Thread: Also looking at L322 Rangies !

Originally Posted by PAT303

My shocks are almost knackered at 145K,what type are the best?.Since getting back it's developed a low speed miss,give it a boot full and it roars but cruise at 60 and it hicups. Pat

Never had anything done re fuel system other than changed the fuel filter at 60k and 120k.

However going on usual diesel troubleshooting a miss at lower rpm is usually a sticking injector.

Have you by any chance picked up some dodgy fuel in your travels across the Nullabor? - it only takes half a litre of water ti fill up your fuel filter and send the water into the injectors. The first thing to do is unscrew the fuel filter and empty it into a glass container to examine its contents.

I got my fuel filter from Paddocks in England with other servicing consumables - cheap as anything and even cheaper now with the current pound-AUD exchange rate.

How did you go with the fan belt?

Sorry I couldn't organise the ATF when you were in Cessnock - we were on way to Europe by then - in Norway at present - 3k into a 10k trip through Scandinavia and central Europe.

On the 'to do list' when we get back are -

1. change ATF & filter
2. change shocks f & r
3. change brake pads f & r
4. replace EAS compressor system
5. change fan belt
6. weld up wheel crack

regards, Daniel

Sticking injector,that could be it.I cleaned the MAF,new filter etc but it made no difference.Have fun with the fan belt,I'm doing mine when I rod the rad.I'm going to fit EBC disc's and pads and look at koni shocks.With the EAS compressor do you check or fill the oil in it?,is there a water trap?. Pat

Originally Posted by spudboy

Full Fat Range Rover (i.e. not the Sport)

Full FEATURED RR

Nah - definitely FAT! There's even web sites dedicated to this: fullfatrr.com - Index

But the Full Featured sounds better. Calling it FAT lowers it’s calibre.

Remember, more socialites, movie stars, sports aces, and crime bosses prefer Range Rovers then any other vehicle, so you have to keep up the right appearance.

I'll keep calling it by its proper name L322 as FF whether it's fat or featured are both incorrect and totally misleading anyway.

Fat would appear to be moe correct if taking fat in its modern word use but then P38s and Classics are fully fat as well.

Its almost as silly as some calling the P38 as "new generation".

Fully Featured is totally misleading as it does not distinguish it from other RR models and anyway one can get a D4 with more features than some
L322's.

Throughout the 3000 km that we've travelled thus far in scandinavia we've seen three times more RRs than anyother make of 4wd. About half RR L322 and half RRS. Plenty of D3s & D4s and Defenders as well. A couple of LandCruiser 200s and a couple of Hiluxes.

Originally Posted by PAT303

Sticking injector,that could be it.I cleaned the MAF,new filter etc but it made no difference.Have fun with the fan belt,I'm doing mine when I rod the rad.I'm going to fit EBC disc's and pads and look at koni shocks.With the EAS compressor do you check or fill the oil in it?,is there a water trap?. Pat

The EAS compressor at a guess would be identical to the P38 setup - ie a teflon piston ring running dry as in all 12v air pumps. On my P38 I sourced a piston/cylinder repair kit and that fixed the problem. On my L322 this is being done under an insurance job so it's not worrying me as they are replacing the whole assembly - retail $1600 plus labour.

Water trap - for the EAS or fuel? The EAS always has a water drain plug in the tank bottom. Fuel - don't know.

"rod the rad" - ?? what on earth for - if you replace the coolant as specified then a radiator core will last until the core metal wears away from interanl wear & tear. "rodding" is only needed when corrosion material is deposited after old coolant looses its properties.

"koni shocks" - in my experience OEM shocks always do the best job but I'm open to other ideas. Do koni sell replacement front struts? if not then there will be an inbalance problem.

Originally Posted by Daniel

I'll keep calling it by its proper name L322 as FF whether it's fat or featured are both incorrect and totally misleading anyway.

None the less, as this model has been know as Full Fat for some time now, I think the name is here to stay!