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lrsteve77
Member Since: 21 Mar 2018
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 6
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| Buying my first D3, advice needed |
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Sorry if I m posting this in the wrong place ! I m looking at getting back into a Land Rover after many years away from them and I m very keen to get into a D3 and looking for a little technical advise from you experts  Looked at one today, 2007 HSE 103k black,£8900, with substantial history, inside and out appear near perfect, it drove superb with no knocks, noises or issues with the auto box. My concerns are when I operated the air suspension it seemed to take a long time to raise and lower, the only way I could tell it was working was by putting my hand between the wheel and arch and could feel it moving very slowly, there were no errors on the screen and eventually it confirmed on the screen it was at selected height. Is this normal ? My other concern is there was a bit of oil leaking from the transfer box which seemed to be coming from where the the two halves of the casing join together, is this something to be worried about ?
I believe there is issues with the oil pumps, is there any way to tell if this has been done apart from past invoices ? It had cambelt at 88,000 but unsure about the oil pump. I appreciate any help you can throw my way and thank you in advance.
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 24th Mar 2018 7:05 pm |
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geoffsnook
Member Since: 13 Jun 2014
Location: south wales
Posts: 3169
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Sounds like the compressor for the suspension needs looking at if t's taking a long time to lift and yes a 2007 2.7 tdv6 had a problem with the oil pump its pretty hard to see if it's had a modified pump without taking some of the front of the car off so have a look on the invoice to see if it has if not it would be worth you doing it or factoring the price of a new one in the offer you may make or get them to do it as if it does go you can be looking at a new engine not to sure about oil leak though  Discovery 3 se gone
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| 24th Mar 2018 7:36 pm |
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Geoff at Drym
Member Since: 18 May 2015
Location: Cornwall
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As geoffsnook says, definitely make sure that this 2007 D3 has the latest oil pump. Also, if oil is leaking from the join at the transfer box, this needs to be sorted as it could be a seal and the transfer box does not hold very much oil even when topped up (it's expensive too). The level certainly needs to be checked. 2007 Disco3 2.7 tdv6 SE
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| 25th Mar 2018 10:56 am |
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geoff.
Member Since: 24 Jan 2010
Location: West kent
Posts: 8531
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transfer box is fill by quantity 1.5 ltrs
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| 25th Mar 2018 11:42 am |
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lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
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I would let it go and keep looking, its not like theres a shortage of them.
Compressor will be over 500 and tfer box could be getting the same way not counting what else they find.
This is one of the problems of once expensive cars they still have expensive running costs, which at times can be hard to justify.
Mine can be in access height, start engine flick to standard ride height, back off the driveway into drive and almost straight away its at std height I would hazard a guess at 10/20 seconds max
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| 25th Mar 2018 11:51 am |
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lrsteve77
Member Since: 21 Mar 2018
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 6
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Thank you all for your feedback ! I think I will leave this one and keep looking. Does the D3 have any issues with corrosion on the chassis or body ? That’s what killed all my D1’s 
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| 25th Mar 2018 8:19 pm |
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lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
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Serious corrosion is not an issue yet, BUT you need to remove the sill plastic covers and see whats going on underneath as my 06 has some localised corrosion staring on the sill weld seams and this is all hidden behind the covers!
The rear cross member behind the bumper rusts but again its a serious piece of steel and some chassis wax stops it dead, again we arent talking D1/2 rot here just light to heavy surface rust
I have seen a couple of pics of quite bad rot on the inner sills, but these are the exception and very rare, I think Ive seen pics of two cars in 3.5 years.
They are nothing like the rot everywhere D1 and rot before your eyes D2 chassis!
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| 26th Mar 2018 8:11 am |
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