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 Steering gentle scratching noise?
johnb8538

PostTue Aug 16 2016 11:16pm
Forum: Technical · Replies: 2 · Views: 1428 · Subject: Steering gentle scratching noise?
Had two new rear tyres fitted today and asked them to check the front steering to see if they could advise me.
I know the pads all round are sitting on about 5mm. (Not clever I agree)

They said th ...
 Steering gentle scratching noise?
johnb8538

PostSun Aug 14 2016 12:04pm
Forum: Technical · Replies: 2 · Views: 1428 · Subject: Steering gentle scratching noise?
Thought it might have been this but despite extra grease it continues to elude me. Below 10mph there is no noise turning steering side to side but on standard urban driving it starts as a smooth glide ...
 Steering gentle scratching noise?
johnb8538

PostSun Jul 24 2016 12:29pm
Forum: Technical · Replies: 2 · Views: 1428 · Subject: Steering gentle scratching noise?
Since I did some extensive work on the car over the last month I have developed a "scratching noise" when steering.
Its like a very gentle metal on metal noise when you steer around corners ...
 Leeds or Yorkshire based EGR blanking and remapping contact?
johnb8538

PostWed Jul 20 2016 9:11pm
Forum: Technical · Replies: 37 · Views: 12467 · Subject: FINAL POST
Checked the rear air hoses at the back of the engine top (the short ones) and noticed they didn't seem to be centred in their spacing. Closer inspection showed an obvious air gap and with embarrassmen ...
 Leeds or Yorkshire based EGR blanking and remapping contact?
johnb8538

PostSun Jul 17 2016 11:47pm
Forum: Technical · Replies: 37 · Views: 12467 · Subject: Leeds or Yorkshire based EGR blanking and remapping contact?
http://www.rrsport.co.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/21941/normal_IMG_7256.JPG
The offending EGR (grrrr)
Exactly as I found it, stuck open. The devastation it has caused is unbelievable.
 Leeds or Yorkshire based EGR blanking and remapping contact?
johnb8538

PostSun Jul 17 2016 11:40pm
Forum: Technical · Replies: 37 · Views: 12467 · Subject: Leeds or Yorkshire based EGR blanking and remapping contact?
EGR fitted by myself using a very good step by step guide. Technically it wasn't that complex just very fiddly in parts but I'd certainly do it again. The EGR was blocked so much it stuck open. The in ...
 Leeds or Yorkshire based EGR blanking and remapping contact?
johnb8538

PostWed Jul 13 2016 9:21pm
Forum: Technical · Replies: 37 · Views: 12467 · Subject: Leeds or Yorkshire based EGR blanking and remapping contact?
Attended the Alive tuning agent as arranged, couldn't find their unit at first and they graciously sent a chap out to find and escort me in. Landrovers all over the street and clearly a busy place des ...
 Leeds or Yorkshire based EGR blanking and remapping contact?
johnb8538

PostTue Jul 12 2016 11:11pm
Forum: Technical · Replies: 37 · Views: 12467 · Subject: Leeds or Yorkshire based EGR blanking and remapping contact?
Cheers Mikey, you are of course telling me what my brain is still trying to avoid Laughing

There's a great step by step guide on the Disco forum which even I could manage as long as its done nice and ...
 Leeds or Yorkshire based EGR blanking and remapping contact?
johnb8538

PostTue Jul 12 2016 10:52pm
Forum: Technical · Replies: 37 · Views: 12467 · Subject: Leeds or Yorkshire based EGR blanking and remapping contact?
I got genuine egr valves for mine for 190quid each, took about 2 hours to fit

Can you tell me where you got the genuine values at that price please?
 TDV8 Suspension red light on and significant oil loss
johnb8538

PostTue Jul 12 2016 10:47pm
Forum: Technical · Replies: 8 · Views: 6924 · Subject: TDV8 Suspension red light on and significant oil loss
Although mine is a 2010 model I had a similar issue last month. the o rings on the supply pipes are your first easy check but like me you might have a slightly fractured hydraulic pipe. A doable self ...
 Leeds or Yorkshire based EGR blanking and remapping contact?
johnb8538

PostTue Jul 12 2016 9:57pm
Forum: Technical · Replies: 37 · Views: 12467 · Subject: Leeds or Yorkshire based EGR blanking and remapping contact?
Before tomorrow morning I decided to give it one last proper effort to source any daft hoses loose or split as others have suggested so after work I headed to my relatives house to put th'e beast over ...
 Leeds or Yorkshire based EGR blanking and remapping contact?
johnb8538

PostTue Jul 12 2016 1:36pm
Forum: Technical · Replies: 37 · Views: 12467 · Subject: Leeds or Yorkshire based EGR blanking and remapping contact?
Ok a little feedback from the tuning company I’m booked in with. There is no intention to discredit anyone I’m just listing this information for others with a similar issue.

When I first called las ...
 Leeds or Yorkshire based EGR blanking and remapping contact?
johnb8538

PostMon Jul 11 2016 8:06pm
Forum: Technical · Replies: 37 · Views: 12467 · Subject: Leeds or Yorkshire based EGR blanking and remapping contact?
Thanks Mikey. After watching a YouTube full fat RR video I checked those middle two pipes first. Totally off, cleaned and no obvious issue. Just checked again and seen ok with no carbon deposits in an ...
 Leeds or Yorkshire based EGR blanking and remapping contact?
johnb8538

PostSun Jul 10 2016 9:32pm
Forum: Technical · Replies: 37 · Views: 12467 · Subject: Leeds or Yorkshire based EGR blanking and remapping contact?
Thank you Jaggs. Nothing as obvious as that I'm afraid.

I also tried to trace it down the back of the drivers wheel arch but its getting dark now and with the engine running there is no "obvio ...
 Leeds or Yorkshire based EGR blanking and remapping contact?
johnb8538

PostSun Jul 10 2016 5:56pm
Forum: Technical · Replies: 37 · Views: 12467 · Subject: Leeds or Yorkshire based EGR blanking and remapping contact?
Regards "split turbo hose" and "Intercooler pipe" can anyone give me some direction where to look. As I understand it the turbos are at the back of the engine bay low down but what ...
 
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