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Ok - I have a 1997 V8 4.00 GEMS (Disco I 97 NAS) and I used all the spec material, including a Land Rover original part cork gasket, to fix my oil-sump leak; it worked for about a year, maybe less, and now the leak is back with a vengeance. Now, I have heard that some owners simply bin the...

I have been noticing a definite need for my Disco I to start drifting, rather nastily, at highway speeds (i.e., 60 mph) when I take my foot off the accelerator (no brake applied) - in other words - during deceleration. Now, I have had a leaking steering box for several years and I just kept...

just completed a new tappet pre-load set-up (shimmed rocker-shaft posts 18 thou each); now, after starting-up I am getting noisy lifters (although quietening down a bit) and a lot of chirping. I am concerned that valve gear is not getting its oil but shims all had holes cut to permit oil flow...

Hi Eightinavee (or anyone out there with any ideas on this); Ok - so do you remember my interesting starting issue (i.e., turn the key until pre-ignition lights come on dash array - wait a two seconds then crank = starts right away [otherwise no start if you just stick the key in crank and try...

Have you joined this forum yet 8naV - are you still out there? wolf

Ok - for anyone who is interested - if your light switch (the multi-switch wand on your steering column) starts to get worn and selecting lights full on becomes difficult to do - replace that switch right away! The reason being - if you continue to let a worn multi-switch run it will eventually...

Ok - when I used to switch on my hi-beams - the front fog lamps automatically came on with them - now they won't! However, if I dip the hi-beams down to lo-beam (regular) and hit the fog-lamp switch on the dashboard - guess what - the fog lamps come on (and switch lights up appropriately) - then...

OK - how do you replace the upstream (i.e., closest to the engine) O2 heated sensors on a 1997 petrol V8 with auto trans? Sure, you can get at the sensors on the pipe - no problem - but how to get to the connector for the wiring for the sensors which seems to sit on the top of the trani...

I just read through the happy reports of fellow members with Disco's hovering around the 29.1 and near 30.0 MPG mark - but I am betting these Landies are all diesel - correct? The good news is that you can increase the mpg in a petrol engine (I own the 4.0 litre Gems in a 1997 Disco I) - but...

I have had some fun and games with my alternator recently; here's how it went: original factory alternator started making quite a bit of noise over a couple of weeks so I took it in for a rebuild (new bearings and brushes); the rebuild lasted about a week and a half when the noise started up...

I have been reading how the owners of diesel discos have been pulling their egrs with good results. Can you do this with the petrol V8 and get same results?

I just changed out my exhaust manifolds for headers and ditched the cats - well worth the noticeable increase in power and gas mileage - as far as I am concerned. The downside is that my engine check light has come on - I checked the code and, of course, it is the O2 sensors looking for the...

I have a 1997 Disco (North American) which seems to have the world's second most-choking exhaust system I have ever seen: i.e., two cat-conv. in total (one on each exhaust pipe off the header before joining into single exaust pipe) - the world's biggest muffler followed by a rear resonator...