What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Not a Td5, but our Puma needed a little rest today halfway up Maleny Mountain towing the camper. It was seriously hot though - peaked at 37 down on the Sunshine Coast mud flats. We went to the pool to cool down.
The Steinbauer chip goes into limp mode if the temperature gets too hot, to save the engine from overheating.
It's a five kilometre steep climb, for those that don't know it.

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37°c is not hot. Certainly confirms my feelings about intercept boxes (credit it did de-rate) however the engine should have had no problems dealing with that temperature and powering up that hill.

It’s only over 10% for about 1.5km...

Should have done it easy [emoji6]

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Originally Posted by Tombie

37°c is not hot. Certainly confirms my feelings about intercept boxes (credit it did de-rate) however the engine should have had no problems dealing with that temperature and powering up that hill.

It’s only over 10% for about 1.5km...

Should have done it easy [emoji6]

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Did it twice earlier in the week towing a trailer loaded with mulch, but it was a bit cooler then.

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Did it twice earlier in the week towing a trailer loaded with mulch, but it was a bit cooler then.

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You have an EGT gauge I hope.

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Originally Posted by jjperko

Has anyone else noticed their Td5 getting really laggy off the line in this hot weather? Mines an auto with a new maf reading correctly through nanocom so can rule that out.
Had a couple of pretty dodgy roundabout and other intersection experiences around town. Just won't rev until vehicle has rolled into intersection then slowly builds before turbo seems to spool up and takes off.
Temps are really hot though, talking 43-45 over the last few days.

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Hot air is less dense - but it seems that something else is going on to cause that degree of throttle response hesitation ....

Recently my brother’s D2 Td5 auto, whilst country driving suddenly lost drive and coasted to a stop accompanied by metallic sounds from bellow. The Engine was fine, he just had no drive no matter what he did with the transfer box or AT shifter. Finding no oil underneath and drive shafts all intact all he could do was order-up a flat top. Today he got the verdict from the mechanic - the picture tells it all ....
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A new flex plate/drive plate is required - could have been worse[emoji6]

That would of made one hell of a noise!

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Originally Posted by onebob

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A new flex plate/drive plate is required - could have been worse[emoji6]

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Ouch.

About to order some bits from Ashcroft's and a HD flex plate is on the list.

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Originally Posted by onebob

Recently my brother’s D2 Td5 auto, whilst country driving suddenly lost drive and coasted to a stop accompanied by metallic sounds from bellow. The Engine was fine, he just had no drive no matter what he did with the transfer box or AT shifter. Finding no oil underneath and drive shafts all intact all he could do was order-up a flat top. Today he got the verdict from the mechanic - the picture tells it all ....


A new flex plate/drive plate is required - could have been worse[emoji6]

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Did it give any signs before failing, vibration or noise etc. Just wondered

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Originally Posted by thai_tiger

Did it give any signs before failing, vibration or noise etc. Just wondered

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He says that there was no warning - but I reckon tgat there would have been a pre-existing crack (my guess is circled in blue) from which the destruction ensued ... in the end it was rotational force that ‘peeled’ it apart.
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I think my Disco is all grown up, no longer wetting the road or parking spaces with oil. The rocker cover gasket replacement worked.