AboutJohn McInnis Expertise Land Rover Discovery.
I've had most of the common mechanical failures, altenator, water leaks, wiper failure, door/hinge problems, roof rust, floor rust, loads of electrical problems. Remember, I'm not a dealer or a mechanic, just an owner like most of you.
Experience
Experience Owner of a Discovery. I've had many mishaps with our Disco but I still like this vehicle. Talk to a fellow LR owner instead of a dealership rep. I'm not in this for the money. I'm just an owner who wants to help others.
Got a defender 90 SW TD5 , reaching 56 000 km the fuel filter plug separator broked in two parts , let the fuel dripping and therefore prevented the car to work.Have delivered it to the Land Rover agent to fix it and reaching 66 000 km the same occurred while on a parking place , broke in two parts again and adjusted without explanation from the land rover dealers . The fuel sedimenter is normally drained every 10 000.00 KM when the car get serviced. My first comments would have been that the spare parts fixed by the dealer was defective .
Thank you for guiding me in the assessment as I go regularly off road .
Thanking you in advance ,
Olivier
Answer Hi Olivier,
yes it is abnormal for this part to fail in the same place. I wonder if there is another cause besides defective parts. Are the lines loose? Most problems are with the lift pump and the filter itself seems very stable. Is it possible that the repair was done improperly?
When I first bought our Discovery, I had some terrible experiences with dealership repairs, far worse than broken fuel filter plugs. It was not until later that an experienced LR mechanic began to work solely on my vehicle. I would insist only having 'Mike' take care of my Disco as he was/is a professional. Perhaps you had a novice mechanic do the installation and it was not done correctly. Maybe that's why the dealership did the repair and gave no explaination.
