Author: Dannie Lyman

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Dannie Lyman

Refer a Friend to GDL and Earn $100 Store Credit

Rolling out in the month of September 2021 is GDLs long awaited refer a friend campaign. For ever new customer you refer to any of the GDL Stores * you will receive $100 store credit to be used to reduce your own invoice amount when its time for routine maintenance or repairs. The amazing thing

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Jeep
Dannie Lyman

Jeep 3.0 Diesel Hard to Start

This article relates to the late model Jeep Grand Cherokee fitted with a OM642 Engine Throughout the early 2000’s Jeep (MOPAR) and Mercedes Benz had a partnership that resulted in the “cross pollination” of some vehicles the Grand Cherokees that came out in that era with s 3.0 V6 Diesel engine actually had a Mercedes

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Jeep
Dannie Lyman

Jeep 2.8 Diesel Coolant leak

One of the common issues with the 2.8 Diesel engine fitted to the Jeep Wranglers is a coolant leak that can develop on the passenger (Right hand drive) side of the vehicle. There are a number of possible caused for this leak including the EGR cooler, the various coolant hoses underneath the manifold and the

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Jeep Expert Sydney
Jeep
Dannie Lyman

Jeep Grand Cherokee Front Suspension Noise

One of the semi common faults the Grand Cherokee gives, once it has done a fair few kilometers, is a noise caused by a worn out bush in the front suspension.The bush that is always the first to fail is the front lower control arm bush. It is always the front most bush and this

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Jeep Diesel Engine Fault
Jeep
Dannie Lyman

Jeep Grand Cherokee 3.0 Diesel Engine Failure

As time goes on the complete lock up of the engines in 3.0 Diesel engines is becoming more and more common. At the time of writing we had replaced only one and had come to the conclusion that the cause for this failure was due to the towing of an extremely heavy caravan. Whilst i

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Jeep
Dannie Lyman

Jeep Wrangler 3.6 Oil Pressure Fault

There are a number of reasons why a Wrangler engine could loose oil pressure or log fault codes for loss of oil pressure. Three individual faults are common for causing this. The First is the Oil Pressure switch failing – We have covered that fault in an seperate article. You can read up on that

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Jeep Cherokee Expert
Jeep
Dannie Lyman

Jeep Cherokee Petrol Oil leak

The Jeep Cherokee petrol V6 has a common fault with the oil cooler and the affiliated gasket failing. This is very similar to the part and common fault with eh Grand Cherokee Diesel V6s however in this case the cooler is located in the valley of the V. Basically there are two possible issues with

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Jeep
Dannie Lyman

Jeep Wrangler Oil Pressure Fault

There are There very common causes for an oil pressure warning light on a Jeep 3.6 V6 wrangler.The first is the faulty oil pressure switch which you can read up on by clicking here. The second is a semi common fault with the Oil pump itself.The third is this particular fault which is always after the

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Jeep
Dannie Lyman

Jeep Wrangler Clicking Noise When Turning

There are a number of common faults with the suspension on various Jeep models however the post common one to show up in our workshops is with the latest range of the Wrangler. The wrangler makes one single clink noise when Turing from lock to lock. This sound is most obvious whilst parking the vehicle.

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