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• Brake disc recommendations?

• Here is what I put on mine. Not sure if they're available in the UK though:
  
  https://a.co/d/0eSeC8Ov
  
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DieselRanger Replies: 8 Views: 495 Forum:General Posted: 7th Mar 2026 7:18 pm Subject: Brake disc recommendations?

• Engine braking using gears?

• I believe the hybrid battery is just for the electric motor on the drivetrain. The alternator and 12V battery run vehicle electrics as in any other car.
  
  If you want to run the 48V MHEV battery down ...
DieselRanger Replies: 10 Views: 1318 Forum:General Posted: 6th Mar 2026 2:45 am Subject: Engine braking using gears?

• Inlet Manifold coked up!

• Yes, if you have a GAP IID tool. There's a setting that is something like "retain last user setting," which will automatically start the car in the last configuration for things like auto st ...
DieselRanger Replies: 11 Views: 1882 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 28th Jan 2026 10:36 pm Subject: Inlet Manifold coked up!

• Most odd.

• Our insurance is based on a number of factors that includes postal code as well, but for premiums to spike nearly 100% in one term would have to mean that a) the insurer has paid out massive successiv ...
DieselRanger Replies: 35 Views: 5583 Forum:General Posted: 22nd Jan 2026 3:54 pm Subject: Most odd.

• Most odd.

• This insurance quote stuff reeks a bit of "dynamic pricing" where you log in to a website, it tracks your location to a neighborhood that is a bit higher income than average as evidenced by ...
DieselRanger Replies: 35 Views: 5583 Forum:General Posted: 22nd Jan 2026 6:11 am Subject: Most odd.

• New Here (But Not To The LR Family)

• I have the scuffs. Right side is slightly larger than the left.
DieselRanger Replies: 71 Views: 6240 Forum:General Posted: 17th Jan 2026 1:56 am Subject: New Here (But Not To The LR Family)

• Thinking of getting a new D5

• I have a 2017 without a rear diff lock, but with the low range transfer case. I live in Colorado and have off-roaded all over the Rocky Mountains in everything from rock gardens to mud and ruts. I hav ...
DieselRanger Replies: 15 Views: 1653 Forum:General Posted: 15th Jan 2026 4:16 pm Subject: Thinking of getting a new D5

• Engine braking using gears?

• Hi DG, it's a 2023MY 300D mh, Hwith hi-lo transfer box, rear e-diff and config TR. Have tried S mode, using paddle shifts, then with foot off accelerator there is a slight slowing but it's more as if ...
DieselRanger Replies: 10 Views: 1318 Forum:General Posted: 9th Jan 2026 5:10 am Subject: Engine braking using gears?

• Engine braking using gears?

• If your D4 was a petrol engine and your D5 is a diesel that explains the difference. Diesel engines don't engine brake as well as petrol unless an auxiliary engine or exhaust brake is installed to cre ...
DieselRanger Replies: 10 Views: 1318 Forum:General Posted: 6th Jan 2026 3:24 pm Subject: Engine braking using gears?

• Rotary D5 knob

• Check the earth terminal in the battery tray at the rear in the battery compartment. This terminal has been known to go bad, causing battery drain issues. There was a recall in the UK, not sure if it ...
DieselRanger Replies: 3 Views: 807 Forum:General Posted: 27th Dec 2025 9:43 pm Subject: Rotary D5 knob

• Workshop Manual

• This would be a great add. I do know some have shared the workshop manuals...if you search further there might be a post with a link.
DieselRanger Replies: 1 Views: 550 Forum:General Posted: 15th Dec 2025 11:34 pm Subject: Workshop Manual

• Discovery 6?

• I can understand a move toward an all-road MPV type thing. The capability and feature overlap between Defender and Discovery has cannibalized Discovery sales. An MPV type vehicle would be sufficiently ...
DieselRanger Replies: 9 Views: 1728 Forum:General Posted: 26th Nov 2025 5:52 pm Subject: Discovery 6?

• over heating TD6

• Also check your battery. A low battery voltage often causes strange electronic errors that aren't real. If your battery is old and got cold, could have been a low voltage situation.
  
  Sadly some warn ...
DieselRanger Replies: 5 Views: 954 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 26th Nov 2025 5:40 pm Subject: over heating TD6

• Oil change

• I now have to special order the recommended Castrol oil for my Td6 engine, and I add LiquiMoly MOS2 when I change it myself. My dealer adds B.G. DOC oil conditioner. Potato potahto, but the purpose is ...
DieselRanger Replies: 16 Views: 2935 Forum:Tip and Tricks Posted: 20th Nov 2025 3:46 pm Subject: Oil change

• k+n air filter

• Quite true.
DieselRanger Replies: 4 Views: 1109 Forum:General Posted: 31st Oct 2025 2:32 pm Subject: k+n air filter