Have any of the South African guys had any joy with your local dealers regarding the sump replacements and fuel breather relocation issues? My dealer claimed to be unaware of both issues. When I asked for my diesel filter to be drained as part of the 20,000km service I was told that they do not drain them, but only replace them when required as per the normal service replacement interval (I'm not sure what that is).

Is there any danger of my creating an air lock if I attempt to drain the diesel filter?

Thanks.

Hi Malcolm

My dealer in Cape Town called me to tell me to bring in my defender asap and changed the sump and oil for mahala.

The breather I changed location myself and drained the water also. No air locks caused but only drain the filter until the water is gone.
Have a look here to see how much water and fuel I drained.
The dealer also pretended they new nothing of the breather problems. When I told him I had changed the location - all he asked was "OH - did it help?"

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v427/Landy1973/FuelBreather/

Good Luck
James
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Ser III 109" - seldom a problem

Thanks James,

I moved the breather pipe yeterday. Your pictures were most helpful and it only took a few minutes.

I'll give the dealer a few more weeks and then try them again regarding the sump.

Thanks,
malcolm

Thats along the lines of the official fix

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Malcolm wrote:

Have any of the South African guys had any joy with your local dealers regarding the sump replacements and fuel breather relocation issues? My dealer claimed to be unaware of both issues. When I asked for my diesel filter to be drained as part of the 20,000km service I was told that they do not drain them, but only replace them when required as per the normal service replacement interval (I'm not sure what that is).

Thanks.

Hi Guys, My sump needs replacing due to the fact that the drive shaft touches it when the vehicle is at its maximum articulation. I spoke to my dealer in fourways about replacing it with the modified replacement sump. He explained to me that they are aware of the problem and do have the replacement sumps but they are identical to the current sump. Does anybody have pictures of original and new and if possible a part number for the new sump? I am going there tomorrow to see for myself. It doesnt need it urgently( but I thought whilst my car has been there for a week regarding the dreaded engine knocking noise which by the way they cant solve after replacing the ECU, reprogramming it and changing some engine components. now waiting for Land Rover South Africa technicians to attend to the fault) I would get all the faults looked at and nipped in the bud.
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Puma 110 - so far so quiet
Ser III 109" - seldom a problem