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    Probably a silly car question

    I've only ever had old beat up tanks for motors . Four trak ect . Now we have a fl2 with far to many toys and auto bits
    ( I consider it posh from what am used to lol )

    1, So push button start on a cold morning?? How do you heat your plugs or dose it just do it its self ??
    2, being auto what's best practice for traffic lights , just keep in D and foot on brake or in to neutral. Heard swopping cab damage the box??


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    hi
    diesels usually have a glow plug light on the dash board looks light a bulb filament and usually orange when that goes out crank away.
    what make and model have you got.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rolo View Post
    hi
    diesels usually have a glow plug light on the dash board looks light a bulb filament and usually orange when that goes out crank away.
    what make and model have you got.
    Used to old diesels where when you turn the key to see that light then turn again to fire but it's now press the button all lights flash up and engine starts instantly.

    It's the land rover freelander 2 hse 2.2 diesel

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    try youtube landrover 2 cold weather starting trick by beavis pitts might help ? defo shows glow plug light.
    we had 10 on the fleet great motors only problem we had was electric hand brake not coming off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rolo View Post
    try youtube landrover 2 cold weather starting trick by beavis pitts might help ? defo shows glow plug light.
    we had 10 on the fleet great motors only problem we had was electric hand brake not coming off.

    keith
    Absolutely love the motor . Would go out and buy a new 1 today of this went wrong . . . . Cheers Keith ill have a look at that ! . Next is fixing the dab as the signal is shite

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    now that can only be one of three problems. radio on its way out but id go for aerial lose in back of radio or aerial lose on roof or even missing as mine was the other month. someone helped them self to my aerial still got a signal but quality was hit and miss went to wash car and hay presto no aerial. most radios these days you need special tools to get radio out its a two minute job for someone with the right gear.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rolo View Post
    now that can only be one of three problems. radio on its way out but id go for aerial lose in back of radio or aerial lose on roof or even missing as mine was the other month. someone helped them self to my aerial still got a signal but quality was hit and miss went to wash car and hay presto no aerial. most radios these days you need special tools to get radio out its a two minute job for someone with the right gear.

    keith
    It has dab 1 minute then it'll go missing off the radio all together when you go though like , fm1 fm2 aux cd and dab has vanished then it'll turn back up a day later !!!

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    Tools are easy to come by cheap off ebay but shit me the center of the dash has to be removed!
    https://www.jamessimpson.co.uk/land-...tereo-removal/
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    I've got no personal experience with Land Rovers but, coincidentally yesterday, my wife, Sue, bumped into our previous neighbour before we moved 35 years ago. They swapped the usual information and, one of the things she told Sue was that they still have the Land Rover that was at least ten years old when we moved!!

    So Johnathan, please give us an update in 45 years time

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    Quote Originally Posted by Manky Sanke View Post
    I've got no personal experience with Land Rovers but, coincidentally yesterday, my wife, Sue, bumped into our previous neighbour before we moved 35 years ago. They swapped the usual information and, one of the things she told Sue was that they still have the Land Rover that was at least ten years old when we moved!!

    So Johnathan, please give us an update in 45 years time
    Haha will do if am still breathing lol

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    no idea about the landy auto but had my BMW sport auto for 10 years now, wouln't go back to manual.

    got the best of both...comfort, sport and eco, auto for wafting around in traffic plus sequential 8 speed manual shift for sport plus.
    only time i go into neutral is when i'm parked, just hold foot on brake at junctions traffic ect...even hill starts are auto, but i still have a handbrake for doughnuts in the snow

    the car has an anti-roll away feature, which if you roll 1mm in neutral you have to turn the engine off, put it in park, and start from scratch...
    or it won't engage drive and keeps throwing warning lights and noises everywhere
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    It has dab 1 minute then it'll go missing off the radio all together when you go though like , fm1 fm2 aux cd and dab has vanished then it'll turn back up a day later !!!

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    This is due to living in the north.

    In the south we get perfect DAB signal all the time. If I venture north of Watford it becomes intermittent. By the time I get to Manchester, nothing, just the odd garbled pirate station.


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    As for Diesel autos.....

    First one I ever drove was a 5 door Suzuki Vitara - totally different animal to the 3 doors that were a fashion accessory at the time.

    It genuinely amazed me at how smooth it was compared to any petrol auto I'd previously driven.

    The wife drives an auto, so when I bought her a car for her 40th I went for a Diesel F20 1 series. It drives so well.

    Combination of an auto box on a Diesel is sublime.

    Now they've announced ULEZ is expanding next year she's sadly going to have to either pay £12.50 a day to go to work or sell it and get a petrol. Will be gutted to part with it, it is a fantastic little car.

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    On our second automatic a Toyota Corolla fantastic car and wouldn't go back to an manual.
    Stopping at lights I leave in D ,not a mechanic but believe they have a centrifugal clutch so ok there.

    Not familiar with the Land rover so cant help you much there Jonathan.
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    Quote Originally Posted by john1 View Post
    On our second automatic a Toyota Corolla fantastic car and wouldn't go back to an manual.
    Stopping at lights I leave in D ,not a mechanic but believe they have a centrifugal clutch so ok there.

    Not familiar with the Land rover so cant help you much there Jonathan.
    Haha bear in mind am only 32 but my first car was a corolla c reg auto shared it with me gran I was living with at the time till she drove it underneath a BMW x5 lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by RS2OOO View Post
    This is due to living in the north.

    In the south we get perfect DAB signal all the time. If I venture north of Watford it becomes intermittent. By the time I get to Manchester, nothing, just the odd garbled pirate station.

    Haha now now when it dose work its bloody southerns talking crap Probably a silly car question

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    Quote Originally Posted by RS2OOO View Post
    As for Diesel autos.....

    First one I ever drove was a 5 door Suzuki Vitara - totally different animal to the 3 doors that were a fashion accessory at the time.

    It genuinely amazed me at how smooth it was compared to any petrol auto I'd previously driven.

    The wife drives an auto, so when I bought her a car for her 40th I went for a Diesel F20 1 series. It drives so well.

    Combination of an auto box on a Diesel is sublime.

    Now they've announced ULEZ is expanding next year she's sadly going to have to either pay £12.50 a day to go to work or sell it and get a petrol. Will be gutted to part with it, it is a fantastic little car.
    More and more of that happening start of 2023 newcastle center is to become clean air aswell . Thankfully in small villages we live we are off the radar for that other wise I'll be moving to th3 Highlands before giving my dirty diesels up like

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    Wife gone to start car up this morning, pressed the push button start, and a sign came up on dash saying "WAIT - PRE-HEATING"

    6 or 7 seconds later the car started.

    So there's your answer, with a push button start it will preheat plugs with the length of time based around ambient temps.

    First time this has happened in 4 years of owning the car, but it is still -3 out there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    Haha bear in mind am only 32 but my first car was a corolla c reg auto shared it with me gran I was living with at the time till she drove it underneath a BMW x5 lol

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    Be worth some money now that old C reg, especially if a 3 door.

    The twin cams are now fetching over £15k, over £20k for a mint low mileage one owner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RS2OOO View Post
    Wife gone to start car up this morning, pressed the push button start, and a sign came up on dash saying "WAIT - PRE-HEATING"

    6 or 7 seconds later the car started.

    So there's your answer, with a push button start it will preheat plugs with the length of time based around ambient temps.

    First time this has happened in 4 years of owning the car, but it is still -3 out there.

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