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This post is about my experience fixing the classic oil-in-coolant problem that many Td5 owners run into. This happened some 2-years ago, but finally going out to the press. It all started with the usual oil stain in the expansion tank (aka coolant reservoir). It did not take very long for the...

A mates Td5 Defender (2006) is making lots of intermittent black smoke. New fuel pump, new FPR, new injector o-rings & washers. New turbo hoses. Boost pressure as well as other fueling parameters all in good order. No oil consumption. No significant blow-by. Installed known good...

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Well a new battle has been won in the war against annoying noises in the Disco 2... Every time I use the heater for more than 15-20 minutes the blower motor (underneath the glove box) would start making a high pitch chirping sound, intermittent at first but irritatingly continuous in the end...

A rather annoying but inconsequent issue that sooner or later comes up in Discos series 2 (either V8 or S5): on moving the starter switch to position "II" a vibrating sort of whirling noise comes from aside the steering column. The trouble lies with the in-car temperature sensor (ICTS) mounted...

My autobox Disco Td5 developed a slight shiver just before every gear change, between 2200-2800 rpm. Over the past 6 months the shudder gradually turned into a harsh vibration, eventually sounding like ‘coarse gravel agitated in a tin can’ type of noise. ATF & filter checked and replaced...

After years of outguessing Td5 fuel pump and/or fuel pressure regulator problems finally came up with a gizmo to measure live fuel pressure. In the past I had rigged up a mechanical pressure gauge (glicerine type) but for obvious safety reasons it could be only used in static mode (driveway...

Back in July my Disco Td5 started misfiring & cutting out, not in the classic oil in loom way, but rather massively. Nanocom would show a scramble of the following fault codes: FAULT 27-01 injector 1 peak charge long (CURRENT) FAULT 27-02 injector 2 peak charge long (CURRENT) FAULT 27-03...

Just weeks after getting rid of the EGR & its ancillaries I get this... Surely the recirculated exhaust gas held counter pressure against the coolant side within the EGR cooler, but it shouldn't leak without it!! Wonder how close I was from getting coolant into the cylinders... Anybody...

I've been helping out a fellow Td5 owner with a performance problem in his Disco. It is a MY01 manual Disco with almost 120000 kms that has been thoroughly maintained. It pulls extremely well across the entire range (reaching 125 km/h @ 4200 rpm in 4th, which is definitely not limp mode)...

Have owned Td5s for the past 10 years & thus seen the "oil in loom" problem revealed in various forms. As of today my '04 Disco Td5 started behaving extremely oddly, subtly clunky at idle (feels as if the vehicle is being given hand pushes from behind), then normal when given throttle, but once...

ACE on my 2004 Disco Td5 quit working. No logged faults. Also no leaks, abnormal noise, wobbling, or any other of the traditional ACE failure symptoms. Simply feels as if ACE wasn't there ('passive mode'). Found out that whilst Nanocom can't connect to the ACE ECU with the engine running, I...