JMC wrote:

Perhaps we should rename this thread.......

Personally, I reckon it has a lot to do with the lack of congestion and a generally relaxed attitude.

Robbie wrote:

JE Engineering wrote:

· Discovery 3 / LR3 and Range Rover Sport TDV6 Turbocharger Variable Vane sticking (P Code's P0132-B, P0299, P0234 and P0046)


Ive seen the vane sticking problem myself a few times.

My dealer suggested a couple of weeks ago that my turbo vanes may be sticking, given the delay of power from low-revs. Seemed to think that the issue was very new and had only just been fully understood. Are there any other symptoms that I should be looking for?

I hope it will make Chris from Turbochip rest a little easier, I think I have caused a little head-scratching. Post upgrade my car does 0-60 in about 11 or so seconds. Not much difference from book figures. When he reset it to a ‘standard’ map the car took over 13 seconds and was gutless. The mid-range is almost unaffected and remains very strong with TC upgrade.

I suppose my remap will be wiped by the dealer with such a major patch too. Less than ideal.

Hey ho.

Gareth wrote:

I am thinking that the engine tune for the 06 is different. I cannot better an average of 24.9. That is as good as it gets for me over 1000's of miles. I can get a short term tank average of 27 ish, but the vehicle average is stubborn.

Yesterday as I left Stonehenge, I pulled out of the lane behind a black 06 reg TDV6 HSE. (I presume it was an auto like mine.) When we got to the dual carriageway, I thought I would blast him and show him my DISCO3.CO.UK sticker, but he had other ideas and I could not not pass him.

Now this tells me that either I am imagining the loosening up of my car after 40k miles, or the 06 I saw is either chipped or the standard tune is different. It did not smoke either, unlike many other D3's I see.

The only mitigating circumstance is that he was two up, I was five up with lots of luggage, and probably a fair few kilo's of Salisbury's finest

Hi Gareth

That was me you were behind Nice to finally meet another forum member all be it from inside the cars. The car has not been chipped or modified and I had a load of electronic kit in the back which I was trying to be carefully not to damage so didn't have foot to floor but that turning back onto the A303 from Stonehenge is a nasty one. I live just around the corner and it was my first weekend out in the car since getting it back from its less than impressive start but so far have not had a problem with the motor and loving every min I spend in it.

As for the MPG its stuck on 24.1 at the moment having slowly increased from 20.3 when I first got it back a week before. I've not reset it yet and most of my driving is done on the A303 and A34 at a steady 60-70mph .. I hope it does get better with time although its not moved from 24.1 for a few days.

Hope you enjoyed the stones!