L322 4.4 TDv8 Westminster
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A little more detail. The original photo came from when I took my brother to buy the black one.
It rewarded his purchase by being a little 'Range Roverish", with a flat battery one day (he thinks maybe not the cars fault) and a limp mode due to a full DPF.
He had a massive paddy and decided the car had to go, and offered it to me at a price that I could not say no to. - I did try actually, twice and told him to get it fixed, but he made it clear if it was not me, It would be someone else.... In which I decided it to be me.
A specialist managed to get it to do a regen so DPF no longer full - we will see if that sorts it, or if there is an underling problem. So far it's a big step up from the 3.6, quieter, not a lot faster (which is odd), better gearbox... 99,000 miles with a decent history and too many owners.
I've yet to have it off-road, but it looks pretty capable.. Need to get Car Play fitted somehow..
It rewarded his purchase by being a little 'Range Roverish", with a flat battery one day (he thinks maybe not the cars fault) and a limp mode due to a full DPF.
He had a massive paddy and decided the car had to go, and offered it to me at a price that I could not say no to. - I did try actually, twice and told him to get it fixed, but he made it clear if it was not me, It would be someone else.... In which I decided it to be me.
A specialist managed to get it to do a regen so DPF no longer full - we will see if that sorts it, or if there is an underling problem. So far it's a big step up from the 3.6, quieter, not a lot faster (which is odd), better gearbox... 99,000 miles with a decent history and too many owners.
I've yet to have it off-road, but it looks pretty capable.. Need to get Car Play fitted somehow..
surveyor said:
A little more detail. The original photo came from when I took my brother to buy the black one.
It rewarded his purchase by being a little 'Range Roverish", with a flat battery one day (he thinks maybe not the cars fault) and a limp mode due to a full DPF.
Its likely that he was just doing short journeys and not able to get a chance to regen itself? Altho a weak battery wont help DPF regens.It rewarded his purchase by being a little 'Range Roverish", with a flat battery one day (he thinks maybe not the cars fault) and a limp mode due to a full DPF.
If you lift the engine cover off you should see the 4 x intake pipes coming off the central doughnut.
Check around those pipes and the back of the engine cover you lifted off for signs that the rubber on those pipes is split and leaking. If they are you should see some oily soot marks. They're a common failure point and i had the same red dpf full warning before one of those pipes completely split putting it into limp mode.
Easy enough to take it off and replace with some silicone pipes but cleaning the crap out of that central doughnut is a very very messy job as the EGR is vented through it.
Interesting to read what you said about the 4.4 not feeling faster than the 3.6. I felt this too, and Harry Metcalfe made a similar comment about the smaller engine feeling punchier at lower rpm.
I also think that the ZF6 matches up with the 3.6 better than the ZF8 with the 4.4. Perhaps fewer gears tends to allow you to access a bit more of the stonking midrange more often.
I also think that the ZF6 matches up with the 3.6 better than the ZF8 with the 4.4. Perhaps fewer gears tends to allow you to access a bit more of the stonking midrange more often.
there’s another common fault that presents like a flat battery but is actually a wiring fault - you just get a light click or nothing when trying to start. If you charge the battery right up it will start, but if the battery gets lowish then it won’t start (bearing in mind these things draw 15amps with just the ignition on, so. 12.8v battery will pull down to about 12.2v at key on)
Anyway, it’s caused by a bad/failing wire between the starter relay (offside rear engine bay) to the starter motor solenoid - i just ran a new wire in parallel between the two points and it’s been fine ever since (after wasting money on a new battery and new starter to no avail)
https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic31909-75.html
Anyway, it’s caused by a bad/failing wire between the starter relay (offside rear engine bay) to the starter motor solenoid - i just ran a new wire in parallel between the two points and it’s been fine ever since (after wasting money on a new battery and new starter to no avail)
https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic31909-75.html
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