During the last 2 days i have noticed a (hard to describe ) whistling noise when i slightly rev the accelerator when the car is just sitting ticking over ... kind of sounds like the noise you would get when the wind is blowing through old window frames but not too noisy ...

Even when driving and the car is coming to a halt you can hear it when the gears are changing down ...

Guess its wallet out time ....  ====================================

"Open Mike Night " sounded like a lot of fun until i found out i was going to an Autopsy

Had the same noise on mine lasted about a week then the alternator failed fully covered under warranty .

Never took out the extended warranty on mine ... looks like the wallet will be out if that is whats wrong with it ... ====================================

"Open Mike Night " sounded like a lot of fun until i found out i was going to an Autopsy

Mine had a plastic burning smell under the bonnet for a few days before it failed .

Need to keep my nose out for that ...nothing as of yet ...  ====================================

"Open Mike Night " sounded like a lot of fun until i found out i was going to an Autopsy

Smell of burning plastic - was that your credit card?

Mick exact same as mine turned out to be alternator symptoms as you described  Present :2008 TDV8 HSE
Gone Audi A5 2.7TDI
Gone Discovery 3 HSE
Gone Mercedes CLK
Gone Range Rover 2.5 DSE

So if its the alternator anyone know a rough price for a garage to supply and fit ====================================

"Open Mike Night " sounded like a lot of fun until i found out i was going to an Autopsy

Land rover quote it as a 3.5 hour job I think alternator itself is about 350 pounds. Hope that helps  Present :2008 TDV8 HSE
Gone Audi A5 2.7TDI
Gone Discovery 3 HSE
Gone Mercedes CLK
Gone Range Rover 2.5 DSE

TDV8 alternator issues, seems they all fail at some point. I guess my time will come

Try a place that make and repair starters alternators they may even repair yours and fit it cheap _____________________________________________________
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I got my oem denso alternator from carparts4less (basically ecp) and got a decent general mechanic to fit it,

About £450 all in if i recall correctly. Cheapest way i could think of. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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as has been said, refurb all the way they do the work and you just hand over the cash. Done it on our past car starter and alternators before when we've had an issue and they've usually lasted longer than the original part  FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
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