Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Ahhhhhh Santa has arrived

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Its in!

and the sun still rose this morning

its one of those fuzzy warm feeling things, you KNOW you've done a good thing, theres just no easy way to tell if its working or not,, and all things being equal () I'll happily forget its even there...

Just wondering if you managed this without taking out the rad. Having just replaced the thermostat with the rad out it I remember it wasn't much fun wrangling the three pipes onto the unit in the massive space available......with rad in place would be rather more of a wriggle. I saw some other setup (might have been a BMW) where the same thermostat was fitted alongside the rad presumably with lengthened hoses and 100% accessible. I wonder if our D2s could be adapted?

Originally Posted by Tinggu

Just wondering if you managed this without taking out the rad. ....

Even tho the TD5 and V8 models have similar setups(with the thermostat type), the V8 is a bit easier with the rad in situ.
Obviously a lot easier .. in face very easy! .. with the radiator out in the V8.

Brothers TD5 hasn't needed a thermostat change, but you TD5 guys have close proximity issues to tensioner and alternator to deal with too.
We did brothers waterpump last week, and fuel cooler seals, and I remember looking down at the thermostat thinking .. bit of a PITA .. but maybe not so bad if attacked from underneath.

the orientation of the thermostat is another difference between the two motors.

Originally Posted by AK83

Even tho the TD5 and V8 models have similar setups(with the thermostat type), the V8 is a bit easier with the rad in situ.
Obviously a lot easier .. in face very easy! .. with the radiator out in the V8.

Brothers TD5 hasn't needed a thermostat change, but you TD5 guys have close proximity issues to tensioner and alternator to deal with too.
We did brothers waterpump last week, and fuel cooler seals, and I remember looking down at the thermostat thinking .. bit of a PITA .. but maybe not so bad if attacked from underneath.

the orientation of the thermostat is another difference between the two motors.

I'm replacing the rad and thermostat on the 28th.... If you're not that busy

Originally Posted by rangieman

Fuel tank and tow bar fell off

with your help LOL

Just found the LH rear hub seal leaking.

Hopefully it's just a blocked breather.
Yes, that's very wishful thinking.....

Buy genuine hubs as aftermarket dont last...ask me how I know😐

Originally Posted by INter674

Buy genuine hubs as aftermarket dont last...ask me how I know

How do u know?