themunster

Squeaking relative to road speed would have me looking at propshaft UJs.

As above I would start with draining the oil and seeing what's in it and what's on the magnetic catcher on the fill plug, drain into a perfectly clean and clear container and see what settles on the bottom over night is easiest! Or you can pass it through a paper filter.

Easiest test is to pull the solenoid feed off the pump, if it stops then you having a elec issue, either in the engine bay or behind the dash, if it continues to run then the solenoid may be siezed. Obviously caution should be used when placing your hand on the engine when it's running so you could proove the same thing by removing the solenoid wire from the pump when not running and seeing if it starts. Not very well up on the auto/EDC pumps so all I can offer is the basics I'm afraid!

Thanks for the replies gents! I know I know but I didn't have any in the garage when doing the rad change :-) and MOT was in 2 hours heh. Going to flush everything out and refill with antifreeze now I know it's cooling ok.

Cheers guys. Just been asked to help move about 5 ton of logs this weekend, so that should help test. New coolant is rusty already, I might stick some flush in and actually use some antifreeze. Holts 2 part flush OK to use? Thanks again guys

Morning all! Couple of weeks ago I replaced the radiator on my discovery, old one had about a dozen fins left on it and was leaking nicley! Replaced it with a new rad (britpart from mm4x4). Whilst I had it out I flushed the engine with a hosepipe, after 15mins it was running nice and clean, also took the pipes off the heater matrix and got some nice brown water out of that before it ran clean. So all back together, filled and I was confident no airlocks anywhere. Now been using the disco for a couple of weeks and it runs well, heater blows warm and engine warm-up time is sensible, havent done any long runs in it yet but I've been keeping an eye on coolant level and it hasn't budged and no leaks visable. My drive to work is about 7 miles so only just warmed up by the time I get in however I've noticed a couple of things and I'm not sure if they're to be expected; top half of radiator is nice and warm, bottom half is cold oil cooler feed and return pipes are both cold I know its only 7 miles but I'm not getting why the bottom of the rad is cold, I assume flow from rad is in at the top, then over to oil cooler on the right then back along to bottom hose on the left? Is 7 miles enough to open the oil thermostat? Placing hand on top of the engine and it feels a sensible temp and I'm confident I'm not over heating.. think it might be over cooling heh. Have checked coolant thermostat and it's working fine. Shall I just find an excuse to blat it down the motorway for 20mins then check rad/cooler? mmm mm4x4 is about 30mins away, sure I could find something to buy when I get there! Cheers,