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Nearly killed me 'n the missus yesterday coming down wet/damp mountain road. I'm always careful on this road as it is very twisty (and has a feckin great drop over the edge!) and have noticed that the car is a bit twitchy on the sharper bends in the wet. We were travelling slowly, maybe 20mph on...

Evening all. I see there are a host of leccy problems posted today so here's mine! 2 days ago was driving in dark when instrument illuminations went out. Found later that left hand front and rear side lights were out. Changed 2 fuses, all ok. Wifey went out early this morning and used the side...

Ok y'all, on the road again for a couple of weeks now, gear and transfer boxes changed and new clutch. Back to my earlier problem of blue smoke on start up which I think is getting worse. I don't think there are timing issues, it starts and runs fine and steady but on cold start or when it's...

Ah well, seems I need to replace both gearbox and transfer box (and the clutch for good measure!) Price quoted to me over here is about equivalent to distance to milky way and back. Tempted to look around to see if thete's owt in the UK that I could ship although the time and dosh for shipping...

Was driving along slowly today after a round trip of about 20 or so miles when there was a bang and car juddered - I really thought the car behind had bumped me - missus thought we'd driven over something or hit a pothole. I pulled over (and I can't remember if I coasted or drove or whether I...

Hiya, like the title says, I noticed a few times recently that the old bus seems a little reluctant to rev much past 3000rpm although it's not often that I try to. Sedimenter and filters were recently cleaned or changed and egr has been done. Noticed yesterday morning, first thing, that it...

Hello, loaned car to family friend while he house sat for us for three weeks. When he picked us up at the airport he said he'd just heard a grindy noise as he'd parked up. I drove the car and after a mile or so there was indeed a horrible grindy clunky rubbing knocking at the front which came on...

The job I have to look forward to before the winter gets here (it does actually get cold and wet here!) is repairing the heater, Currently there is no matrix in there and none of the controls are working so I guess someone has done some delving in there previously. I was wondering about just...

As per previous post, I need to top up my coolant and possibly change my thermostat. Are the rubber bung thingies easy to get out? The one on my thermostat housing has been changed for a bolt and may very well have it's own problems when I undo it but what about the rubber ones, do they come out...

Juat had a worrying moment - got back from short run, only about 6 miles or so round trip (well hot here at the mo though, 30 something in the shade) and as parking at home noticed temp gauge 2 thirds up the scale. never goes past half way usually. Eased expansion cap off, not very...

I have a few issues with me leccy bits - front fogs don't work (I assume they are aftermarket ones, fitted to the bullbar although I can't be certain!) - not urgent just mentioning in case anyone sees a connection here. Rear lights, one of the bumper ones works, one doesn't but none of the main...

Hiya, it rained bigtime here in sunny Spain today :eek: so on the school run I turned the heater control to blast the windscreen to stop it steaming up. After a while it did start to steam up a little so I thought I'd apply a little warmth too so I turned the heater up to about half way. Little...

I know it's been asked before but there are lots of new people now!:D I reckon, although not double checked and worked it out precisely, that get about 30 - 35mpg with quite mixed driving conditions. No off roading as such but lots of slow poor roads and lots of steep up and down hilling mixed...

P gasket - keep seeing this referred to in threads, what is it? Yours thickilly Rich

Well after 6 months of none ownership, I decided I missed wor old white Disco so much I had to have another! Never in me life bought the same car twice and I've had LOADS! - so what does that tell you? Yes, I've gone senile! Drove it back today about 100 miles and touch wood, no problems yet...

And while I'm at it, how long are your pieces of string? Actually I ask (and I know, it must have been asked a million times before!) because I'm looking to buy a 95 Disco with 255000 km on the clock (a few days ago I was looking at a '98 with 250000km on the clock) which I think is around...

Hiya, been without a Disco for 6 months or so but looking to buy another over here in Spain. Looking at a '98 300 TDi - bit posh, got an airbag!:D Fairly happy with it except I thought that the steering seemed a bit stiff - didn't centre itself as quick as I felt it should. So you could point it...

Hiya, snuck over here from the Disco section :-) Been looking at a few Range Rover TDi's for sale but don't know much about them. Is there a problem with the air suspension? I don't know anything about it, unreliable/expensive? Did all models have it? Cheers folks

Ok, it may be a strange question....it may be a question that shows me ignorance...it may be in the wrong section! But, what are the main mechanical differences between a Range Rover TDi and a Disco TDi of the same approximate early to mid 90s vintage? For someone like meself who does no serious...

Saw one recently, what was the petrol engine like? Seems like it would be way too small for a Discovery, were they any good? Anyone got one?