Worms
Member Since: 31 Oct 2017
Location: Highlands
Posts: 635
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OK. So I got my wife's car finished and out of the way (it was only two front discs, but the carrier bolts were a pig to get off and the two disc retaining screws needed drilling out).
I took the FL2 rear wheel off and had a quick look last night. The wheel speed sensor was in place, with the wire disappearing up behind the arch liner as it should. The sensor screw is so badly rusted that I couldn't even determine whether it is meant to be a torx or a cross-head - the mechanic must have removed the top connector rather than the sensor itself, when he took the hub off.
The liner can be pulled back slightly for access, but the retaining screws are so rusty, that I am reluctant to remove it all without a supply of replacement screws and clips.
This morning, I cleared all the fault codes before taking my son to work. The faults reappeared about two miles along the road, at a point where I accelerated past 50 mph and went round a bend. Not certain whether this was speed, distance travelled, differential speed across the rear wheels or lateral G-force on the wire, I cleared the codes again before heading back home. I took it gently on the way home, not getting above 45mph and the fault did not reappear. I then tried each of the terrain options and drove to a decent hill to test the HDC - all seemed to work fine and still no fault codes. In HDC, I could feel the brakes working on and off as they should. On my way back home again, I tried everything I could - high revs in lower gear; fast acceleration round bends; taking it to 65 mph - and the codes are still absent.
So I am now less certain of what is going on than I was before! I guess it is that Land Rover thing where you are more nervous when it seems to be working properly than you are when you know it is broken! 2005 D3 2.7 Auto
Previously:
2010 MY FL2 TD4e GS - Now gone at 199,500 miles, about 135,000 of them mine.
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel
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