Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Originally Posted by gavinwibrow

Did you mean this one (a bit different)?

US made Derale 3/8 NPT Port OIL COOLER THERMOSTAT KIT Remote fluid control 13011 | eBay

Almost. They also sell it without the 3/8 barb adapter.
Item no 171653320540
MPN DE25011


I need to find out to ....


[URL]https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Oil-cooler-Thermostat-3-8-NPT-port-Remote-fluid-control-13011-/171653320540 [URL]

Originally Posted by DiscoDiscoMan

Almost. They also sell it without the 3/8 barb adapter.
Item no 171653320540
MPN DE25011


I need to find out to ....


[URL]https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Oil-cooler-Thermostat-3-8-NPT-port-Remote-fluid-control-13011-/171653320540 [URL]

They also come in 1/2”Npt. Which would be better as the oil lines are 12mm avoiding any restriction of flow.

Winch mounted last night. Had to make a new lightbar frame so I could fit the control box behind it. (Good chance to test the new welder!)
Will see how much it impacts engine temps in the coming weeks.

Originally Posted by HYDRO FAN

New starter motor, new alternator 3 days ago. D2, TD5.

driving today, S ,M lights came on, then the ABS light came on, then the traction control light on, then the down hill decent light, all gauges stopped working head light went dull then engine shut down, TD5. jump started the car, multi meter showed no charge

Help, any ideas, a fusable link some where maybe, this is my daily and seems to be getting more unreliable by the day, but I like the thing.

Any decent reliable honest mobile auto elect in Adelaide?.

Presumably you replaced alternator because of charging issue. Maybe your battery is toast.

I’d hook the D2 up to another running vehicle with jumper leads, ignition off, start it and see what happens.

Originally Posted by JR1

Will see how much it impacts engine temps in the coming weeks.

Hopefully very little to none!

Originally Posted by HYDRO FAN

New starter motor, new alternator 3 days ago. D2, TD5.

driving today, S ,M lights came on, then the ABS light came on, then the traction control light on, then the down hill decent light, all gauges stopped working head light went dull then engine shut down, TD5. jump started the car, multi meter showed no charge

Help, any ideas, a fusable link some where maybe, this is my daily and seems to be getting more unreliable by the day, but I like the thing.

Any decent reliable honest mobile auto elect in Adelaide?.

I had a D2 td5 that did this once - the warning lights gradually all come on as the battery loses charge, then gradually all go out again as the battery cannot even power the warning lights (slightly comical, in hind-sight) .... luckily for me it wasn't too far out of my way to a dealer, and the engine kept going until I tried to put it in reverse at the dealers. It was the alternator in my case. However your alternator was recently replaced - but did you check the charging immediately after the alternator was replaced? Over the 3 days since the alternator install, did the starting of the car become more sluggish? I would be looking to make sure the new alternator was connected correctly, and like others have mentioned checking the charge coming out of it directly, checking earthing etc. Did it come with a warranty ? Sorry , that's all I got.

No charge?, was this new alternator an aftermarket copy? they sometimes fail quickly?

I got a call for help 0700 this morning, The young bloke had hit a roo on the way to a job at Mt Magnet.
I did a 600k round trip to pick him up and the D2a purred like a kitten all the way there and back