I will do, no problem. I went for Lucas coils in the end. They were a lot cheaper then genuine and come with a 2 year warranty. We’ll see soon enough if that was a mistake or not!

There’s been couriers arriving on and off most of the day today. That’s me got all of the bits for the Range Rover now. Mad to think there’s a grand in boxes on the bench!

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That’s a Job list. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
FFRR 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography Santorini Black.
KIA E-Niro 4+
2021 Discovery 5 D300 MHEV commercial

The car is in the workshop on the ramp so I can do work in the evenings after I’m finished working from home and I can get full days in at weekends too so it shouldn’t take too long

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior
2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Black Edition in Santorini Black with Ebony Interior

Watching with interest.

I went into the workshop this evening expecting to make some progress on the SC. Unfortunately I had my arm twisted into fitting and balancing a set of Pirelli Scorpion Verde’s to my sisters Evoque.

I did manage to get the door handle covers from Powerful UK fitted though.

Before:

It's been a productive day today.

The new water pump is fitted with it's new gasket.

The new thermostat is fitted, unfortunately, someone has been in there before and as the old seal was flat they sealed it with instant gasket. I've scraped it all off, replaced the thermostat and have emailed Rob to order a new thermostat seal.

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Just be aware the Jag lump can be an ABSOLUTE pig to bleed the coolant sir

Will need to have a look at the workshop manual and make sure I don't miss any of the bleed nipples. I might ask a friend if I can borrow his vacuum bleeder and see if that'll make life any easier if it's that bad.

Thanks for the heads up Craig.

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior
2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Black Edition in Santorini Black with Ebony Interior

I'll second Cam-Tech-Craig

In the manual there is a process to bleed the supercharger cooling I would say do that first and them move onto the engine cooling.
It is possible to feed a screwdriver through a hole in the slam plate just above the pump to undo the bleed valve on top of the supercharger pump, that way you avoid the pump running dry. Range Rover 4.2 Supercharged 2006
Ford Focus EcoBoost 1.5 2017
MG TF 2003

Previous Cars of note
Land Rover Discovery 2
Jaguar Mk2 3.8 - Company car
MG Midget 1974 - Concours

David, would you mind saying where you sourced the supercharger oil from? Will be doing mine soon.

Ta, fanders ---------------------------------------
2009 4.2 SC Buckingham Blue
2021 Hilux 2.4

Sure. You can buy it from Powerhouse Automotive but I’ve had a lot of oil from Smith & Allen recently so ordered it from them.

If you give them a call they’ll talk you through what you need and within 48 hours it’ll arrive on your doorstep.

https://www.smithandallan.com/

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior
2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Black Edition in Santorini Black with Ebony Interior

Many thanks!

fanders ---------------------------------------
2009 4.2 SC Buckingham Blue
2021 Hilux 2.4

The thermostat seal I’d been waiting on arrived yesterday so I got that fitted and got the car running again today.

Running perfectly on all 8 again now with the occasional stumble. When it stumbles I can hear air hissing so I’m assuming I’ve got a vacuum leak. Had a quick look for the leak unaided then went for a tin of brake cleaner but couldn’t find it with that either.

Whilst thinking about the vacuum leak and whilst the car was warm I dropped the oil out and did the engine oil and filter. Gearbox is on the agenda for tomorrow.

Had a look on Gumtree and found someone locally selling a disco fog machine with a gallon of fluid for £30 so tomorrow’s plan is now to run a hose from the fog machine to the air intake and see if I can spot where the smoke is escaping from which should identify the vacuum leak.

The 4 bearings I fitted have worked a treat as the anciliaries at the front are whisper quiet now. The supercharger bearings are noisy though so trying to decide how far in to go before putting any miles on it.

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior
2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Black Edition in Santorini Black with Ebony Interior