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mse

Member Since: 06 Apr 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 5024

2016 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Scotia Grey

I extended mine - moved it myself and then will extend it properly away from the back into the engine bay Mike

14th Jul 2008 4:27pm

Andrew Klimacki

Member Since: 01 Jul 2008
Location: Northern Ireland
Posts: 10

The next chapter to my fuel contamination problem. Using many of the points and issues raised on this forum i wrote a detailed letter to my dealer as a result of which there was.

1. An acknowledgment that we should not have been charged for original repair of the contamination problem. Refund to be made.
2. It was most likely not filling at a garage which caused the problem but more likely water contamination from driving in the snow.
3. There is a modification to be made to reduce the knocking noise and
4. yes there is a problem with the breather pipe, modifications can be made but according to my dealer here in Belfast LR have not as yet come up with the definitive solution and there is likely in time to be a recall.

Also horrified by my fuel consumption which is 20/21 mpg and impressed with the 29/27 quoted in past posts. This would make me feel that we do have things to put right. Fuel injectors checked will be top of the agenda.
Despite the dealer here coming round to doing things under warranty I am p....d off by the lack of support and feed back from LR and the fact that it seems the customers are the ones who have to be pro-active about getting things done. The word complacent comes to mind.

I'll let you know how things turn out. Service due in August.
Andrew Klimacki

14th Jul 2008 4:45pm

dullbird

Member Since: 25 Aug 2007
Location: sydney
Posts: 87

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Tonga Green

hello guys

if ANYONE can give me a copy of the service bulletin i WOULD REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE IT

our defender 10,000ks is in and its recked water in the fuel over 6 and a half thousand dollars to fix, we have notified the dealer of the breather problem but unless we can produce a serive bulletin which we have not been able to locate on the gtr website we have no grounds for a claim

it would be of substanial benefit to us and our fight to get this done under warrenty if someone could give us some paper evidence

thank to you all for this thread

regards

louise YOU KNOW REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS!!!!

15th Jul 2008 4:11am

Andrew Klimacki

Member Since: 01 Jul 2008
Location: Northern Ireland
Posts: 10

Louise

I'll try to make a few phone calls here in Northern Ireland to see what i can come up with. But may take a bit of time. Service bulletins or no (and i bet they exist) it might still be worth showing your dealer the comments made on this thread which now covers a wide enough geographic spread and number of cases to warrant, i would have thought, some sort of attention.

Andrew Klimacki

15th Jul 2008 7:50am

dullbird

Member Since: 25 Aug 2007
Location: sydney
Posts: 87

Andrew Klimacki wrote:
Louise

I'll try to make a few phone calls here in Northern Ireland to see what i can come up with. But may take a bit of time. Service bulletins or no (and i bet they exist) it might still be worth showing your dealer the comments made on this thread which now covers a wide enough geographic spread and number of cases to warrant, i would have thought, some sort of attention.

Andrew Klimacki

mate we have already done that not just from this thread but from others......its the proof that this has been done under warrenty work is what we need YOU KNOW REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS!!!!

15th Jul 2008 8:16am

mse

Member Since: 06 Apr 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 5024

dullbird wrote:
Andrew Klimacki wrote:
Louise

I'll try to make a few phone calls here in Northern Ireland to see what i can come up with. But may take a bit of time. Service bulletins or no (and i bet they exist) it might still be worth showing your dealer the comments made on this thread which now covers a wide enough geographic spread and number of cases to warrant, i would have thought, some sort of attention.

Andrew Klimacki

mate we have already done that not just from this thread but from others......its the proof that this has been done under warrenty work is what we need

Have you telephone LR? Mike

15th Jul 2008 6:25pm

dullbird

Member Since: 25 Aug 2007
Location: sydney
Posts: 87

mse wrote:
dullbird wrote:
Andrew Klimacki wrote:
Louise

I'll try to make a few phone calls here in Northern Ireland to see what i can come up with. But may take a bit of time. Service bulletins or no (and i bet they exist) it might still be worth showing your dealer the comments made on this thread which now covers a wide enough geographic spread and number of cases to warrant, i would have thought, some sort of attention.

Andrew Klimacki

mate we have already done that not just from this thread but from others......its the proof that this has been done under warrenty work is what we need

Have you telephone LR?

the dealer is....... YOU KNOW REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS!!!!

