Thread: Servicing 2010 110 at home - gotchas?

I didn’t fill the fuel filter before fitting - read conflicting opinions on wether to do this and didn’t have diesel to hand anyway. All seems to be ok.

A/C is all good and has been much mucked around with by LR.

Brakes I did recently.

My powered front window has recently worked only intermittently... I took it apart and inspected the motor - water poured out of the electrical connector socket !

Just a thought about oils, which may or may not be helpful - feel free to ignore.
Did you check the manual for the actual amounts of oils to be used, or did you just replace the same amounts as you took out?
Reason I ask is the amounts that come out may not be correct. Filling to the drain hole is not correct on all vehicles either, although I think it is for Defenders. Just a thought.

Also, if diff guards are fitted, some diff guards may have different filler points than the diffs themselves.

Re. the aircon, I recommend you check if the rubber hose carrying hot coolant from the radiator to the heater on the firewall and return is touching the plastic ventilation piping coming in from the passenger side mudguard to the firewall. Mine was, and after 15 mins of driving the heat radiating from the boiling coolant soaked through the plastic ventilation piping and warmed the air coming through the aircon.
I had to fit heat insulation over the ventilation piping.
Might be worth checking.

Thanks DiscoMick - all responses very much appreciated so thanks for that.

I re-filled lubricants to quantities in the manual, not what was removed. How does one measure the quantity of removed lubricants that have been spilt all over a garage floor anyway

I'll check the aircon pipe, ta.

Originally Posted by Samblers

(recommendations for lubricants available in WA welcomed too)

This link is an ideal oil with both Ford and Landrover compliance
QUARTZ 9000 FUTURE NFC 5W-30

Ive be getting it from Golden West Lubricants in Maddington in both 5 and 20litre packs. Fraction the price of Castrol etc and mo need to wait for Supercheap/Repco Fathers Day sale to get your oil at a reasonable price