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Brit Plumber



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England 2012 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Autobiography Fuji White
Front Right oil leak, suspect it’s ARB.

Well after 3 months of pain free ownership, the Supercharged has decided to cock it’s leg and give me its first leak! I suspect it’s something to do with the ARB as the Dynamic Response reservoir (is it called that?) is well below minimum and when I last checked it (about 4 weeks back) it was within limits. I’ve taken some photos but doubt they’re of much help. Can someone give me an idea of what/where I should be looking at. Is there any unions/pipes in the front right wheel well that could leak or is it pretty much a sure thing the ARB is goosed?








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United Kingdom 2010 Range Rover Sport Supercharged HSE Santorini Black

Most likely, the DR pipes

Had one in today with exactly the same leak from exactly the same area...

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England 2012 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Autobiography Fuji White

Thanks for the fast reply, are the pipes in question the 2 pipes seen in the photos I’ve attached? I thought they looked quite corroded so wouldn’t be suprised.

Next question, are their replacement suitable for a competent diy mechanic? I’m a fast jet engineer by trade but I’m not a trained automotive engineer so know when I’m in to deep.

Shame I don’t make regular visits to Leuchars anymore or I’d be landing on your door step. 2012 5.0 SC AB
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Disco_Mikey



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United Kingdom 2010 Range Rover Sport Supercharged HSE Santorini Black

It's a full day's work.

Body need separated from the chassis

Pipes are usually seized in the valve block

Not a fun or easy job...

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England 2012 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Autobiography Fuji White

You were in deed spot on with your diagnosis. I took the wheel off and dried everything off. Started the car and after a while started with a weep at this body mount.




I also found a nut loose on the valve block. I reckon this should be tight.





Is this the reason the body needs lifting? To get the pipes over the frame?


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Wow for a 2012 model there is significant corrosion present?

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I think it’s pretty normal for a U.K. car that’s 6 years old. When I can get to it I’ll waxoyl the underdide as I’ve done with all my cars. The U.K. salted roads can make a real mess of the underside of a car, regular washing helps but it never stops. 2012 5.0 SC AB
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Parts ordered. £250 (VAT included), so just need to work out how much body lift is required and what I need to disconnect to achieve it. Luckily I dont need the car for about 10 days.

DM, can you give me an idea how much lift is required? I can jack an RAF Typhoon in 20 minutes but a RRS.... 2012 5.0 SC AB
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Happy to report all is fixed, now I just need to make a tool to bleed the ARB. I have a new filter for the valve block so I think I’ll do a full fluid flush front to back at the same time.

One thing I did notice, according to the workshop manual I should have a frame to body damper at the front like the ones at the back.

My car, no damper but holes are present.


From the workshop manual

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did you have to have the body lifted? if so, what cost/time?

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The body should be lifted but I didn’t. I bought new pipes, did some measuring, some cutting, and used some 3000 Bar couplers to join the pipes back together. £250 for the pipes and £12 for the couplers. My local indie quoted £1200. It took me longer to get the under tray off than it did to fit the pipes!


If you only have one corroded pipe, you could just fit a new length of standard sized pipe and use 2 couplers. 2012 5.0 SC AB
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Great job Thumbs Up

Would you mind posting up the part numbers and specific couplers used please? It'll really help other DIYers in the future who don't have access to a lift. Kev

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I would love to but it’s 18 months ago and I just went to my local hydraulic specialist with the pipe bore size and he produced these couplers from stock.
Below is an example, SS304 is stainless steel which is what I got. You may see them for £30 but a good supplier should have them for a tenth of that.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1X-3mm-22mm-Equ...ozqWWKIWnA 2012 5.0 SC AB
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Ah, I didn't notice the dates on the posts Embarassed

Thanks anyway! Kev

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No problem, hopefully others will find it a better option than lifting the body. If I hadn’t of bought the full pipe set, I would have just replaced the one pipe that had corroded. I also painted the pipes around the rubber insulators and put some grease on them (safe for rubber). 2012 5.0 SC AB
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