BN
Member Since: 18 Mar 2005
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Gareth, I don't think your a boy racer at all, your over 21 aren't you  If one of your balls is half way down your dipstick, I'd go to the LR doctor and get it lifted. I think it should be painless  .
The oil will go dark of course and I believe you do quite a bit of town driving, which won't help.
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 17th Jun 2005 8:02 am |
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Nickhearne
Member Since: 28 May 2005
Location: Beaconsfield Bucks
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I had no oil showing on my dip stick (it was very low) & the light did not come on!
Dealer said that it still dad plenty of oil in  Range Rover Sport Estate 2.0 P400e Hse Dynamic Black
D4 HSE Santorini Black
Almond Arabica hide & Walnut trim Now sold
Discovery 3 TDV6 SE
Zambezi Silver Ebony leather Now sold
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| 17th Jun 2005 9:48 am |
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Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
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Just had a look at this dip stick thingy - not designed with short arses in mind, nearly had to get the steps out to reach it  Oil (black stuff) was over the top ball having been wiped and redipped, so I think I'm ok  To be honest I asked them to check the oil when it had its suspension bit done. It sounds like they must have topped it up because I've done nearly 10K now. DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
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| 17th Jun 2005 10:16 am |
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BN
Member Since: 18 Mar 2005
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Pelyma, lower the suspension, maybe you won't need the steps next time. Its a shame LR don't supply an in cab oil level gauge. Oh well, perhaps the dip stick is safer?
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| 17th Jun 2005 10:39 am |
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Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
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Bloody cheek BN, it was at acess height  DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
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| 17th Jun 2005 11:52 am |
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BN
Member Since: 18 Mar 2005
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Pelyma, I have an idea, how about Plasterers STILTS 
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| 17th Jun 2005 12:20 pm |
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Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
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Let me guess, you've a mate selling some cheap, or you know a cheap way of making some DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
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| 17th Jun 2005 12:36 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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Pelyma,
Be careful... BN's stilts will be made of super erasers and unused dipstick balls (probably his yellow ones).
Have you thought of buying an air compressor for re-infalting the tyres ?
If so, you could let down the front tyres, check the oil and then use the pre-cool / pre-heat trick to pre-set a time for them to be re-infalted...
Obviously I would test this but I don't have a Settings Menu.
-s
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| 17th Jun 2005 12:52 pm |
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BN
Member Since: 18 Mar 2005
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Pelyma, cannot even get a decent plasterer let alone know a cheap one.
Simon, my dipstick balls are ORANGE, 8) not red, green or blue - ORANGE
Couldn't put white in it disappeared, silly me .
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| 17th Jun 2005 1:15 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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Sorry mate... thought your had faded
They may as well be black as they dip stick is not easy to read at all.
-s
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| 17th Jun 2005 1:32 pm |
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Blue
Member Since: 10 Mar 2005
Location: Zaragoza, Spain
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Well, amazingly, you lot have got me questioning the colour of my balls!  So tomorrow I'll pull out my dipstick and take a look. Sure hope they haven't faded! And no, don't worry, I will not post pictures. Blue
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| 17th Jun 2005 11:35 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
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Martin... can we start a poll on peoples oily balls worldwide ?
-s
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| 18th Jun 2005 10:42 pm |
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BN
Member Since: 18 Mar 2005
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Martin, I like that idea, can you put the following balls up for vote, Red, Blue, Orange, Yellow, White and of course Other.
Now mine are also not round, but rather cylindrical. The upper one has a lip on it ?
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| 19th Jun 2005 8:15 am |
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Blue
Member Since: 10 Mar 2005
Location: Zaragoza, Spain
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Yes Martin, who knows what if we get into shapes... I still haven't looked at mine, I have to let the lubricant cool down before extracting and inserting the dipstick. I keep her engine running a lot (to conserve battery) and she's always pretty hot. I really should look at them before we get started, but there's not much light in the garage and I'm so anxious to ride her that...
OK, enough of this, sorry. I'll try to answer the poll. Blue
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| 19th Jun 2005 11:34 am |
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