 1200 miles a month at the moment so looking after...

Hello hippo lovers, Have done a bit of testing regarding fuel recently on my venerable L series oil burner, 5000 miles in 6 months of various types of roads. I have come to the conclusion that BP fuel is ****e. Shell and texaco stuff is much better. Just there standard derv's not the fancy...

Hi people, Just wanted to share my recnt hippo exploits. My hippo had been smoking quite heavily (black smoke not fags!) and was unstable at idle so I decided to tackle the EGR Valve. After weighing up my options, remove or clean it, I decided to keep it and clean it. I removed heat...

Hi everyone, I have been searching the forum to see if there is any solution to my hippos somewhat sloppy gear linkage. The bushes on the UJ joining the linkage to the selector shaft are as sloppy as a vienetta in an an oven! Ive seen that the MHM has done the rover 200/400 steering UJ upgrade...

Hi everyone, been away for the weekend in our recently acquired (my mate destroyed the engine ,I bought it off him and rebuilt it:eek:) L-series hippo, apart from the crap cold starting the engine runs very well and pulls strong. However the oil consumption has been alarming at times, and...

Hi everyone, Have done research but would like some advice please. My L-series is very poor at cold starting, I have to energise the glow plugs 4 times on the igntion before I attempt to turn the engine over, and then it takes a good 8-10 secs to run properly. Warm start is fine- first turn of...

Hello everyone again, Further to my last thread, the L-Series engine of doom has now been re-assembled but still refuses to fire! Now has compression (lapped valves) Has fuel getting to injectors Inlet drawing in lots of air Exhaust has an outflow from it All timing spot on (crank pinned, cam...

Hi everyone, I was after some advice regarding a L seres engine that refuses to start! To give you the history: Turbo oil seals failed, suffered 'running on' stalled engine before destruction. Turbo replaced, engine ran but rough. Tried easy things first, injectors, timing etc no effect removed...

Hi Everyone, I will be replacing a single piston in situ in an L series diesel from a freelander, was hoping to pick the brains of the experienced rebuilders on here. Usually if its a complete block rebuild you have to get the de-glazer/honer out to break the 'glaze' on all the cylinders...

Has anyone got a spare piston and rings for an L Series? Got a melted example that needs replacing! Thanks,

Hi everyone, My mate has a freelander L series 2.0TD, his turbo went first resulting in the old 'running on' saga, having to stall it to get it to stop. Turbo was replaced then no further probs for 2 weeks until suddenly lots of smoke and no power. On taking the head off, one of the piston...

Just thought Id let you know that Ive spotted that the supermarket chain that jamie oliver does ads for has got deals on veg oil now £4.35 for 5 litres at mo and you can get 6 litres for £5 from another chain sounding a bit like mazda