i know it sounds random, i do trust him though, he has serviced all our cars/vans for years and is an ex rally mechanic, he just wanted to know if there was an easier way of getting into it that someone from a dealership knew.

the dealership didnt give the greatest confidence in their ability to do the job so i didnt want to spend the money on poor service with a faceless person to blame if they messed it up big time,

ill let you know how things go

Tommy

tclynes wrote:

quick update, mechanic phoned me yesterday and asked me to ask on here about how much of the under the bonnet components need to be removed to do this job? has anyone seen this job being done or has it always been done in the dealers?

thank you very much leo

Tommy

phone call this morning, job done £300, he took a step back after he spoke to me and decided to go in through the wheel arch, he said it gave good clear access.

running like a dream again!

thanks for your help chaps

Tommy

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Price around as regards to remaps as there is a vast difference in price for the same thing. In Ireland it is a very big business and there are very good companies who also rolling road and live map for £250 for a Range Rover where as on the mainland it seems to start at £500+ You can also have a map "flashed" onto te ECU then tweeked to your vehicle so shop around. Mine has been rolling road tested at just over 260bhp on a fast road map and is returning an average of 28-33mpg depending on if it does the school run or not. also drivability is vastly improved as is off boost acceleration. However get all issues sorted, the EGR cleaned out and a full service before so it is in the best condition to get the best gain out of the map.

As regards to servicing ther are lots of dedicated LR specialists who can service your Sport at a fraction of the dealer cost and they really know what they are doing. so u might not be able to get a Moccachino whilst u wait and there is no fancy loan car but they can still stamp your book and keep the warrenty valid. I get mins serviced by a specialist and it has never ran better plus they will do those wee extra bits that the dealer would not do.

tclynes wrote:

phone call this morning, job done £300, he took a step back after he spoke to me and decided to go in through the wheel arch, he said it gave good clear access.

running like a dream again!

thanks for your help chaps

Tommy

cheers, ill get it into the dealership to find out next time i have a chance, our local one is closed down so we now have to go to slough!!!

Tommy