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So you just bought a Disco and you want to some stuff on your own.
Ok. if your daring and pretty good with tools then heres a bit of help from a stealership tech.
One, the brits dont recommend a rotation.
why I dont know. Same with jaguar as well. Completely odd but its not in your maintenance package and wont be paid for.
The dealerships want you to rotate your tires. Trust us it saves you in the long run.
So you finally do decide to change a tire and find its frozen on. really common with rovers. Best bet keep a really large hammer. Pretty much like an engineers hammer. Its small but still heavy.
if you want to avoid it sometimes. Do yourself a favor and at all rotations clean the hub area and the inside of the rim where it contacts the hub.
Then add antiseize on the hub surface and around the brake rotor.
PUt it on and torque the wheels. Also avoid any on the studs. they could loosen up if you put it on. Also clean off any stud covered in penetrating lube.
Silicone spray. Its good stuff. Use it on the door seals and locks.
Keep the tire pressure as its meant to be. Unless you want to be another Ford explorer flipped on the road. Thats means check it and the spare.
The oil change aint hard. original helps. We use Castrol 5w 30 syn blend. You can probably substitute MOtorcraft 5w30 it has the same blend of synt and regular. Thats if you cant find it anywhere. replace the oil plug oring.
Ok now what about coolant. Well top it off. But it it gets down its possible tis a few things. But take a look. most coolant leaks can be spotted by a trail of coolant. anything from a throttle body gasket to old hose clamsps. And yes it could be intake as well. get yourself a flashlite and learn to identify the parts of your motor. If your not comfortable fixing it bring it too a shop. remember if you dont like the first diag. you can go somewhere else.
By the way they all use pink coolant. AKA Dexcool. Same as Chevy.
Belts. Look for alot of cracks. If they are excessive its time to change it.
check for any pulley or pump that is loose.
wires not needed unless they are getting misfires. but plugs at sixty. Use ngk. thats what we use. works well too.
Air filter. Check it at all oil changes and change when dirty. If you off road or submerge it alot change it more frequently.
Get yourself a grease gun. There are few grease fittings.
Transmission and other fluiids. If you dont access to a suction pump then dont change them. Let us do it. we got pumps that make it easy. Otherwise you are spilling fluids everywhere instead of inside the vehicle. And stick with LR stuff. It works good and its been tested off road.
Wipers. Clean them every now and them. keep the windshield clean. They are really easy. Just push the lock open and off it comes.
During the winter your rear wiper will break if you dont clean off the snow.
sorry but its plastic and somethings gotta give with alot of weight.
Your rear door. Spray some lube on the hinges and the check strap. not to mention the rear latch. They do freeze up.
Airbags. Replace the filter at 30k its under your lr light. Just a few screws. But also keep it clean of moisture. when it gets cold it will freeze and blow the fuse.
Also raise the vehicle everynow and then to make sure it goes up. Your compressor could freeze up from lack of use.
Ok. if your daring and pretty good with tools then heres a bit of help from a stealership tech.
One, the brits dont recommend a rotation.
why I dont know. Same with jaguar as well. Completely odd but its not in your maintenance package and wont be paid for.
The dealerships want you to rotate your tires. Trust us it saves you in the long run.
So you finally do decide to change a tire and find its frozen on. really common with rovers. Best bet keep a really large hammer. Pretty much like an engineers hammer. Its small but still heavy.
if you want to avoid it sometimes. Do yourself a favor and at all rotations clean the hub area and the inside of the rim where it contacts the hub.
Then add antiseize on the hub surface and around the brake rotor.
PUt it on and torque the wheels. Also avoid any on the studs. they could loosen up if you put it on. Also clean off any stud covered in penetrating lube.
Silicone spray. Its good stuff. Use it on the door seals and locks.
Keep the tire pressure as its meant to be. Unless you want to be another Ford explorer flipped on the road. Thats means check it and the spare.
The oil change aint hard. original helps. We use Castrol 5w 30 syn blend. You can probably substitute MOtorcraft 5w30 it has the same blend of synt and regular. Thats if you cant find it anywhere. replace the oil plug oring.
Ok now what about coolant. Well top it off. But it it gets down its possible tis a few things. But take a look. most coolant leaks can be spotted by a trail of coolant. anything from a throttle body gasket to old hose clamsps. And yes it could be intake as well. get yourself a flashlite and learn to identify the parts of your motor. If your not comfortable fixing it bring it too a shop. remember if you dont like the first diag. you can go somewhere else.
By the way they all use pink coolant. AKA Dexcool. Same as Chevy.
Belts. Look for alot of cracks. If they are excessive its time to change it.
check for any pulley or pump that is loose.
wires not needed unless they are getting misfires. but plugs at sixty. Use ngk. thats what we use. works well too.
Air filter. Check it at all oil changes and change when dirty. If you off road or submerge it alot change it more frequently.
Get yourself a grease gun. There are few grease fittings.
Transmission and other fluiids. If you dont access to a suction pump then dont change them. Let us do it. we got pumps that make it easy. Otherwise you are spilling fluids everywhere instead of inside the vehicle. And stick with LR stuff. It works good and its been tested off road.
Wipers. Clean them every now and them. keep the windshield clean. They are really easy. Just push the lock open and off it comes.
During the winter your rear wiper will break if you dont clean off the snow.
sorry but its plastic and somethings gotta give with alot of weight.
Your rear door. Spray some lube on the hinges and the check strap. not to mention the rear latch. They do freeze up.
Airbags. Replace the filter at 30k its under your lr light. Just a few screws. But also keep it clean of moisture. when it gets cold it will freeze and blow the fuse.
Also raise the vehicle everynow and then to make sure it goes up. Your compressor could freeze up from lack of use.
