Discovery 300TDi query

Oct 29, 2003 11 Replies
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A colleague has just bought a very late model (early 1999) Discovery 300TDi Auto. Having looked at it I have a couple of queries:


  1. It isn't an EDC engine. I thought that all the late model 300TDi Discovery engines were EDC. This does however have benefits as it makes it a lot easier to disable the EGR (which I did for him whilst having a look).
  2. The rear door doesn't fit very well. It is sitting proud at the top and recessed at the bottom. He took it back and they adjusted it improving the fit but still not making it sit correctly. Is this the sign of something more serious or should it be possible to adjust to fit properly?
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In article , Phil Gardiner writes

Only autos in the UK had EDC.

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I have the same mis-alignment with the rear door on my Discovery (1996). I'm sure it's adjustable but simply can't be bothered as it doesn't let in water and closes okay.

Regards Steve G

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So did I! Unless it's an older vehicle that sat around unregistered, or unless it's one built for export out of the EC perhaps? Where are the rear indicators mounted? Does it have the exhaust cat fitted? (These will help prove my theories if they are correct!).

Just poor panel manufacture, unless the hinges are knackered?

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It is an auto (see original post).

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The VIN indicates that it is a 1999 model. I'll have to check with him where the indicators are and have a look, tomorrow, whether it has a cat fitted.

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OK. The indicators *should* be mounted in the rear bumper cluster, and the vehicle *should* have both a cat and EDC! However, ISTR that non EU markets didn't require either EDC or the cat.

*If* I'm right, then I'm not sure what the legal position is........
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Is it the original engine?

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 '77 101FC Ambulance '95 Discovery V8i

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It looks to be so, there's no evidence, under the bonnet, of the mountings for the other "rubbish" fitted with EDC.

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Has it had an HPI check (or whatever there called this week) - just a thought.......

Richard

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On or around Wed, 29 Oct 2003 17:20:52 -0000, "Phil Gardiner" enlightened us thusly:

It's almost certainly *possible* to make the door fit. It very likely ain;t worth the effort, unless it leaks.

Had a vauxhall van once, the method of aligning the door on that was to grab the door and bend it to the required shape :-)

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