[My disco is overheating - need help!]

I would start with the cheap things first or i should say less labour intensive,

1, Is the thermostat working correctly

2, Is the rad covered in mud/leaves

3, Is the expansion tank cap ok

4, Have you got the correct anti freeze mix

5, Is the water pump squeeking leaking

6, Any external or internal leakage

7, Any water in the oil or oil in the water

My head gasket has gone and im in the throws of replacing it,easy job no real complicated things to get your head round and parts are cheap,it started of loosing coolent and not leaking anywhere,then the heater went stone cold then hot and i couldnt get rid of the air in the system,so off with its head and treated myself to a new rad as well.Hope you get it sorted mate.

Cheers Peasy

Will spend a day going through the list and hope its something minor.

Ta

Joniphoo - ex manager of Millers Well East Ham - say high to all the John's - John the dog, John the winders etc

[My disco is overheating - need help!]

Tonite my disco 96 300tdi overheated on motorway on way home - so pulled over to check problem.

Small amount of white smoke coming from fan area - loosened cap on filler tank - lots of gurgling - let engine cool and had car recovered home rather than risk any damage. No overheating experienced before but only had car 3 weeks.

Too dark to check anything as yet - but where should I start?

Cheers in advance

Joniphoo

[Will disco 2 & 3 wheels fit my 96']

Simple answer is no - the stud pattern is different. You can use adaptors but they are F expensive.

Where have you seen 15" alloys for a Discovery? LR never made any such thing AFAIK... 16s on the D1, 16s and 18s on the D2 and 17/18/19s on the D3

what about 235x70x16 wrangler s4 tyres - 2nd hand on ebay at mo

cheers

joniphoo

[Will disco 2 & 3 wheels fit my 96']

Simple answer is no - the stud pattern is different. You can use adaptors but they are F expensive.

Where have you seen 15" alloys for a Discovery? LR never made any such thing AFAIK... 16s on the D1, 16s and 18s on the D2 and 17/18/19s on the D3

saw them on ebay?thanks for the advice will just look for a set of 5 spoke with decent tyres

cheers

joniphoo

[Will disco 2 & 3 wheels fit my 96']

Haven't got a clue about wheels & tyres apart from mine look carp and I could do with a change.

Seen some great rims & tyres on ebay and was wondering whether disco 2 & 3 wheels would fit my 96' disco, been looking at 15, 16 & 17"

Am I being too ambitious?

Cheers

Joniphoo

[Immobiliser problem - can ypu help?]

£50, world crisis.... 30 minutes job actually, 60 minutes if you drink a beer.

Just got a little snow here in Kiev:) Western Ukraine is covered with snow totally in the mountains, just seen a video from there.

World crisis over - key fob shagged - auto electrician got fob working intermitently so had alarm and immobiliser bypassed - still have central locking and red alarm indicator light so happy enough - at least i can use the car!!

Cheers for the help

Joniphoo

[Immobiliser problem - can ypu help?]

Sometimes you need 10-12 presses so if you have only done it four times as per the book I should give that another go first

Hi bogmonster

Read your thread on the 'spider' so it aint that, have tried eka code (dealer supplied foc!) but door lock very worn so still immobilised - any suggesting before I spend £50 on an auto electrician?

cheers

joniphoo

[Immobiliser problem - can ypu help?]

I had similar situation. My keyfob just died:)

So if you can not start a car with EKA code - spider. If EKA helps - dead keyfob.

Must be spider as EKA code useless - quoted £50 by auto electrician to bypass - hows Kiev thia time of year - have family near Lviv

Is it a job I can easily do myself?

Cheers

Jon

[Immobiliser problem - can ypu help?]

I had similar situation. My keyfob just died:)

So if you can not start a car with EKA code - spider. If EKA helps - dead keyfob.

Tried EKA today (got free rom dealer) but still no luck - guess its the spider - auto electrician quoted £50 to bypass - any suggestions - hows Kiev this time of year - I have family near Lviv

Cheers

Jon

[Immobiliser problem - can ypu help?]

Did u synchronize the fob with the alarm after fitting the battery. A LR dealer will give you EKA code other than that look at this link. http://forums.lr4x4.com/lofiversion/index.php/t86.html

And welcome to the forum

Thanks for the welcome.

I have checked the manual and pressed the lock button 4 times but still no luck - have i done this correctly -should the key be in the lock?

Thanks

Jonathan

[Immobiliser problem - can ypu help?]

Hi everone,

Just recently bought a manual 96 300 tdi fpr £700 which needs some tlc.

When i bought it the alarm fob was not working so just used key for access and starting. After changing a few fuses after fixing a couple of electrial problems the alarm started to work and was working fine apart from a couple of locks which are in need of motor repairs.

Well yesterday the fob will now not disable the car and hence the immobiliser is blocking the start of the car - have checked all the fuses and changed the fob battery - but still no luck. Checked car manual - no EKA code available.

Is there any other way of starting car without EKA code.

Your help would be much appreciated

Cheers

Jon