Something has finally failed on my 1997 Discovery V8 - I've got the maintenance records back to Jan 1997 and this is the first failure! :)
Driving yesterday slightly too fast through flooded roads and noticed the engine seemed to get noisier. Tried it again this morning and it was still noisy - noticeably so since its usually near silent. Noise is engine speed related whether engine is hot or cold.
Turned out to be a seized viscous fan coupling - even with engine off, fan can't be turned. Sounds like a replacement will be about £80. Not too bad in
7 years, unless it is just the start of things to come. . . . . . Gulp!