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toby1 Member Since: 24 Mar 2024 Location: West Berkshire Posts: 106 |
A win and a fail.
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6th Jun 2024 1:01pm |
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toby1 Member Since: 24 Mar 2024 Location: West Berkshire Posts: 106 |
I think I have fixed the door, fingers crossed. I RTFM more closely and I noticed a missing grommet where the three screws are that hold the latch. A peep in there is a 4mm Allen screw. I turned it fully clockwise and now the door reliably opens. The manual says wind it two turns but that does not open the door.
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6th Jun 2024 5:38pm |
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toby1 Member Since: 24 Mar 2024 Location: West Berkshire Posts: 106 |
The new rear lamp screws are much better and I sourced a decent used LH rear lamp. I decided against the Chinese eBay ones as I could not find a review on them, good or bad.
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11th Jun 2024 3:56pm |
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Eastsoutheast Member Since: 10 Jan 2023 Location: Wimblington Posts: 82 |
Watching this thread with great interest. You’re a brave man and hats off to you for tackling so many jobs which is enjoyable to follow. Good luck and keep up the good work. 2012 4.4 TDV8 Vogue Santorini black ivory leather |
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12th Jun 2024 2:41am |
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toby1 Member Since: 24 Mar 2024 Location: West Berkshire Posts: 106 |
The real fun/pain will start once I start poking about the underside |
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12th Jun 2024 9:43am |
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toby1 Member Since: 24 Mar 2024 Location: West Berkshire Posts: 106 |
Oil change done today at 155,088 miles, though I made a meal of an easy job. My £10 Lidl oil pump would not suck a drop but I may have blundered by hooking it up to the vacuum hand pump tank and that may have been too air tight for it - not sure. Anyway, two pumps by hand and away it started. I used the same pump as Sam's M&M. 9.5 litres out/in - I had to empty the tank as it was full at 9 litres.
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15th Jun 2024 3:54pm |
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toby1 Member Since: 24 Mar 2024 Location: West Berkshire Posts: 106 |
I checked the oil level this morning and it's one notch below maximum so all good. I reset the service required message after finding the two pedal process.
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16th Jun 2024 1:37pm |
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toby1 Member Since: 24 Mar 2024 Location: West Berkshire Posts: 106 |
The coolant bottle is nearly empty after driving around 80 miles to/from work this week. I've bought an oil analysis from Oil Labs so I'll send it off later and should have a report next week.
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21st Jun 2024 12:40pm |
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JayGee Member Since: 27 Jul 2021 Location: London Posts: 3164 |
Have a look down under teh intake donut into the V where the oil cooler and under it the EGR cooler sits. This is where mine is loosing coolant but at a slower rate than yours. There are also examples where some of the push fittings for the coolant system are leaking due to failed O rings so that's work looking at as well. You can buy cheap USB endoscopes / borescopes to look in these tight spaces without having to remove stuff. 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322) |
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21st Jun 2024 3:44pm |
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toby1 Member Since: 24 Mar 2024 Location: West Berkshire Posts: 106 |
Thanks JG and agreed. I have some intake work to do soon. I am thinking 4 x doughnut intake hoses, plus oil cooler gaskets/seals.
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21st Jun 2024 8:20pm |
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toby1 Member Since: 24 Mar 2024 Location: West Berkshire Posts: 106 |
The oil report is in. I am not sure what to make of it just yet but this was for 10,000 miles.
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29th Jun 2024 9:59am |
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AndyRoo Member Since: 06 Dec 2023 Location: Gloucester Posts: 532 |
If I'm reading this correctly you don't seem to have a water ingress problem as the sodium levels are way below what would indicate a problem.
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29th Jun 2024 7:45pm |
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JayGee Member Since: 27 Jul 2021 Location: London Posts: 3164 |
Change the oil and test again at the next service at the 5-7k interval most owners have settled on for higher mileage engines. Oil dilution and viscosity loss increase in rate as the DPF capacity declines from ash loading meaning shorter regeneration intervals. 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322) |
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29th Jun 2024 8:54pm |
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toby1 Member Since: 24 Mar 2024 Location: West Berkshire Posts: 106 |
Yes, I think that is the next thing to do. Also, I think I'll undo the sump plug after suction to make sure it's empty of oil.
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30th Jun 2024 9:11am |
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