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bensz1
Member Since: 06 Oct 2021
Location: Edinburgh
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Hello All,
I've just hesitantly inherited a D3 from a friend.
He lives in London, didn't want to pay the ULEZ charges and knew I was looking at a 4x4 for my next car as I live in Scotland.
If I'm honest I had discounted the D3 due to the expense of running it and had settled on a XC90 (If I'm allowed to say that on this forum).
Anyway, cut a long story short he did a big service on it before I picked it up this weekend.
Unfortunately in the 48hrs since owning it, Land Rover ownership is proving as troublesome as I feared it would be. Ha.
It smokes on start-up (which he never said it used to), it won't accelerate until the engine revs get to 2500rpm and it then blows out puffs of smoke on the road when the engine down shifts or accelerates for example.
Having read the forum it looks like this could be EGR, air is getting into the turbo hoses some how or it could be the MAF sensor.
Does this require a LR specialist or would my local garage be able to diagnose this? Anyone know a specialist in and around Edinburgh if required?
My wife's fallen in love with the car already but as I'm the one picking up the bills and need to keep the car running I'm not sold on LR life yet.
It's a D3 TDV6 HSE with 160k on the clock and has just had a big service so a little surprising all of this has happened in the 400 miles since.
Thanks in advance.
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 6th Oct 2021 8:59 am |
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Moo
D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14462
 
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If your happy to travel to Dundee, then Disco Mikey is your man. 
Also, after a D3 and D4, I now drive a new XC90. Fntastic car, but not a LR. I still miss my D3  D4 HSE EU6 (Known as Jeeves)
New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!) Sold
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner 
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
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| 6th Oct 2021 9:05 am |
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bensz1
Member Since: 06 Oct 2021
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 3
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Daft question - do I just Google Disco Mikey?
Sorry- yes that's exactly what you do. Now found him.
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| 6th Oct 2021 9:14 am |
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bensz1
Member Since: 06 Oct 2021
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 3
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Thanks everyone 
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| 6th Oct 2021 9:52 am |
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Coo
Member Since: 01 Jun 2015
Location: Fife, Scotland
Posts: 284
 
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Dundee not the best location for an indy for you - but bear him in mind.
I use and recommend:
https://www.whitesautoservices.com/
Great guys.
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| 6th Oct 2021 10:15 am |
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Bubblehead
Member Since: 01 Jun 2020
Location: Horndean
Posts: 214
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I had a few jobs done on mine recently by a non spec garage that I’ve always used on other cars. It won’t be going back there again.
I will always use an Indi now for the D3, take it to the specialists who know the vehicle, it will definitely save you money in the long run.
One job ended up costing me almost double due to the labour time as it was the first time they had tackled that particular job, job tht would have been a piece of cake for an indi. 2005 Disco3 HSE Auto 😁
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| 6th Oct 2021 11:06 am |
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john watson
Member Since: 10 Nov 2011
Location: lanark
Posts: 973
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Mike is a busy man and booked full until some time end of November last time I spoke to him about 2 weeks ago. You may have to wait a tad . Once you have defeated the idiots any job is half done. Pity there are so many idiots to defeat.
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| 6th Oct 2021 1:20 pm |
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darrind
Member Since: 04 Jul 2008
Location: In A World of My Own!
Posts: 2908
  
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If you have a 2006 you can blank off the EGRs without need for any software patches, so could be easily fixed if it is an EGR issue. LR used to use 2p coins to temporarily blank them when the issues first started to appear back in the day...
Worth checking the intercooler hose as well as that can break down near the top or near the bend (top L/H side of the engine bay - big black hose going into the top of the engine cover - if it is soft if you squeeze it look for splits in the hose as that can also give you similar issues (along with laying a trail of smoke behind the car like a battleship)
Good Luck
Must stop buying shiny toys....
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| 8th Oct 2021 9:03 pm |
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zig
Member Since: 09 Sep 2005
Location: Scotland
Posts: 650
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Coo wrote:Dundee not the best location for an indy for you - but bear him in mind.
I use and recommend:
https://www.whitesautoservices.com/
Great guys.
I also use and recommend Whites Autoservices in Edinburgh
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| 8th Oct 2021 9:12 pm |
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sarumlight
Member Since: 06 Nov 2008
Location: Off the Plain
Posts: 1593
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Could just be the big intercooler hose. Good luck getting it fixed. They’re awesome cars but you need to find a specialist you can trust.
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| 8th Oct 2021 9:57 pm |
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galwaygreen
Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525
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disco mickey for sure
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| 8th Oct 2021 11:43 pm |
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NJSS
Member Since: 06 May 2009
Location: Catherington, Hampshire.
Posts: 10830
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Bubblehead wrote:-
Quote:I had a few jobs done on mine recently by a non spec garage that I’ve always used on other cars. It won’t be going back there again.
I will always use an Indi now for the D3, take it to the specialists who know the vehicle, it will definitely save you money in the long run.
My first thought would be A C Land Rover:-
10A Aston Road,
Waterlooville, PO7 7XG
Telephone : 07714039493
Office: 02394 003872
https://www.aclandroverspecialist.com/
Who are you using?
NJSS
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| 9th Oct 2021 10:34 am |
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