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My P38 does mainly long journeys, however for a period of six months I used it for short journeys with the odd 40 mile trip. I was shocked how quickly the oil emulsified. Plan on more often oil changes and a good oil flush to keep her in good fettle.

Have you tried to reset the window? Wind it down and hold the button for the count of 5, wind it up and hold the button for the count of five. May reset it if that was the problem

Do you have LPG? It’s not something that look’s Std to a Range Rover. I have seen something like this. RPI sell it supposed to change the timing when running on LPG. If it is chuck it away being filled with water did not do it any good at all..

Have you considered buying a replacement block with them all already done? I have seen them go for around £1500 - £1800

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I agree with Recovery Man I had a similar problem when by accident I caused a short on the battery and it fried one of the diodes in alternator and allowed the alternator to bleed charge from the battery when the engine was not running, at first it would take a couple of days to drain but in a very short time I was having trouble every morning, I ended up doing what your doing and disconnect the battery when ever I left it for a while. I found the problem by putting a meter in line with the battery measuring the current drawn and disconnecting things until I found what was causing the problem. Removing the small wires from the back of the alternator was all it needed to stop the charge drain.

Hi Why were you looking at relay 6 & 7 in particular? Was that the area that was hot? P38 fuse box’s can be a problem in themselves and not anything else in the vehicle causing a problem. I doubt that the pollen filters being changed have anything to do with your problem.

maybe you have a problem with the steering rack best take it to a garage and get it checked. you seem to have checked or replaced all the usual suspects

To be honest I would take your new windscreen to someone who knows what they are doing. They won’t charge anyway near as much as it would be to replace the windscreen after you have broken it trying to put it in. A friend of mine was insistent that we could put his in and after a finger pinching nerve racking hour or so it broke. I’m sure there are people on the forum that have done it before and when you know how to do it its easy. But having tried I would always take it to an expert and let them make it look easy.

Absolutely I can understand what mmgemini was trying to say .

Really calm down Defenders are stolen yes but not by getting in through the bonnet, I imagine most simply open the door. These forums are supposed to be a friendly place to come for help.

its not rocket science mate.. calm down

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pull the front grill off stick your hand up or screw driver and release the latch. had to do it recently on my friends 90

Tires if worn strangle (heal and toe on the tread) can make a noise in the same way that off road tires tend to wine. Because you mention that the car tramlines and changes direction that would also suggest tires Worth a look at before trying to find something more expensive