What happened to your D3/D4 today?

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Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

Can they do it without removing the snorkel - eg can you unclip it and slide it out the way enough of the top mounting bracket?

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That’s the bit I’m looking at.

The other piece will be the light bar mounted through the A pillars.
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Originally Posted by Tombie

The other piece will be the light bar mounted through the A pillars.
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Of course you are going to have to personally supervise this.....

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Originally Posted by DiscoDB

Of course you are going to have to personally supervise this.....

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Very much so…. I’m actually thinking of driving it down, disassemble the trim in the car park and then let them do the replacement before I reassemble.

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Originally Posted by BradC

I have a pressure gauge and oscilloscope/current clamp you are welcome to borrow if you want to check the LPFP. Log the VCV/PCV/Pressure and throttle input if you can reproduce the failure and that'll tell you exactly what's at fault.

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Well like all things, it’s probably intermittent, but today through thrashing, pootling, and all other ways to coax a fault after the filter change, it was a good car. I can’t believe it was the filter so I presume it’ll fault again sometime soon.

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Originally Posted by loanrangie

After last year i'm surprised mine is still starting, the main has to be 6-7 yo at least. I am now just starting to get the occasional special programs unavailable message which goes as soon as its running, now battery time for me too - either an exide extreme or supercharge goldplus.

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Wouldn't consider a Bosch??
I've had a good run out of them.
Read somewhere they are a 'super' version of an Exide who apparently make most of the batteries these days?

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Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

Well like all things, it’s probably intermittent, but today through thrashing, pootling, and all other ways to coax a fault after the filter change, it was a good car. I can’t believe it was the filter so I presume it’ll fault again sometime soon.

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First time mine did it, it behaved for 3 months.

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Originally Posted by BradC

First time mine did it, it behaved for 3 months.

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Yeah I figured it’s a downward spiral

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Originally Posted by Discodicky

Wouldn't consider a Bosch??
I've had a good run out of them.
Read somewhere they are a 'super' version of an Exide who apparently make most of the batteries these days?

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Not at nearly double the price of the other 2, Exide $249 with 42 months warranty, SCGolplus $209 with 36 months warranty.
Neither are AGM but that's not an issue on D3's.

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Originally Posted by loanrangie

Not at nearly double the price of the other 2, Exide $249 with 42 months warranty, SCGolplus $209 with 36 months warranty.
Neither are AGM but that's not an issue on D3's.

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Are you sure its not an issue with a D3? If so why not? Is it the alternator charges with a different regime? I am interested to know.
I know because I put the Exide in my D4 and it was hopeless. Had to keep charging the battery regularly. Then found out my car (D4) needed AGM.