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 Are early 3.0 that much more unreliable than the 4.4? |
diesel Dave
 14th Mar 2025 4:59pm
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Forum: General (L405) · Replies: 10 · Views: 623 · Subject: Are early 3.0 that much more unreliable than the 4.4? |
| Yes same issues in the sport, in fact the sport has the most powerful unit mapped to 306 BHP so is under more stress. L405 has two variants at 254BHP single turbo and 275 BHP twin turbo. |
| Are early 3.0 that much more unreliable than the 4.4? |
diesel Dave
14th Mar 2025 3:08pm
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Forum: General (L405) · Replies: 10 · Views: 623 · Subject: Are early 3.0 that much more unreliable than the 4.4? |
| It’s a real lottery with the 3.0 v6, there’s thousands out there running perfectly with over 100k miles on them. On the negative side, I work for an LR Indie and these along with the 2.0 ingenium ... |
| Axle oil. |
diesel Dave
14th Mar 2025 2:54pm
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Forum: Maintenance & Mods (L405) · Replies: 2 · Views: 182 · Subject: Axle oil. |
Yes definitely worth changing it as it’s 10 years old if never changed before. I would change all the transmission oils if over 50k on the miles then you know they’re all good  |
| L405 Brake line Failure |
diesel Dave
6th Mar 2025 11:56am
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Forum: Technical (L405) · Replies: 11 · Views: 624 · Subject: L405 Brake line Failure |
| Its not uncommon unfortunately as they corrode around the banjo and pipe that runs along the suspension to the body, on the plus side they are easy to do, they come as a kit with two hoses and brake p ... |
| L405 Light Oil Leak at Rear |
diesel Dave
3rd Mar 2025 7:55pm
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Forum: Technical (L405) · Replies: 16 · Views: 4933 · Subject: L405 Light Oil Leak at Rear |
| Indie I work for is in Hayfield, called Hallam Brothers a family run business, they’re a genuine company with good knowledge of the whole LR range. |
| 2017 L405 ACE Drop Links/ARB Bushes |
diesel Dave
1st Mar 2025 7:18am
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Forum: Maintenance & Mods (L405) · Replies: 16 · Views: 3455 · Subject: 2017 L405 ACE Drop Links/ARB Bushes |
| Sometimes they just drop out when you undo the large nut, other times you will need a ball joint splitter as they are tight. If your changing the arm anyway and have access to an air chisel you can be ... |
| Nice bit of kit |
diesel Dave
23rd Feb 2025 1:52pm
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Forum: Photos, Videos & Media · Replies: 9 · Views: 547 · Subject: Nice bit of kit |
Liking that, looks handy for those hard to get places  |
| Slight intermittent burning smell |
diesel Dave
23rd Feb 2025 1:41pm
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Forum: Technical (L405) · Replies: 9 · Views: 552 · Subject: Slight intermittent burning smell |
| Think your doing the best thing TBH by starting with the oil cooler, its the most probable cause and is eliminated if the problem should continue. we do loads of these and some on the lat ... |
| Slight intermittent burning smell |
diesel Dave
22nd Feb 2025 2:55pm
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Forum: Technical (L405) · Replies: 9 · Views: 552 · Subject: Slight intermittent burning smell |
| You can get a smell off the regen as everything gets to a silly temperature to burn the soot off, but its not an oil smell, hard to explain but just a fumey burning smell, unless you have a slight lea ... |
| New owner! |
diesel Dave
21st Feb 2025 3:51pm
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Forum: In Car Electronics (L405) · Replies: 4 · Views: 380 · Subject: New owner! |
| You should be able to lock the rear climate control from the front screen, a kind of anti child lock if you like so it cant be adjusted, cant remember off the top of my head where it is in the menu bu ... |
| Cambelt change ? |
diesel Dave
6th Feb 2025 9:11am
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Forum: Technical (L405) · Replies: 4 · Views: 266 · Subject: Cambelt change ? |
| Hi Tim, pretty sure they are a chain driven engine so no cambelt, I take it yours is the 2 litre petrol ingenium engine? |
| Coolant leak |
diesel Dave
4th Feb 2025 10:38pm
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Forum: Technical (L405) · Replies: 9 · Views: 676 · Subject: Coolant leak |
| There is a plastic pipe runs from the expansion tank across the top of the radiator and leaks where it plugs into the top hose causing a puddle where you explain. If you unclip the two triangular plas ... |
| Front Camera(s) |
diesel Dave
30th Jan 2025 9:42am
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Forum: Technical (L405) · Replies: 3 · Views: 314 · Subject: Front Camera(s) |
| Post 2015 models (MY2016) went to one camera in the middle of the front bumper, its a wide angle that does the same job as the earlier model that did indeed have two |
| Factory Handover |
diesel Dave
28th Jan 2025 11:19pm
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Forum: Orders (L460) · Replies: 6 · Views: 717 · Subject: Factory Handover |
| Stunning colour |
| Rear differential.. |
diesel Dave
28th Jan 2025 10:38pm
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Forum: Technical (L405) · Replies: 3 · Views: 376 · Subject: Rear differential.. |
| Hi flyboy, not all A/B’s had them unfortunately, I had a 2015 without, now have a 2020 that does. If you go to the 4x4 screen you will see a little picture of a padlock next to the centre diff, if t ... |
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