Thread: HELP .... nothing's going wrong !

We've owned the disco now for 2 years. We've done around 33,000km. On/offroad, bush/beach, dunes, mud ... we've towed, done recoveries, driven through snow, taken it camping, won 1st place best in class at Castle Hill last year, used it as a tractor at the BIL dairy farm, done a little touring, it's even taken us to Queensland and back 4x times without incident. Just jump in it, turn the key & go, without a care or worry in the world.

I've serviced it every 10,000k. It gets washed and cleaned when it's dirty. It doesn't leak oil. It's so comfortable to drive distances in. We never panic about the price of fuel because it's pretty frugal for a 2T truck (11.95km/L over the last 33,000kms).

I've had 2x failures. Radiator top hose bleed screw, and power steering reservior to pump hose rubbed through on the block. Both found in the driveway at home, so we never got stranded somewhere far from home, was able to do a quick temp' repair with both and parts got delivered a couple of days later and we were back on the road. We did end up with a leaking airspring, but a loaner from an AULRO member kept us going till the new ones came from the UK, so it wasn't a show stopper failure, and it didn't immobilise the vehicle as it was still driveable with the leaking spring ... sigh

I'm becoming very dissolussioned with my Discovery.

It doesn't have a leaking fuel cooler, or diesel in the sump, or faulty injectors, or a cracked head, or leaking hubs, or a failed turbo, or blown transmission cooler hoses. The cooling system isn't faulty/failing, the dashboard doesn't gurgle. There's never any faults to read with my Nanocom (what a waste of money that was! ), all the electrics work, the fuel pump is going strong, there's no leaking fuel lines, the exhaust manifold isn't warped and whistling, there's no broken exhaust manifold studs, the air suspension works correctly, the compressors not carked it. There's no oil in the injector harness or engine loom. It doesn't have any annoying vibrations, The tailshafts aren't failing. Nothing. Nada. Zip !

I think I bought a lemon!

I'm kinda jealous as instead of spending my weekends, evenings and free time being a part time vehicle technician & mechanic, all I can do is look at my disco and hope that one day, maybe I too can actually get my hands dirty and tackle the real issues that keep us all Land Rover owners (other than routine servicing & adding accessories ... how boring!) .... alas, my disco has let me down and is not letting me join in the fun & angst that a normal Land Rover Discovery 2 owner gets to enjoy.

Maybe I should sell it and trade down to a Toyota, or Nissan, or I even almost considered going back to a Series III, but I already owned 2 of those and THEY never ever let me down either, and they were regularly driven like they were stolen (esp' offroad).

All in all Land Rover, you have failed to meet my expectations ... I get told constantly by owners of other marques how brave I must be to own a Land Rover Discovery Td5 and all I can do is lie awake at night dreaming of what might/could have been .... sigh






Anyone have an old Lada Niva they want to part with ?

Originally Posted by scarry

I could write all about how good mine has been as well,but i am not gonna,as i often get bitten on the ass.....

Originally Posted by TerryO

PS ...Not sure why you feel the need to flash you arse to the neighbours dog though ...must be a Animal Bay thing
Terry

... in reference to what scary wrote .... I haven't even managed to get bitten on the arse ! Not through lack of trying

Now the Animal Bay thing ... them's fighting words boy!