M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
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115k or 112k is maximum recommended milage, I would do it along with the service and health check as a matter of course, it's known as preventive maintenance.
I have suffered the inconvenience of being recovered/repatrionised from the South of France with a blown engine in a RR, took six weeks to get the car back and that's without a 'van on the back, it's imperative you take out breakdown cover that also covers the 'van. It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
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 29th Jun 2016 7:52 am |
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BorisBarKeep
Member Since: 13 Dec 2012
Location: Northants
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LiftedDisco wrote:BorisBarKeep...
Where are you in Northants?
Hope this helps!!
Just down the road in Brackley - so will give them a call - have been mulling this overnight and am going to ask my usual garage (not main dealer) for a price so can work it from there
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| 29th Jun 2016 8:32 am |
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BorisBarKeep
Member Since: 13 Dec 2012
Location: Northants
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M3DPO wrote:115k or 112k is maximum recommended milage, I would do it along with the service and it's imperative you take out breakdown cover that also covers the 'van.
It does! First thing I checked
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| 29th Jun 2016 8:33 am |
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BorisBarKeep
Member Since: 13 Dec 2012
Location: Northants
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Just as an update - didn't change the belt and car covered over 2500 miles faultlessly. Mostly with van in tow
Shame about the 22.1mpg 
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| 7th Sep 2016 1:58 pm |
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NJSS
Member Since: 06 May 2009
Location: Catherington, Hampshire.
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Now's the time to change the belts.
I would fit a new oil pump at the same time, and if you haven't done it yet change oil transmission oils, including a powerflush of the gearbox.
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Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
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