Land Rover Discovery I 1989-1999 Maintenance Plans

This schedule shows key service items and indicative intervals. Actual intervals depend on driving conditions, exact engine specification and manufacturer recommendations. For full details of all operations, sub-tasks and technical specifications, see our technical manuals.
2.5 TDI 200 Diesel (21L/12L/17L)
Manual transmission (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia) Standard interval

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Renew the timing belt every 100,000 km/60 months
  • Braking system: renew the brake fluid every 30,000 km/18 months

Service intervals · 2.5 TDI 200 Diesel (21L/12L/17L) · Manual transmission (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia)

Task Every 10,000 km/6 months Every 20,000 km/12 months Every 40,000 km/24 months Every 190,000 km/114 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●
Renew the air filter ○○●○
Check the timing belt condition and tension; renew or adjust if necessary ●●●●
Check the exhaust system ○●●○
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ○●●○
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ●●●●
Steering ball joints: check for damage and play ○●●○
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ○●●○
Check the brake pad and lining thickness ○●●○
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ○●●○
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ○○●○
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○●●○
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ○○●○
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●
Automatic transmission (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia) Standard interval

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Renew the timing belt every 100,000 km/60 months
  • Braking system: renew the brake fluid every 30,000 km/18 months

Service intervals · 2.5 TDI 200 Diesel (21L/12L/17L) · Automatic transmission (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia)

Task Every 10,000 km/6 months Every 20,000 km/12 months Every 40,000 km/24 months Every 190,000 km/114 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●
Renew the air filter ○○●○
Check the timing belt condition and tension; renew or adjust if necessary ●●●●
Check the exhaust system ○●●○
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ●●●●
Steering ball joints: check for damage and play ○●●○
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ○●●○
Check the brake pad and lining thickness ○●●○
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ○●●○
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ○○●○
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○●●○
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ○○●○
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●
2.5 TDI 300 Diesel (19L)
Manual transmission, Normal conditions, With air conditioning (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia) Standard interval

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Renew the timing belt every 120,000 km/72 months

Service intervals · 2.5 TDI 300 Diesel (19L) · Manual transmission, Normal conditions, With air conditioning (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia)

Task Every 10,000 km/6 months Every 20,000 km/12 months Every 40,000 km/24 months Every 60,000 km/36 months Every 80,000 km/48 months Every 120,000 km/72 months Every 160,000 km/96 months Every 190,000 km/114 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○○●○●●●○
Check the exhaust system ○●●●●●●○
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ○●●●●●●○
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ○●●●●●●○
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●○●○○○●
Braking system: renew the brake fluid ○○●○●●●○
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ●●●●●●●●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ○●●●●●●○
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○●●●●●●○
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ○●●●●●●○
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●
Manual transmission, Normal conditions, Without air conditioning (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia) Standard interval

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Renew the timing belt every 120,000 km/72 months

Service intervals · 2.5 TDI 300 Diesel (19L) · Manual transmission, Normal conditions, Without air conditioning (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia)

Task Every 10,000 km/6 months Every 20,000 km/12 months Every 40,000 km/24 months Every 60,000 km/36 months Every 80,000 km/48 months Every 120,000 km/72 months Every 160,000 km/96 months Every 190,000 km/114 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○○●○●●●○
Check the exhaust system ○●●●●●●○
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ○●●●●●●○
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ○●●●●●●○
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●○●○○○●
Braking system: renew the brake fluid ○○●○●●●○
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ●●●●●●●●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ○●●●●●●○
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○●●●●●●○
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ○●●●●●●○
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●
Automatic transmission, Normal conditions (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia) Standard interval

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Renew the timing belt every 120,000 km/72 months

Service intervals · 2.5 TDI 300 Diesel (19L) · Automatic transmission, Normal conditions (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia)

Task Every 10,000 km/6 months Every 20,000 km/12 months Every 40,000 km/24 months Every 60,000 km/36 months Every 80,000 km/48 months Every 120,000 km/72 months Every 160,000 km/96 months Every 190,000 km/114 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○○●○●●●○
Check the exhaust system ○●●●●●●○
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ○●●●●●●○
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●○●○○○●
Braking system: renew the brake fluid ○○●○●●●○
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ●●●●●●●●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ○●●●●●●○
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○●●●●●●○
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ○●●●●●●○
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●
2.5 TDI 300 Diesel (19L)
Manual transmission, Normal conditions, Without air conditioning (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia) Standard interval

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Renew the timing belt every 120,000 km/72 months

Service intervals · 2.5 TDI 300 Diesel (19L) · Manual transmission, Normal conditions, Without air conditioning (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia)

Task Every 10,000 km/6 months Every 20,000 km/12 months Every 40,000 km/24 months Every 60,000 km/36 months Every 80,000 km/48 months Every 120,000 km/72 months Every 160,000 km/96 months Every 190,000 km/114 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○○●○●●●○
Check the exhaust system ○●●●●●●○
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ○●●●●●●○
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ○●●●●●●○
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●○●○○○●
Braking system: renew the brake fluid ○○●○●●●○
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ●●●●●●●●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ○●●●●●●○
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○●●●●●●○
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ○●●●●●●○
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●
Automatic transmission, Normal conditions (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia) Standard interval

