[Disco TD5 questions]

Evening all, mateys recently acquired td5 auto has developed a loud screech when under hard acceleration, sounds almost like the aux belt slipping or possibly waterpump bearings as the fan cuts in putting extra load on them? It happens intermittently and only when you are a WOT or very near it.

I got him a new auxiliary belt to see if that caused it but upon initial inspection i cant see how you remove/refit, do they have an automatic tensioner like the 300's? All this plastic really gets in the way

Finally he wants some new tyres and i suggested the general AT2's, he has the 16" alloys like these:

Whats the max size you can fit without mods and maybe the max size with sensible mods?

Cheers, Will.

Have a look at the exhaust manifold studs, they have been known to fail and cause screeching noises

[Look what i saw! Modified Td5]

This was parked in front of their stall at Peterborough and was getting lots of attention. It certainly is a monster

[TD5 PAS pump change questions]

Hi,

Looks like I am going to need to change the pas pump. I have found a thread about this but I don't know how to remove the auxillary belt (not looked too closely yet so apologies if it is obvious )

Not having any joy getting the Rave to work on my laptop so can someone give me some pointers on the removal / refitting of the belt.

Also the D has done nearly 80k so is it work changing the belt at the same time? think I saw somewhere that it should be changed at 90k?

Last quick question (sorry )

The front discs will need changing at the next pad change. Paddocks have the drilled / grooved discs at a good price at the moment, is it a good idea to go for these for normal road / load use or just go for normal discs?

Thanks in advance

[D3 - mpgs]

When I had mine I would get approx 25mpg with normal mixed driving and about 28 on a run. Treat it gently on a run and you can get 30.

From what I have heard the rack can hit the mpg quite hard.

Ps get it tuned, it is like a different car. Or so I have heard

[02 TD5, should the aircon fan run all the time???]

Many thanks for that. Thought it must be wrong

[02 TD5, should the aircon fan run all the time???]

As per the title really should the fan on the front of the aircon condenser be running all the time that the engine is running even when the air con and all interior fans etc are turned off.

Cheers

[Couple of 02 TD5 problems, help please!!!]

UPDATE!!

Bled the steering box this morning and this looks to have cured the noise and vibration so will keep a check on this.

Also been checking around re the starting problem as it was bad again this morning.

I found what I think is the multi plug for the injectors at the front left (as you look at it) of the head full of oil.

I am sure I have read somewhere that this is a common problem, will do a search now.

Have cleaned it out for now so will see if there is any improvement.

[Couple of 02 TD5 problems, help please!!!]

Had our 02 Es couple of weeks now and have a couple of problems. Before we bought the car I spotted that the steering box was leaking. They say that a new box was fitted (looks like it was) but we are getting a vibration through the accelerator pedal and a noise that is there most of the time but even more so when you come off the gas and the speed hits around 40 down to 35.

The noise seams to go when the steering is on full lock. I think that I have narrowed the problem down to either the PAS pump or box.

Been back to the garage and they say that the PAS pump has to 'mate' with the new box and that also the box may need bleeding? How easy it to get to the bleed nipple on the box and do you bleed it with the engine running or not??

The other problem is that it seams to be getting harder and harder to start.

It was fine for the first few days and then it would take 2 or 3 attempts to start from cold and now it is even getting tricky when starting at other times of the day and this morning it took maybe 7 or 8 attempts.

The engine turns over good and fast but does not catch.

When we first told the garage about the starting they said glow plugs but with the worsening problems I can't see it being the plugs.

I was wondering if it could be the MAF? What happens if you start the car with the MAF disconnected? I have read that disconnecting the MAF can tell you whether it is causing running problems??

The car is under warranty and I am fairly sure that they will get things sorted but I would like to try and limit down time and trips to the dealer (50 mile round trip)

Sorry for the long 1st post and many thanks in advance for any tips