What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

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Originally Posted by knuts2au

What did i do? I enjoyed driving my Discovery! Still love my "Leaky" spent another long few days working on the Rally of the Heartland at Burra. Ran a stage near Worlds End then another 80Km one at Mt Dare out to Collinsville Station and back via Mallet. Didn't miss a beat. Got 10L/100K's on the highway getting there and back., but a bit more on the tracks. It's day was up earlier and off to the location, sit still and provide shelter and charging for radio's and tablets (solar and 80aH Lithium). when all the cars had had there fun it is pack up time, 4Hrs to do 80Km from idling while clearing gate tags and signs to setting a respectable pace between points. Might need some new bump stops thou. Managed to fit the everything in, lucky i'm good at Tetris, shorter star pickets fit between the doors on the floor, the longer ones behind the back seat between the windows. Amazing how much space there is. Then travel back home at night avoiding the roo's for 3 1/2 hours. Only issue i have is the bulldust collects on the back door and sits there. Anyone tried deflectors or something?

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I've heard the D2 version of the rear dust reflectors are now made of unobtainium. Never seen one advertised and I got mine (yes, they do help) from my neighbour when he was trading in his D2 many years ago.

I have one and bought and sold around 5 of them they are plenty around if you know where to look ;)

Well, Bogeyman sprung a leak to its fuel line from the fpr to the front of the engine.
Land Rover Discovery 2 2003 TD5. - YouTube

Did not see that one hose sold seperately, only with the fpr, so I guess I'm getting a new 3 hose fpr then...

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Originally Posted by Dervish.

Well, Bogeyman sprung a leak to its fuel line from the fpr to the front of the engine.
Land Rover Discovery 2 2003 TD5. - YouTube

Did not see that one hose sold seperately, only with the fpr, so I guess I'm getting a new 3 hose fpr then...

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Take it off and make one / have one made.

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Originally Posted by Dervish.

Well, Bogeyman sprung a leak to its fuel line from the fpr to the front of the engine.
Land Rover Discovery 2 2003 TD5. - YouTube

Did not see that one hose sold seperately, only with the fpr, so I guess I'm getting a new 3 hose fpr then...

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Get a metre of 3/8 inch ( 9.5mm ) EFI fuel hose ( you can, in an emergency use 10mm EFI hose but it's too loose on the pipe for my liking) and 4x EFI hose clamps.

CAREFULLY, cut the swage almost through to the pipe ( do not touch the pipe ), then use a screwdriver or some external circlip pliers to break the rest of the swage and remove the old hose.

keeping everything clean push the new hose over both the bulges ( for want of a better word ) in the pipe, then fit 2 clamps ( 1 behind each bulge ) on each end.

The good parts are that you don't need to remove the badly placed 14mm headed nut at the front of the intake manifold and if it fails again in 15 or so years from now you can easily replace it .

Make sure you use EFI hose and EFI hose clamps.

This morning I had a problem with my headlights. They stopped working when I tried to turn them on. I checked the fuses and bulbs, but everything was fine. Hopefully it's not a serious problem and I can fix it. I recently noticed that my car started losing power when accelerating. I went to a mechanic who suggested checking the ignition system and replacing the spark plugs. Now the car is running much better. In addition, I noticed that there was a vibration in the steering wheel when driving at high speeds. I also found small cracks on my front tires. So, I replaced the front tires and had the wheels balanced. Finally, I had to replace my old battery with a new one because my old battery was no longer holding a charge.

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Originally Posted by Dervish.

Well, Bogeyman sprung a leak to its fuel line from the fpr to the front of the engine.
Land Rover Discovery 2 2003 TD5. - YouTube

Did not see that one hose sold seperately, only with the fpr, so I guess I'm getting a new 3 hose fpr then...

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Originally Posted by discorevy

Get a metre of 3/8 inch ( 9.5mm ) EFI fuel hose ( you can, in an emergency use 10mm EFI hose but it's too loose on the pipe for my liking) and 4x EFI hose clamps.

CAREFULLY, cut the swage almost through to the pipe ( do not touch the pipe ), then use a screwdriver or some external circlip pliers to break the rest of the swage and remove the old hose.

keeping everything clean push the new hose over both the bulges ( for want of a better word ) in the pipe, then fit 2 clamps ( 1 behind each bulge ) on each end.

The good parts are that you don't need to remove the badly placed 14mm headed nut at the front of the intake manifold and if it fails again in 15 or so years from now you can easily replace it .

Make sure you use EFI hose and EFI hose clamps.

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I've done this in a SuperCheap carpark with minimal tools and without removing the inlet manifold, 500km from home!

After a couple of years I neatened the repair by using Oetiker clamps to replace the hose clamps. Why? I have no idea other than I'm Lana spelt backwards. No one's ever going to look down there...

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Originally Posted by rick130

Why? I have no idea other than I'm Lana spelt backwards. No one's ever going to look down there...

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:Rolling:.

yes, one day I'll look down there and reach for the Oetiker clamps.

I'm sure if you were truly Lana, you'd even struggle using Semordnilap [biggrin]

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Originally Posted by discorevy

Get a metre of 3/8 inch ( 9.5mm ) EFI fuel hose ( you can, in an emergency use 10mm EFI hose but it's too loose on the pipe for my liking) and 4x EFI hose clamps.

CAREFULLY, cut the swage almost through to the pipe ( do not touch the pipe ), then use a screwdriver or some external circlip pliers to break the rest of the swage and remove the old hose.

keeping everything clean push the new hose over both the bulges ( for want of a better word ) in the pipe, then fit 2 clamps ( 1 behind each bulge ) on each end.

The good parts are that you don't need to remove the badly placed 14mm headed nut at the front of the intake manifold and if it fails again in 15 or so years from now you can easily replace it .

Make sure you use EFI hose and EFI hose clamps.

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Originally Posted by rick130

I've done this in a SuperCheap carpark with minimal tools and without removing the inlet manifold, 500km from home!

After a couple of years I neatened the repair by using Oetiker clamps to replace the hose clamps. Why? I have no idea other than I'm Lana spelt backwards. No one's ever going to look down there...

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For some reason, did not even have the idea to fix the hose.

I'll get some 9mm fuel hose and the not "worm gear" hoseclamps for it.
So, time to take out the dremel and the 38mill discs again..

I got a tip elsewhere that a 14mm injector socket is the tool for removing the hose from the block.
I'll get that just in case for my toolbox.

For now, I'll try to stay clear of the oetiker style clamps, I know it'll take off and everything must be changed to those once I start...

Thanks [thumbsupbig]

warped manifold and 1 broken manifold stud.