Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Originally Posted by Mclaren00

Never stalled mate, made grinding noise for couple seconds then ran fine pulled in garage took shopping out and went to take for drive to see if it did it again and then it wouldn't start just one decent crank then weak

Ah right'o. Back in my box then eh? I had the same issue others had mentioned with a buggered idle pulley bearing.

Originally Posted by gusthedog

Ah right'o. Back in my box then eh? I had the same issue others had mentioned with a buggered idle pulley bearing.

Yer I'm starting to think that aswell

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Found this on line looks the goods to get in there with ease
Might be handy just to have

$25

Originally Posted by Mclaren00

IMG_3521.jpg
Found this on line looks the goods to get in there with ease
Might be handy just to have

That's what we used (similar) and made life easier.

The mech that rescued me said he's had the alloy housing that holds the idler pulley fracture after a similar episode too.
There's a lot of load going through it when the bearing gives up the ghost.

McLaren, if you're going to buy a tool, I would get a fan removal tool instead. Once you have the fan off, working on all the pulleys is a breeze.

Originally Posted by biggin

McLaren, if you're going to buy a tool, I would get a fan removal tool instead. Once you have the fan off, working on all the pulleys is a breeze.

What size is it ?
It's bigger than my Tdi/Ford one which is 32mm

I think it's 36mm. I'm still in bed, so will check later.