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 Choice of diesel - regular with additive or premium |
Grimble
 Wed Nov 20 2024 10:39am
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Forum: General · Replies: 8 · Views: 177 · Subject: Choice of diesel - regular with additive or premium |
| Last 500k miles or so in a variety of diesels have been cheapest supermarket or Costco. Never had a fuel related problem. |
| Restricted performance |
Grimble
Thu Oct 24 2024 7:11am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 12 · Views: 1070 · Subject: Restricted performance |
| Quick run up the M6 yesterday to West Lancs. 170 mile round trip. May be imagining it but the engine has never felt better. |
| Restricted performance |
Grimble
Tue Oct 22 2024 7:35am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 12 · Views: 1070 · Subject: Restricted performance |
Job done. One was cracked and the other was split on the seam. I think these were the original parts as the fomoco logo was visible. Hopefully that's it for a while.
Rather poor engineering design I ... |
| Restricted performance |
Grimble
Mon Oct 07 2024 12:17pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 12 · Views: 1070 · Subject: Restricted performance (update) |
Smoke test done.
Both mainfolds split, the drivers side badly, the passenger side not so much.
Funnily enough I noticed a significant increase in fuel consumption on my last long trip, which I make ... |
| Restricted performance |
Grimble
Thu Oct 03 2024 10:24am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 12 · Views: 1070 · Subject: Restricted performance |
| Thanks for the replies. Other than code reading, is there a physical check I can do? Are the inlet manifolds easy to inspect without removal. I'm handy enough mechanically, but not on engines this com ... |
| Restricted performance |
Grimble
Wed Oct 02 2024 4:55pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 12 · Views: 1070 · Subject: Restricted performance |
| Never seen this in over 4 years of ownership. Just came on about 5 miles after leaving home. Stopped at a mates 2 miles later. Started up again after 30 mins and no light came on. Ran around town a bi ... |
| Weird wet patch around D pillar in boot… |
Grimble
Fri Sep 27 2024 8:10am
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 4 · Views: 561 · Subject: Weird wet patch around D pillar in boot… |
| I would check again your repair, that's exactly the area that gets damp when the drain becomes detached. |
| WBAC prices (even better news) |
Grimble
Mon Sep 02 2024 3:49pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 18 · Views: 1878 · Subject: WBAC prices (even better news) |
| On the subject of WBAC, last week I was selling a 2004 Fiesta for a family friend who had to go into a nursing home. Bearing in mind its a 20 year old car but only 56K miles I thought their initial of ... |
| Water Ingress Sport 2015 Help 🥴 Leaking |
Grimble
Tue Aug 13 2024 9:56am
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Forum: My Range Rover Sport · Replies: 7 · Views: 892 · Subject: Water Ingress Sport 2015 Help 🥴 Leaking |
Don't think you need a new tube, I was able to clean out the rusty debris and re-use the original without any problem. This thread has a lot of advice:
https://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic62259.ht ... |
| Clunky suspension |
Grimble
Mon Aug 12 2024 10:25am
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 22 · Views: 3330 · Subject: Clunky suspension |
Now the front is done and made a huge improvement, I was wondering about the rear ARB bushes. Do they suffer from the same wear and therefore need replacing at similar intervals?
Can anyone advise ... |
| Badging - Lettering |
Grimble
Mon Aug 12 2024 9:28am
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 3 · Views: 1880 · Subject: Badging - Lettering |
Just ordered a rear gloss black set from these guys:
https://www.car-emblems.co.uk/
Good price and arrived promptly, including a template.
When I noticed my silver rear letters had tarnished I st ... |
| Water Ingress Sport 2015 Help 🥴 Leaking |
Grimble
Mon Aug 12 2024 9:17am
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Forum: My Range Rover Sport · Replies: 7 · Views: 892 · Subject: Water Ingress Sport 2015 Help 🥴 Leaking |
I had the same and looked up a load of fixes here and in other places. Its not a 5 minute job and can be fiddly but worked for me.
Essentially the rubber drain pipe fits over a steel stubby pipe atta ... |
| MOT - Clean Sheet |
Grimble
Mon Aug 12 2024 9:09am
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Forum: General · Replies: 4 · Views: 1193 · Subject: MOT - Clean Sheet |
Mine passed last week with only advisory on disc thickness. At my annual mileage I reckon good for another year at least. 95k miles and running very well.
Considering changing next year, can anyone ... |
| DIY Oil Change |
Grimble
Fri Aug 09 2024 8:43am
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 28 · Views: 11005 · Subject: DIY Oil Change |
| Thanks for the link. |
| DIY Oil Change |
Grimble
Thu Aug 08 2024 8:56am
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Forum: General (L494) · Replies: 28 · Views: 11005 · Subject: DIY Oil Change |
Thanks for the reply, if you are happy with the performance of the suction device, what is the brand/model?
Am looking for recommendations as there seems to be a lot of different types out there. |
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