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RRSTDV8

Member Since: 12 Aug 2011
Location: Northamptonshire
Posts: 8980

2012 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Orkney Grey

Just fix the f'ing thing properly or buy an Astra. Stop making problems for later owners by bodging jobs to save a few quid. If you can't afford to run it, don't buy it.

2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Tue Jul 30 2019 8:06pm

knwatkins

Member Since: 09 Sep 2018
Location: Poole, Dorset
Posts: 1139

2010 Range Rover Sport 3.0 TDV6 HSE Stornoway Grey

Maybe slightly aggressive?

Sometimes a quick 'bush fix' is handy as a temporary fix until something can be done whether you drive an Astra or any other vehicle. For example, my wifes exhaust has a little hole in it, I have made a temporary repair until I have a free weekend to replace it.

No one should be shot down through using aggressive language for providing advice in good faith whether you agree with it or not.

Neither the OP nor CANROVER have suggested patching up and selling it to pass on the problem to a future owner Kev

MY2014 L405 RR Vogue SE 4.4 SDV8 in Corris Grey
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Tue Jul 30 2019 8:24pm

CANROVER

Member Since: 03 Oct 2015
Location: Ottawa
Posts: 255

2010 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Santorini Black

knwatkins wrote:
That's very useful to know. Please post what particular fluid you used.

I'll take a pic of what I used as soon as I can.

Wed Jul 31 2019 11:21pm

CANROVER

Member Since: 03 Oct 2015
Location: Ottawa
Posts: 255

RRSTDV8 wrote:
Just fix the f'ing thing properly or buy an Astra. Stop making problems for later owners by bodging jobs to save a few quid. If you can't afford to run it, don't buy it.

"fixing the f-ing thing" is not always something that can be done right away. If the OP could "fix the F-ing thing" he would do it and not post here. We're offering temporary solutions to help offest the urgency. De-articulating rear sway bars are "F-ing" expensive so chill.

Wed Jul 31 2019 11:24pm

CANROVER

Member Since: 03 Oct 2015
Location: Ottawa
Posts: 255

knwatkins wrote:
That's very useful to know. Please post what particular fluid you used.

This is what I used and it worked very well I might add.

Thu Aug 01 2019 10:16am

BaysideG

Member Since: 06 Aug 2019
Location: Poole
Posts: 14

2012 Range Rover Sport SDV6 Autobiography Orkney Grey

CANROVER wrote:
RRSTDV8 wrote:
Just fix the f'ing thing properly or buy an Astra. Stop making problems for later owners by bodging jobs to save a few quid. If you can't afford to run it, don't buy it.

"fixing the f-ing thing" is not always something that can be done right away. If the OP could "fix the F-ing thing" he would do it and not post here. We're offering temporary solutions to help offest the urgency. De-articulating rear sway bars are "F-ing" expensive so chill.

Out of interest, given this is for power steering systems, what protocol did you use for it? Ordid you just dump a load into the Dynamic Response reservoir and hope for the best?

2012 RRS Autobiography Sport SDV6 Orkney Grey

Mon Sep 09 2019 9:05pm

BaysideG

Member Since: 06 Aug 2019
Location: Poole
Posts: 14

knwatkins wrote:
That's very useful to know. Please post what particular fluid you used.

Have you got problems with this too? My rear ace bar is leaking, hoping to get it fixed under warranty but.... 2012 RRS Autobiography Sport SDV6 Orkney Grey

Mon Sep 09 2019 9:06pm

CANROVER

Member Since: 03 Oct 2015
Location: Ottawa
Posts: 255

BaysideG wrote:
Out of interest, given this is for power steering systems, what protocol did you use for it? Ordid you just dump a load into the Dynamic Response reservoir and hope for the best?

Yup, I just put it into the resevoir and filled it to the specified line. I checked it every day and topped it off. The first day it still leaked but as I kept topping it off it leaked less and less. By the fifth day it stopped leaking so i went through the off road settings and de-articulated the sway bar went over a curb carefully about 5 times and then parked it in my garage. The next morning i checked underneath and no leak. This bought me 4 months to save up for the repair and all has been good since. My leak was very small and slow so try it. If it doesn't work it doesn't work but at least you tried.

And for the record, the fluid in the resevoir IS power steering fluid and once it gets to the shop for the real repair it won't matter anyway because they will flush the fluid out. Make sure you ask them to flush it though in case they, you know, "forget".

Tue Sep 10 2019 2:30am

BaysideG

Member Since: 06 Aug 2019
Location: Poole
Posts: 14

Great! Interesting, thank you! 2012 RRS Autobiography Sport SDV6 Orkney Grey

Tue Sep 10 2019 6:39pm

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