 | Home > My Defender > Desert Defender |
 
|
|
|
| Desert Dave Member Since: 09 Feb 2016 Location: Dubai Posts: 4  
|
About six hours into ownership my intercooler hose popped off, followed immediately by the engine warning light and the Defender going into "safe" or "limp home" mode! Obviously not too impressed I did a quick Google search and discovered how common this issue is! One of the local Defender Specialist garages here ( Saluki Motorsports) recommended upgraded hoses from a supplier in Sussex, TMD tuning. By chance I was flying from Dubai to Gatwick the next day so had the hoses delivered to my hotel. Now installed I still notice some slippage as I am still using a standard jubilee clip. From the helpful posts here I will try find some Mikalor clamps and fingers crossed that will solve this annoying issue!
 Click image to enlarge |
||
17th Apr 2016 8:27am |
|
| Rosco Member Since: 03 Dec 2010 Location: Burntwood Posts: 1833  
|
Dave welcome to the fold. That looks a pretty smart truck.
Is that a water Jerry can mounted on the rear quarter? 2007 - Stornoway Grey 90 XS SW - Gone 2002 - Black Discovery II - Gone 2014 - Montalcino Red 110 XS SW |
||
|
17th Apr 2016 8:48am |
|
| Desert Dave Member Since: 09 Feb 2016 Location: Dubai Posts: 4
|
Thanks @Rosco. The Jerry can came with the Defender and yes, it's used to hold water. New to diesel powered motors I ran the tank down to the fuel light coming on. Filled it up (less than £20 here in Dubai) and covered almost 600km with the tank still not empty! It's very impressive compared to my other 4x4, a very thirsty 4.8L Nissan Patrol. That has a Jerry can for fuel, which is needed on longer desert drives!
Click image to enlarge |
||
|
17th Apr 2016 9:08am |
|
| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10381
|
Welcome!!!
Nice truck....I had to check your plate, a mate of mine flies to Dubai a lot to work on race cars. The lad he works for has a Defender, as he knows I'm into bikes and defenders, he sent me this photo, made me look twice!! Click image to enlarge |
||
|
17th Apr 2016 8:01pm |
|
| Crocodile110 Member Since: 23 Feb 2016 Location: Surrey Posts: 17
|
Looks very smart, post some more pictures when you get a chance. How does it compare with the land cruisers and Patrol's in the desert?
|
||
|
17th Apr 2016 10:35pm |
|
| familymad Member Since: 13 Dec 2011 Location: Bucks Posts: 3481  
|
Looks great. Must be unusual as a black one in Dubai. Most have white to fend the sun off?? 1951 80" S1 2.0
1995 110 300TDI 1995 90 300TDI |
||
|
18th Apr 2016 1:35am |
|
| williamthedog Member Since: 29 Dec 2012 Location: south wales Posts: 3441 
|
Nice, fancy swapping locations for a week or two ?
 |
||
|
18th Apr 2016 5:12am |
|
| Desert Dave Member Since: 09 Feb 2016 Location: Dubai Posts: 4
|
I'm pretty sure that Defender was just a few streets up from my house GREENI. Looked like it hadn't moved from the driveway in months. The owner had a new toy, a heavily modified Toyota Tundra truck. If it is the same house I'm thinking of the Defender has since gone, replaced by a Nissan GTR!
Black is an unusual colour out here in the desert heat familymad. Not ideal under the sun but it's garaged. More of an issue is the dust and sand. Black shows up everything. It's almost a waste of time washing it! To answer your question Crocodile110, the Toyota Land Cruisers and Nissan Patrols in particular rule the dunes out here. They are tough, reliable and have around 300 BHP to tackle the steep dunes. They also have a wider wheel base so are very stable when cresting over the sharper dunes. I have yet to take the Defender on a proper desert trip but having the intercooler hose slip out twice has cast doubts on its reliability. Also, the 122 BHP makes climbing some of the medium to large dunes impossible. All that said, I have covered almost 600km so far on the one tank of diesel so I can understand why it's used more as an overland explorer. I will post a report on its first trip to the bigger dunes, hopefully this coming weekend. Click image to enlarge |
||
|
18th Apr 2016 12:35pm |
|
| cozz Member Since: 15 May 2013 Location: nottingham Posts: 537 |
I've got a few fat bikes
Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge they are awesome |
||
|
18th Apr 2016 8:36pm |
|
|
|
| All times are GMT |
< Previous Topic | Next Topic > |
Posting Rules
|
Site Copyright © 2006-2024 Futuranet Ltd & Martin Lewis
