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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #26775 on: 11 October 2024, 07:53:22 »

Changed it
But not really. All these jags look the same to me  :P
Well in this case......the Defender has gone and a Range Rover Sport collected......I will enjoy the better fuel consumption!
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What engine have you opted for in the RRS , not the ingenuiem hopefully.

Yes, straight six 3.0 diesel, never had any other engine type and never had an issue with them.

Regular oil changes are the key and not the 21k 2 year intervals, they are then far less problematic.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #26776 on: 11 October 2024, 10:14:37 »

Changed it
But not really. All these jags look the same to me  :P
Well in this case......the Defender has gone and a Range Rover Sport collected......I will enjoy the better fuel consumption!
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What engine have you opted for in the RRS , not the ingenuiem hopefully.

Yes, straight six 3.0 diesel, never had any other engine type and never had an issue with them.

Regular oil changes are the key and not the 21k 2 year intervals, they are then far less problematic.
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The majority of the failures on the forums relate to the 2.0 engine, although some of the 3.0 have similar problems, I didn't know much about Land Rovers till I bought mine & started researching the forums, so glad that I went for the V8 which is now on 111,000 and hasn't missed a beat, regular oil changes are important on these for the turbos so around every 4,000 miles mine has been done & is still on originals, looked at the SVR but insurance was totally ridiculous.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #26777 on: 11 October 2024, 12:15:27 »

Well in this case......the Defender has gone and a Range Rover Sport collected......I will enjoy the better fuel consumption!

How did you find the defender other than thirsty apparently  ;D

Pretty good, handled much better than it should and was doing circa 38-40mpg on my commute, had no issues with it over the 25k miles I put on it. Very quiet and comfy vehicle.

Swmbo wants 130 as the family wagon. I've told her we need to wait until they're £20k or less. By which time we probably won't need a family wagon  ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #26778 on: 11 October 2024, 12:51:37 »

Well in this case......the Defender has gone and a Range Rover Sport collected......I will enjoy the better fuel consumption!

How did you find the defender other than thirsty apparently  ;D

Pretty good, handled much better than it should and was doing circa 38-40mpg on my commute, had no issues with it over the 25k miles I put on it. Very quiet and comfy vehicle.

Swmbo wants 130 as the family wagon. I've told her we need to wait until they're £20k or less. By which time we probably won't need a family wagon  ;D
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Saw the new Defender on fifth gear last week £99,000 , nice looking vehicle + the ability to reverse a trailer/caravan simply by placing your finger on a screen and indicating where you want it to go, fortunately I did a reversing course for free many years ago so saved myself thousands..😂
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #26779 on: 11 October 2024, 14:03:14 »

Bought myself a new project, Austin Hereford . Saved it from banger racing, its a wreck but okay for what I want to do to it. Trouble is its 300 miles away in the land of kilts and haggis. My friend will tow it for me for fuel money (200!) and its an overnight at a travel lodge. ROAD TRIP.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #26780 on: 11 October 2024, 14:18:36 »

Bought myself a new project, Austin Hereford . Saved it from banger racing, its a wreck but okay for what I want to do to it. Trouble is its 300 miles away in the land of kilts and haggis. My friend will tow it for me for fuel money (200!) and its an overnight at a travel lodge. ROAD TRIP.
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If it's the one I'm thinking of they were a really strong looking car.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #26781 on: 11 October 2024, 15:23:25 »

Looks like an inflated A30/35
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #26782 on: 11 October 2024, 15:35:57 »

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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #26783 on: 11 October 2024, 16:59:55 »


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Yes that's exactly the one I was thinking of, loads of them around when I was a kid growing up in South London, really strong looking car.


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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #26784 on: 11 October 2024, 17:15:49 »

Saw one of those a couple of years ago at a classic car show near Peterborough. Car was a very low mileage hearing aid beige example and the owners were very proud to boast that it was still on its original tyres :o :o and looking at them boy did it show :-X
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #26785 on: 11 October 2024, 17:35:22 »

You should see the tyres on this one!! as well as the missing sills and rusted through boot lid and stuff but what do you expect for £500!
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #26786 on: 11 October 2024, 18:37:43 »

Bini all back together. Polybushes went in a damn site easier than the old one came out. Replaced the bushes, inner and outer ball joints, ARB bushes and drop links as it seemed like a good idea.

Exhaust replaced as well, certainly goes alot better with that done 8) Need to tweak the rear hangers to get the tip centred in its hole and the front end needs realigning as the geometry feels off..

Retest booked for Monday, and I can get around to the minor advisories in due course.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #26787 on: 11 October 2024, 19:20:05 »

Bini all back together. Polybushes went in a damn site easier than the old one came out. Replaced the bushes, inner and outer ball joints, ARB bushes and drop links as it seemed like a good idea.

Exhaust replaced as well, certainly goes alot better with that done 8) Need to tweak the rear hangers to get the tip centred in its hole and the front end needs realigning as the geometry feels off..

Retest booked for Monday, and I can get around to the minor advisories in due course.

Good effort!  8)  Well done!  :y
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #26788 on: 13 October 2024, 18:37:11 »

On the Omega - Replaced aux. belt (finally !) replaced the air and cabin filters (genuine GM) cleaned the breathers, removed the fans and various gubbins to remove temp sensor / switch from just under the top coolant hose on the rad to hopefully fix a minor leak from it. Cleaned it all up, smeared some Hylomar blue around it and refitted it.
Then refitted gubbins and fans.
Replaced the header tank with a brand new one. No sensor in the new tank, but the sensor in the old tank gave up the ghost years ago, so it doesnt really matter.
Drained the coolant and refilled with new stuff.
Had a good look around chassis rails etc. in the engine bay while I had various bits out of the way. Found a couple of areas where paint looked a bit flakey, so cleaned them up. treated with Bilthamber Hydrate 80 and once dry sprayed a little Supertrol over it to keep the rust at bay
Providing the oil I ordered arrives tomorrow, will change the oil and filter(GM) and refit the bagpipes.
Should be all nicely sorted for the winter under the bonnet now.
Next jobs are treat fairly minor rust on the rear arches and then repaint them, and try again to find the annoying knock from underneath when driving over rippled surfacaes.
Its driving me fickin nuts.  ::)

It seems Im getting my spannering mojo back just as the cold weather is arriving.  ::)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #26789 on: 13 October 2024, 18:54:57 »

Forgot to mention. First job was to remove Aux. belt tensioner pulley, wash the old grease out and repack it with new grease.
Also ascertained that the oil mist I had to clean from the around the lower engine bay is due to a weep from the front main oil seal.
It can stay like that for the moment, but will plan on probably changing it next time I do the cambelt.

C1 roller skate serviced, Omega serviced, so need to dive into the list of jobs on the Boxster soon. No rest for the wicked.  :D
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