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Hi A while back I posted about issues with my 170k 4.2 Range Rover LSE. The last few months have been spent rebuilding the top end, new cam etc. Engine sounds great but I've had some issues related to fast idling and hunting I've spent the last couple of weeks chasing down vacuum leaks and have the ...

OK, heads now off. Timing cover came off this evening. Wouldn't mind some input on the slackness of the Timing Chain, how does it compare to others? I have no idea if this is too slack and the cause of my timing/backfire issue. http://youtu.be/SorW8iVzT8c I'm assuming it should be tighter than this....

MOT passed, very happy about that.

So planning to sort the top end out, so heads off and to be sorted, new timing chain and camshaft will get done. Also gives me a chance to sort out the annoying idler pulley bearing and a load of other stuff.

thanks for the replies The MOT is due next week, so I'll put it in for that and see what else needs doing before I do anything else, just in case there's more undiscovered horrors lurking. I suppose worst case scenario, if there's a load of structural work to do, is to SORN it for a while. I'd suspe...

I have a Range Rover with a 4.2 with LPG, owned it for about 9 months. Before I get onto my current problem it's probably worth me explaining some background. This is not my first V8 on LPG, I had a Discovery 3.9 a few years ago, and based on that experience (i.e. it not starting after being left in...

Hi

I'm Neil from Devon

Used to have a 3.9 V8 Discovery a few years ago

After several Diesel Land Rovers I missed the V8 sound so last year bought a 1993 Range Rover LSE, with a 4.2 V8 on LPG