Perth Mechanic?? Finally upgraded Disco TDI300 to TDv6

[Christian Sauvage]

Unlike the old faithful "Green Mamba" 96Disco ES tdi300 which I had never taken to a mechanic in the 7yrs of ownership, the new 06 tdv6 D3 however looks slightly more complicated to do self services on. (yes / no?)

I've only had the Disco 3 for a couple of days and really enjoying it so far. Unfortunately the 84 000km service is due soon.
Does anyone in or around Perth recommend a good TDV6 mechanic... Private from home or workshops?

Where can i find what is recommended in each service + more importantly (personal AULRO) recommended services on top of log book.

I rang Barbagallo (only to ask) what they did in that service. Oil and filters and something about cleaning all the built up gunk out of the engine. Sounds like a bit of **** for a min $589 service.

Cheers

[MR LR]

The dealer services are a ****, $500 for an oil change, pleaasse. We get the oil from Graeme Coopers in Sydney (has to be through an LR licenced repairer) and do the oil changes ourselves. Not too hard but you need to remove the sump bash plate thingo.

Cheers
Will

[Christian Sauvage]

Cheers Will. How much / liter do u get it?
Do you recommend changing oil earlier than it says in service manual?

[Twisted]

Hi Christian,
I take my RR Sport to Jordan rover tech.

Jordan Rover-Tech :: Contact Us - Perth, Western Australia

Give Kevin a call,great bloke and doesn't mind a chat.

Paul

[Nomad9]

Hi Christian,
As mentioned below Kevin is a safe bet, very knowledgeable, LR are his core business and have been for many years. Depends how keen you are, I've been servcing my D3's since I've had them, some specialised stuff I go to Southerns, they've been really good, thats my experience.
I got myself a Faultmate from from Blackbox for service resets and diagnostics, not cheap initially, long term my belief it is worth while.
I get my parts from Rovacraft, oil filters etc, reasonable and local. Depends how mechanically adept you are I suppose. I tend to over service rather than under service, when you do it yourself this can happen. Doing things yourself gives you a bit of an insight as to where things are and what you have to do should things go a bit awry.
There is some really good help and knowledgeable people on this forum that can usually get you out of the poop no matter what happens.
Good luck with your decision.

[Christian Sauvage]

Thanks heaps there Nomad9. Useful info cheers. Yeah I think if I get to know this engine half as well as the tdi300 i'll be doing well.
I'll be looking into the faultmate soon as the D3 will be doing some decent trips up north towing the 'once too heavy' boat.
Rovacraft hey! cool, yeah hoping to do all the basic services myself. And get the slightly more technical things looked at by kevin; for example my Auto choke that doesn't seem to work. It stalled on start up a few cold mornings ago.
Cheers
Christian

[MR LR]

Cheers Will. How much / liter do u get it?
Do you recommend changing oil earlier than it says in service manual?

I think it comes in 4 or 5L bottles, however much it says in the service manual. Ours goes to the dealer for technical stuff (it's a 3.0 D4 though).

First sevice on our car was scheduled for 18,000km !!!!! We changed it at about 5k as we thought it was ridiculous to not change the oil after it ran in. Service it about every 10k i spose, maybe a bit more.

[away]

Basic services on a diesel D3 aren't too difficult. Oil filter is in the valley of the engine, fuel filter is under the RHS rear guard sill, pollen filter is behind the glove compartment and the air filter is obviously in the air box. Some of the special oils (diff and transmission) can be very expensive if you buy from dealers, so I don't.

Originally LR stated that the transmission is "sealed for life" but they have had a rethink and now recommend servicing at 80K if you drive in arduous conditions (including towing.) You can get a kit from ZF Australia (it is actually the removable sump from the Ford version of the engine) which enables you to change the transmission oil filter with ease. You can find threads on how this is done on this site and the Disco3.co.uk site. Buy the oil through ZF or one of their dealers as well. Near enough $100.00 per litre from LR, about $35.00 per litre from ZF. Only thing is....you have to buy a twenty litre drum. (You'll need a fair bit anyway, if you flush the transmission properly.)

When you get to the service where changing the timing belt is required, don't! Get a dealer or very competent workshop to do it. It is a bitch of a job, especially the belt at the rear of the engine. Even changing the serpentine belt is a bit of a bugger.

Cheers

Russ

[elsey]

The dealer services are a ****, $500 for an oil change, pleaasse. We get the oil from Graeme Coopers in Sydney (has to be through an LR licenced repairer) and do the oil changes ourselves. Not too hard but you need to remove the sump bash plate thingo.

Cheers
Will

With the purchase of your oil why "has to be through an LR licensed repairer"?

Lou...

[MR LR]

To get the right grade of oil, it is castrol 'professional' grade, only sold to the registered repair shops, so you can't just order it, well that's for the 3litre anyway, i would think 2.7 would be the same.

Cheers
Will