Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Thats way to close to the turbo and wheres the inertia switch gone!

Engine's out and awaiting timing chains guides, was originally pulled for the sump and rear main seal. Found some timing chain guide in the sump, front main seal is leaking too, leak around the vac pump think it's from the hose given the pump looks good, power steering is leaking badly from somewhere assuming it's a pipe cos it's gotten way worse since I moved it around.

Trying to give the engine bay a spring clean so ended up with the wiring loom pulled back out the way, going to clean and retape it where required (same with engine loom)

Starting to try and sort the ace system (had no pump when I bought it), is it normal to have a male male joiner in a ace hose? I know the replacements are 2 part but thought bthey joined to each other, need a replacement joiner cos the previous owner tapped one end to seal it with a bolt.

Seeing the turbo body will get up to say 600C at times, I reckon there is a real danger of the battery exploding if that close to the turbo. I don't think HCl would like it at say 200C. The water/Hcl in the end cell would almost certainly boil.

I really counsel against what you plan.

Get an Optima group 34 or a DIN66H , replace the turbo heat shield and polish it on the inside, make up another stainless or shiny metal barrier and place the battery at the other end of the cradle..
Regards PhilipA

@all who put your friendly thoughts to my 2nd battery tray:

Thanks mates, not thinking that it would draw your very thoughtful ideas like that.

Definitely worth for a 2nd version to be done soon.

Originally Posted by maxperformance

@all who put your friendly thoughts to my 2nd battery tray:

Thanks mates, not thinking that it would draw your very thoughtful ideas like that.

Definitely worth for a 2nd version to be done soon.

my 2cents.
heat is only an issue on the td5.
the superior v8 doesnt have that issue

Originally Posted by Eevo

my 2cents.
heat is only an issue on the td5.
the superior v8 doesnt have that issue

Because most of the time they've dropped a liner and aren't running.....

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Seeing the turbo body will get up to say 600C at times, I reckon there is a real danger of the battery exploding if that close to the turbo. I don't think HCl would like it at say 200C. The water/Hcl in the end cell would almost certainly boil.

I really counsel against what you plan.

Get an Optima group 34 or a DIN66H , replace the turbo heat shield and polish it on the inside, make up another stainless or shiny metal barrier and place the battery at the other end of the cradle..
Regards PhilipA

Umm where does the HCl come from? H2SO4 maybe?

Originally Posted by rick130

Because most of the time they've dropped a liner and aren't running.....

less common than a td5 head moving