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| noworries4x4 Member Since: 24 Dec 2010 Location: Newton Abbot Devon Posts: 1195  
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Well its not going to well in my world at the moment. I escorted a crane into Wandsworth London Friday morning and promptly got a £110 parking ticket white we were banking the long artic back onto site, it was 07.03 and the red route started at 07.00 i wouldent have minded but we were blocking the whole bloody road with a crane on an artic. Anyway finished that job straight down to Portsmouth got dinner in a pub near the port then boarded the 20.15 Portsmouth to St Marlo Brittany Ferry. a couple of beers crap singer in the bar and bed. Got up down to the car decks waited an age as we were on the top deck and we were one of the last ones off. Anyway off and running and heading all the way South to Gers Region. About 30Km South on a long run down hill at aprox 110km/h there was a distinct cough/sneeze from the engine both me and my mate looked in the mirrors to see if we had run over anything ar anything had dropped off but no ! Temp ok Fuel ok Next secomd as i was looking at the dash the oil light came on imediate clutch in and switched off and rolled onto the hard shoulder. Did the propper French thing hi-vis jackets on run back with triange. Expecting to see a huge puddle of oil under the car very surprised to see every thing dry, unlock bonnet bonnet up dipstick fine plenty of oil, no oil in the water all seamed fine. Fired the engine back up just quickly light still would not go out and the engine sounded like a bag of spanners. Phoned Land Rover European Assistance and they said they would send someone out, 2hrs later phone call recovery can't find us even though we were at a sign posted and numbered junction on a main trunk road. Gave them a gps location and recovery turned up afer another hr, its now nearly 12.30 after the boat landing at 08.15.
 Click image to enlarge We were recovered back to a small Reault garage in a small village by the side of the main road we got there 13.00 ish Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge We unloaded our bags and the most important stuff that we might need and parked the 90 up in their secure compound. Many phone calls later a hire car was found back in St Marlow and a taxi was despatched for us this took another 3hrs (speedy them French) We got to Avis 17.00 and sorted all the paperwork and were presented with an utter pile of crap 3yr old Hyandiai i30 eco blue, dents and scratches on every panel 60 thou on the clock someone had been smoking in it, it stank but last one there and we were a bit ****** by now. Jumped in got on with it and thrashed it down the length of France in 7Hrs got to our destination 01.00. one hell of a day i don't want to repeat. Serviced 2 cranes on Sunday had a nice French lunch and Dinner and fine wine all seamed better. Drove over to Lyon this morning another 7Hrs and have been told by Land Rover Assistance after many phone calls today that we will drop the hire car back off in Cane and 90 will be recoverd to the port for us to be towed onto the boat and back off at Portsmouth to be met by the AA for recovery back to Matfords at Exeter and hopefully a decent Land Rover hire car from Enterprise. Watch this space i will update as this goes on. Ohh i recon the oil pum drive shaft or chain has failed thats my guess. If everything is under control you are not going fast enough. Every Day 16 MY Discovery 4 Commercial Workshop and Escort Vehicle Weekends 07MY L322 TDV8 Vogue SE Series 1 80" 3ltr 6cyl with overdrive No Worries 4X4 |
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10th Jun 2013 9:12pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383 
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Bogus, good luck, hopefully all goes to plan.
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10th Jun 2013 9:23pm |
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| sparkylee Member Since: 06 Nov 2010 Location: surrey Posts: 1455 
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Sorry to hear this fella
But good report/write up It's good to be back from the dark side DC110 -2012 Black with black hood and black x-tech FFRR 4.2 vogue Renault traffic auto PT crusier convertible Laika x700 Motorhome |
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10th Jun 2013 9:24pm |
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| Defender-Stu Member Since: 14 Jun 2012 Location: South West England Posts: 1320
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Not good mate and hope matford a sort it asap, what the mileage on your 2.2 now?
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10th Jun 2013 9:29pm |
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| noworries4x4 Member Since: 24 Dec 2010 Location: Newton Abbot Devon Posts: 1195
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Mine sits very nicely at 110km/h bit of a sweet spot 130 is thrashing for mine as it is so heavy and as you say doubt i would get 200 miles ot of a tank 280-300 at the lower speed. If everything is under control you are not going fast enough. Every Day 16 MY Discovery 4 Commercial Workshop and Escort Vehicle Weekends 07MY L322 TDV8 Vogue SE Series 1 80" 3ltr 6cyl with overdrive No Worries 4X4 |
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10th Jun 2013 9:30pm |
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| noworries4x4 Member Since: 24 Dec 2010 Location: Newton Abbot Devon Posts: 1195
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52,520 miles 3 weeks over 1 yr old. I phoned the service desk today and they are expecting it midday Saturday and they recon they are going to jump on it Monday morning. If everything is under control you are not going fast enough. Every Day 16 MY Discovery 4 Commercial Workshop and Escort Vehicle Weekends 07MY L322 TDV8 Vogue SE Series 1 80" 3ltr 6cyl with overdrive No Worries 4X4 |
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10th Jun 2013 9:33pm |
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| GUM97 Member Since: 05 Feb 2012 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3555 
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Sorry to hear that!
 An engine to TDi for!
"Land Rover- Proudly turning drivers into mechanics since 1948" |
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11th Jun 2013 3:57pm |
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| schuee Member Since: 16 Jul 2012 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 378 
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Hope you get it all sorted soon, thought I covered some miles
Cheers Keith |
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11th Jun 2013 4:09pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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Hope the 'journey' back is event free and the dealer is able to get it sorted without too much pain. Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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11th Jun 2013 5:50pm |
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| dgardel Member Since: 30 Nov 2008 Location: Veneto (Heart & Head) Posts: 3586 
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Sorry to hear that!  Discovery 5 td6 HSE Stornoway Gray Outback Engineering Limited Edition
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12th Jun 2013 7:13am |
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| wyvern Member Since: 13 Dec 2009 Location: Cornwall Posts: 2117 
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Hi NoWorries - Looks like your 90 will be parked up in the next bay to my 110 ...
We were off on a canoe trip to North Wales when the clutch went just joining the M5 ... managed to make it off the motorway and got to a safe place to park. All the gears worked when engine off, but would not engage .... Recovered to Matfords and they confirmed clutch issues - so spent some time juggling canoes and roofracks onto my partners Disco to toddle back home to sulk!
now trying to sort out the logistics for the next week! Poppy - TDCI (Puma) 110XS 2.2 - Camper conversion - see the build here - https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic56530.html Elgar -TDCI(Puma) 110XS Dormobile - now sold Devon & Cornwall 4x4 Response - DC126 |
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13th Jun 2013 7:50pm |
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| wizz80 Member Since: 06 Dec 2012 Location: north devon Posts: 38 |
any news on this one
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9th Jul 2013 5:59pm |
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| noworries4x4 Member Since: 24 Dec 2010 Location: Newton Abbot Devon Posts: 1195
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Land Rover delivered back to me today new engine and clutch release system, I will update the whole story next week when I get back from France again. (Flying to Toulouse this time). If everything is under control you are not going fast enough.
Every Day 16 MY Discovery 4 Commercial Workshop and Escort Vehicle Weekends 07MY L322 TDV8 Vogue SE Series 1 80" 3ltr 6cyl with overdrive No Worries 4X4 |
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11th Jul 2013 10:46pm |
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| dgardel Member Since: 30 Nov 2008 Location: Veneto (Heart & Head) Posts: 3586
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Discovery 5 td6 HSE Stornoway Gray Outback Engineering Limited Edition
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12th Jul 2013 8:58am |
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