Thread: To paint or not to paint

paint!

Hi Gary S11,

Whats the interior like .....could you do all the external rust items and leave the fire wall till you have to pull the motor out.

The safari windows are a problem areas for Disco's, so your not alone there, but rarer to have a Landrover that doesent leak any oil

I'd go the respray.......she's still worth it.

Cheers

Baggy

Thanks , the interior is all good, she's only done 120,000 km's . So apart from the below its all good, and I just put the ashcroft in the rear, well it looks like I might go the over haul way ...

Originally Posted by Baggy

but rarer to have a Landrover that doesent leak any oil
Cheers

Baggy

I wonder if you could get a warranty claim from LRA, Land Rovers as supposed to leak oil, that's their efficient rust proofing system. They should never rust if properly oiled. The Alpine window rust as mentioned is a common problem. The cause is lack of oil reaching the roof to protect the Alpine window surround is the cause of this.
Land Rovers oil rust proofing system was upgraded when the D2 was developed, and lots of engineering was undertaken and the end result was the successful anti rusting system for the TD5 engine developed that utilised the engine oil cleverly by feeding engine oil up through the Injector loom wires. They then patented this new system and so far no other manufacturer of 4wds was able to use the same system.
Where Land Rover engineers missed the point was, when they did not allow a flow regulator to regulate the flow of oil in the injector loom rust proofing system. This eventually lead to over oiling and the system feeding oil too far up the injector loom which resulted rust proofing oil reaching the plastic ECU connector. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to work out the plastic does not rust so no rust proofing oil was required for this component.



Sorry I couldn't help myself, I was bored.