15th Jul 2008 11:34pm

mse

Member Since: 06 Apr 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 5024

If you are happy with the dealer doing this... Mike

15th Jul 2008 11:51pm

Andrew Klimacki

Member Since: 01 Jul 2008
Location: Northern Ireland
Posts: 10

For 'dullbird' Some contact details for you.

1. BLRC
88 Listooder Road
Saintfield
County Down BT24 7JX

Tel; 0044 28 9751 1763

An independent local LR enthusiasts garage. Know their stuff and know their Landrovers.

2. Charles Hurst Belfast 0044 28 9038 1721
Main LR dealer for NI

togethere with

3. TP Topping
6-12 Dublin Road
ENNISKILLEN
BT74 6HL
Telephone 0044 28 6632 3475

Main dealership for the western side of Northern Ireland. May find them quite helpful.

With regard to me comments regarding the use of chassis numbers on the LR data base to check on warranty work, not sure if any of these guys will supply chassis numbers to you. That may have to come from private individuals.

Andrew Klimacki

16th Jul 2008 9:07am

dullbird

Member Since: 25 Aug 2007
Location: sydney
Posts: 87

thanks for the addresses

we will give them a call and have a chat with them YOU KNOW REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS!!!!

16th Jul 2008 9:15am

one_iota

Member Since: 06 May 2008
Location: Sydney
Posts: 99

2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Alpine White

I've been following this issue and Louise and Ian's tribulations and am a little puzzled by a few things and throw a few thoughts into this mosh pit:

The cause might be the location of the breather or bad fuel supply either way with modern common rail systems the outcome is the same.

The Disco has a two stage filtering system with a sedimenter that can be drained and a "final filter".

The Puma engined Ford transit van has a water in fuel sensor on the filter that alerts the driver that the filter bowl needs draining.

What is the filtering system in the Defender?

What make is the Filter?

Could the Defender Filter be replaced with a Lucas Cav Filter with a glass bowl and a water sensor added.

Could a water separator be added? Mahn
'08 Defender 110
ex '95 Disco 300 Tdi
www.aulro.com

17th Jul 2008 11:40am

dullbird

Member Since: 25 Aug 2007
Location: sydney
Posts: 87

one_iota wrote:
I've been following this issue and Louise and Ian's tribulations and am a little puzzled by a few things and throw a few thoughts into this mosh pit:

The cause might be the location of the breather or bad fuel supply either way with modern common rail systems the outcome is the same.

The Disco has a two stage filtering system with a sedimenter that can be drained and a "final filter".

The Puma engined Ford transit van has a water in fuel sensor on the filter that alerts the driver that the filter bowl needs draining.

What is the filtering system in the Defender?

What make is the Filter?

Could the Defender Filter be replaced with a
Quote:
Lucas Cav Filter with a glass bowl
and a water sensor added.

Could a water separator be added?

hey mahn we got one fo these on order..........through oppositelock.

not bloody going through this again

YOU KNOW REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS!!!!

17th Jul 2008 12:56pm

mse

Member Since: 06 Apr 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 5024

Re: Contaiminated fuel probs.... anti-stall

nebotigger wrote:
shame about the stupid engine management that takes over your idle speed in low range (anti-stall??)….. who ever thought that one up does need a good slap…… and clearly could not drive, and or use a clutch properly-it’s utterly pointless and would love to get rid of that feature. Otherwise completely satisfied…..except the percentage of fuel tax we pay….but that’s another story that I won’t win!

happy landrovering days.......

simon

Im going to seriously disagree - Anti-stall is one of its best features - if you know how to drive off road it is a tool that is very useful.

Use of the clutch does not do what anti-stall does nor should you slip it to achieve this.

Just before i get acused of not being able to drive, Advanced driving, police driving course through my dad/old boss who was a retired c.inspector, defensive driving, off road driving courses (through LR) and im a pilot. Mike

17th Jul 2008 10:55pm

CFB

Member Since: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Posts: 803

I second that, off-road anti-stall is really great. Also good for hill starts with no handbrake and crawling in slow traffic too. Andy

17th Jul 2008 11:06pm

solmanic

Member Since: 17 Aug 2007
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 191

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

I love anti-stall, especially for climbing high kerbs to get at those hard-to-reach parking spaces down the shops

2007 Defender 110
1970 Alfa Romeo 1750GTV

18th Jul 2008 2:18am

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