Disco td5 series 2 04 plate

[duncan scott]

Hi i am a new disco owner and plan to carry out the basic service requiremnets myself, i am not so sure what oil to use 0-30 etc some help would be great, thanks in advance duncan

[grantc]

5W/40 or 5W/50 to ACEA A1, B1 according to Haynes (get yourself one if you are going to be doing any work on it!)

[SCOTT MCLAREN]

Totally agree - for all the stuff thats said about Haynes I,ve found it a godsend at times ! Some stuff says leave to LR but Ive had a go !

[23skidoo]

Totally agree - for all the stuff thats said about Haynes I,ve found it a godsend at times ! Some stuff says leave to LR but Ive had a go !

Yeah , good starting reference point if you dont have RAVE and worth it for that , but would always check elsewhere , well actually here :cool: , for the REAL story on any possible work .

I bet there are a very high percentage of people (me included) who started a job because it sounded 1-2-3 in haynes and around about 2 start to think if it is easier to return to 1 rather than go for 3 because something unexpected happened.

I suspect that (and some of this is of course applicable to all these manuals including aforementioned RAVE)

There spanner ratings are NOT determined by asking a one / two spanner person to do the task and see if they can but is the view of a 5 spanner person with a 5 panner toolbox , facilities and experience on how much of a PITA a job is for them .

They never seem to have the almost mandatory seized or rusted on bolts , stripped threads , gunged up connectors that wont budge until the lug is snapped off.

In summary a repair job is a hell of a lot easier when the part you are replacing is already shiny clean brand spanking new and doesnt really need replacing :D

If you are a home mechanic I think you cant beat the REAL user guides to fill in the real knowledge that you need . Like those you get from forum trawling and places like UP's www.discovery2.co.uk (http://www.discovery2.co.uk) site.

I think its down to the fact that you always learn a a lot more from mistakes that from getting it right . And its a hell of a lot better to learn from someone elses mistakes than your own :rolleyes:

Maybe Haynes should include

What NOT to do
What the !*$%

Paragraphs for each section

[duncan scott]

Totally agree - for all the stuff thats said about Haynes I,ve found it a godsend at times ! Some stuff says leave to LR but Ive had a go !


Thanks scott very helpful cheers

[listerdiesel]

Get the RAVE CD if you can, mine is for the 2000-2001 model year, but your vehicle is post-facelift so a lot of bits will be different.

The Discovery is a complex bit of kit, but if you break jobs down into sections, and don't overreach yourself by taking on too much at one go, it is all basically nuts and bolts stuff.

We have a Disco 2 V8 1999, which is undergoing an engine rebuild, so we are pretty familiar with the mechanicals already, but in doing that, we also get to familiarise ourselves with the bits that are preipheral to the engine, such as the gearbox and all the stuff round the engine bay.

Getting involved, based on information from the RAVE CD and the Haynes books is the best way to go, but read it up FIRST, don't just dive in.

Peter

[d1scv]

I would agree with all the above, but add- to use genuine LR parts as a rule.
My experience is that pattern parts are OK - most of the time!

Good luck with your new toy