ThreeSheds Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I was being rather cynical there, LR did have the Loctite but they admitted that on some 1999 engines it was omitted or forgotten or whatever. I must add that IMHO the oil pump arrangement on the TD5 is the most stupid I have ever come across on any engine. This is what I think happened with the prototype engine on the test bed: Engineer 1: Ok, start her up Engineer 2: Here goes (Vroom vroom) Engineer 1: The oil light is on! Stop it quick! Engineer 2: OK (1 hour later, the sump is off) Engineer 1: Where's the oil pump? Engineer 2: That was your job! Engineer 1: I told you to do it! Engineer 2: Ok, we need someone to design one quickly before anyone notices. Engineer 1: I'll get the tea lady onto it right away. After all, she designed most of this heap of junk anyway... :hysterical: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 My Discovery 11 is a 2000 model year, most pieces seem to be date stamped July - August '99. It came with a full Dealer Service History, (what a joke), so when I eventually found time I changed all the fluids and the clutch/flywheel (it had started to slip). While I was under the car I took the sump off to check the Oil Pump bolt. It was fairly tight and seemed to have a trace of thread lock on it. Removed the bolt, cleaned the thread. applied a reasonable amount of Locktite and reinstalled. It seems to be pot luck as to whether thread lock was applied to the bolt around this time period or not. Regards, Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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