Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

look for a oil leak from engine, until recently no leaks since November after a lot of work done, looks like tappet cover gasket so will order new one Monday

Replaced injector harness, repaired exposed bit on engine loom where it rubbed through on inlet manifold, then replaced corrugated wire tube on engine loom.

Originally Posted by Railey

Replaced injector harness, repaired exposed bit on engine loom where it rubbed through on inlet manifold, then replaced corrugated wire tube on engine loom.

Mate word of advice cut them tails off your cable ties flush or you or who ever works on your car will get cut to ribbons

Ahh, we agree on something Chris!
I cannot agree more.
I learnt that the hard way, I actually still have a scar from one somewhere...
Nice work though Railey. Mine has thankfully all been done, I assume when the replacement engine went in at 36k under warranty.

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Originally Posted by rangieman

Mate word of advice cut them tails off your cable ties flush or you or who ever works on your car will get cut to ribbons

Yep I know. I had to wrap it up quick to go out with the missus, as well as leaving my good cutters at work. (Used a scissor) I learned that lesson too, also the hard way. That's why I use bright colours so I can see them better...

To secure ends of corrugated tubing and anywhere it looks like it may get untidy I use heat shrink now. Cable ties only for the mountings and rotate the ends so they sit against the bracket so they are out of harming ways. Now if only I could get a knife that sharp.......

Drove to work where Belvedere (new name) marked his territory in both red (small leak - 100 - 200ml / 1k km) and oil (negligible). Drove him home and he is now,as I type this, probably marking his territory in the driveway.

I'm pleased that the heater works well...:-)

And yes. The coolant leak will be fixed at the same time as the transmission oil gets changed in the very near future following a gearbox change a couple or a few thousand k's ago.

I hesitate to say this but Belvedere is going very well at the moment apart from a REALLY stiff gear change between 1st and 2nd and a quite stiff change from 2nd to 3rd when cold. I'm hoping a gearbox oil change will help.....hopefully... It IS slowly getting better though.


One disappointment though. Long term fuel consumption has recently broken through the 10l/100km barrier - it's now 10.1...:-(

To secure ends of corrugated tubing and anywhere it looks like it may get untidy I use heat shrink now.

Funny I was servicing my D2 TD5 last week and happened to touch the corrugated tubing leading the the MAF. I check on the corner of the head now and then.
The tubing just fell apart in my fingers, so I had to replace it. It had been there about 3 years.
So it looks like there is a difference between OEM corrugated tubing and the stuff which I bought at Jaycar. Something to watch, and don't rely on it in hot locations for over about 2-3 years.( like where the OP put it)
Regards Philip A