Budapest
Member Since: 02 Apr 2018
Location: Lancashire
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Got a few Jobs that need doing on the Disco and looking for advice and recommendations form who can do the work in the Merseyside Lancashire area ?
I had one side ( apparently the easy side ) of the erg replaced about 2 years ago car is sluggish and hunts sometimes in gear now and I imagine it needs the other egr fixing ? Other fault first occurred in the summer in a trip across Germany and the longest tunnel in Switzerland en route to Tuscany the gear box went into F mode.
We made it there and back using manual mode and never using 6th gear all went well and we made it back to Blighty.
Along with this the check fluid light appeared, no loss of fluid or engine temp increase, from reading on here I can see that fix should be a new bottle and coolant change.
Belts where done at 100k when we bought the car which is now showing 171, did consider upgrading to Disco 4 but can't see what else it does ? Maybe I'm thinking better the devil you know.
On a side note we had a brand new Disco 5 3.0litr hse on loan for over 7 weeks after a crash, (delivered with 35 miles on it )between myself and my son we did over 4000 thousand miles in it, it was a lovely car very fast but not in our opinion anywhere as near as practical as the 3/4.
If you are wondering why it took 7 weeks to fix the Disco 3 apparently they could not get the factory body kit/bumber for the front of mine, I did try on here to find one but in the end they decided to repair it !!!
Back to my original post, does anyone think a gearbox oil change will fix the fault or should I investigate other know issues first ? Any help or recommendations of good value specialists will be apreciated.
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 21st Mar 2021 11:42 am |
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aja4x4
Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
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I would blank both egr valves and change the coolant reservoir bottle.
The coolant light is on because the float has failed inside the bottle. Andrew
D3 2.7tdv6 2005
D4 3.0 SDV6 Commercial died and gone to LR heaven
D5 3.0 SDV6 HSE
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| 21st Mar 2021 11:56 am |
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Budapest
Member Since: 02 Apr 2018
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 29
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Thanks when you blank them do you have to do some 're programming ?
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| 21st Mar 2021 12:20 pm |
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darrind
Member Since: 04 Jul 2008
Location: In A World of My Own!
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Yes you will need a patch if your profile is correct as a 2008 vehicle Must stop buying shiny toys....
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| 21st Mar 2021 12:58 pm |
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aja4x4
Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
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Yes on a 2008 you will need a software patch.
Bell Auto services are highly recomended
https://bellautoservices.co.uk/home/ Andrew
D3 2.7tdv6 2005
D4 3.0 SDV6 Commercial died and gone to LR heaven
D5 3.0 SDV6 HSE
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