Polish landrover discovery major breakdown in France. rescue by Belgium Landrover enthusiast.

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Land Rover Breakdown Rescue Repair Belgium

At the beginning of December 2007 I drove from the south-west of England to Poland in my Land Rover Discovery. On route my previously very reliable 300 tdi Land Rover Discovery started to have problems on the motorway around 6 kms east of the ferry port in Dunkerque, France. Temperature gauge off the scale; a suddenly juddering engine; rapidly slowing speed; and grey smoke bellowing from the exhaust. I pulled off the motorway at the next exit for a look. Unfortunately, it seemed like a major problem - certainly not one which could be fixed while parked in a SNCF (French Railways) car park! Fortunately, a new Landy club member from Belgium, Wouter Tyberghien (assisted by his friend 'Snoopy'), came to the rescue. They arrived with a trailer and towed me off the motorway; supplied all the necessary spare parts; and worked until the early hours of the morning at Wouter's home workshop to replace the Discovery's cylinder head. Thanks to Wouter, the car now runs better than ever! Here are some photographs taken of my French / Belgium adventure. Pass your mouse over each picture to see a description of each picture.

Wouter and his new Land Rover Discovery 2 with my old 1995 300 tdi Land Rover Discovery on the trailer behind. Location France.

wouter, trailer, land rover discovery x2 at sncf depot near dunkerque, france wouter pulling the disabled 300 tdi into his fully-equipped home workshop with a forklift truck

land rover discovery awaiting attention in wouter's superbly equipped workshop discovery bonnet off, wouter and friend Snoopy take a beer break

wouter and snoopy begin dismantling the broken 300tdi engine wouter and snoopy taking the rocker cover and hoses off

damaged land rover 300 tdi cylinder head being lifted off for closer inspection

wouter pointing out the damage to the 300tdi aluminium cylinder head and valve

Part two of cylinder head picture story

Landy 4x4 - Klub Właścicieli Land Roverów Polska to strony non-profit, poświęcone entuzjastom Land Roverów w Polsce i na świecie. Nie są stowarzyszone, ani oficjalnie uznane przez firmy Land Rover i Ford Motor Company. Land Rover i Range Rover są zastrzeżonymi znakami towarowymi korporacji Land Rover.