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Renew the timing belt every 120,000 km/72 months

Service intervals · 2.5 TDI 300 Diesel (19L) · Automatic transmission, Normal conditions (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia)

Task Every 10,000 km/6 months Every 20,000 km/12 months Every 40,000 km/24 months Every 60,000 km/36 months Every 80,000 km/48 months Every 120,000 km/72 months Every 160,000 km/96 months Every 190,000 km/114 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○○●○●●●○
Check the exhaust system ○●●●●●●○
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ○●●●●●●○
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●○●○○○●
Braking system: renew the brake fluid ○○●○●●●○
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ●●●●●●●●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ○●●●●●●○
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○●●●●●●○
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ○●●●●●●○
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●
Manual transmission, Normal conditions, With air conditioning (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia) Standard interval

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Renew the timing belt every 120,000 km/72 months

Service intervals · 2.5 TDI 300 Diesel (19L) · Manual transmission, Normal conditions, With air conditioning (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia)

Task Every 10,000 km/6 months Every 20,000 km/12 months Every 40,000 km/24 months Every 60,000 km/36 months Every 80,000 km/48 months Every 120,000 km/72 months Every 160,000 km/96 months Every 190,000 km/114 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○○●○●●●○
Check the exhaust system ○●●●●●●○
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ○●●●●●●○
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ○●●●●●●○
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●○●○○○●
Braking system: renew the brake fluid ○○●○●●●○
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ●●●●●●●●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ○●●●●●●○
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○●●●●●●○
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ○●●●●●●○
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●
3.5 V8 Petrol (22D/36L/38L)

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Braking system: renew the brake fluid every 30,000 km/18 months

Service intervals · 3.5 V8 Petrol (22D/36L/38L) · Maintenance system (United Kingdom)

Task Every 10,000 km/6 months Every 20,000 km/12 months Every 30,000 km/18 months Every 40,000 km/24 months Every 60,000 km/36 months Every 80,000 km/48 months Every 120,000 km/72 months Every 160,000 km/96 months Every 190,000 km/114 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○○○●○●●●○
Renew the spark plugs ○○○●○●●●○
Check the exhaust system ○●○●●●●●○
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ○●○●●●●●○
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ○○○●○●●●○
Manual transmission: check the oil level; top up if necessary; check for leaks ○●○○●○○○○
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ○●○●●●●●○
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●○●○●○●●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ○●○●●●●●○
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ●●●●●●●●●
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○●○●●●●●○
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ●●●●●●●●●
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●●
3.5 V8i Petrol (24D)

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Braking system: renew the brake fluid every 40,000 km/24 months

Service intervals · 3.5 V8i Petrol (24D) · ( - 1994) (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia)

Task Every 10,000 km/6 months Every 20,000 km/12 months Every 40,000 km/24 months Every 60,000 km/36 months Every 80,000 km/48 months Every 120,000 km/72 months Every 140,000 km/84 months Every 160,000 km/96 months Every 190,000 km/114 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○○●○●●○●○
Renew the spark plugs ○○●○●●○●○
Check the exhaust system ○●●●●●●●○
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ○●●●●●●●○
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ○●●●●●●●○
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●○●○○●○●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ○●●●●●●●○
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ●●●●●●●●●
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○●●●●●●●○
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ●●●●●●●●●
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●●
3.9 V8i Petrol (36D)
( - 1994) (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia) Standard interval

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Braking system: renew the brake fluid every 40,000 km/24 months

Service intervals · 3.9 V8i Petrol (36D) · ( - 1994) (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia)

Task Every 10,000 km/6 months Every 20,000 km/12 months Every 40,000 km/24 months Every 60,000 km/36 months Every 80,000 km/48 months Every 120,000 km/72 months Every 140,000 km/84 months Every 160,000 km/96 months Every 190,000 km/114 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○○●○●●○●○
Renew the spark plugs ○○●○●●○●○
Check the exhaust system ○●●●●●●●○
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ○●●●●●●●○
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ○●●●●●●●○
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●○●○○●○●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ○●●●●●●●○
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ●●●●●●●●●
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○●●●●●●●○
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ●●●●●●●●●
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●●
Manual transmission, Normal conditions, (1995 - ) (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia) Standard interval

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Braking system: renew the brake fluid every 40,000 km/24 months

Service intervals · 3.9 V8i Petrol (36D) · Manual transmission, Normal conditions, (1995 - ) (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia)

Task Every 10,000 km/6 months Every 20,000 km/12 months Every 40,000 km/24 months Every 60,000 km/36 months Every 80,000 km/48 months Every 120,000 km/72 months Every 140,000 km/84 months Every 160,000 km/96 months Every 190,000 km/114 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ○●●●●●●●○
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○○●○●●○●○
Renew the spark plugs ○○●○●●○●○
Check the exhaust system ○●●●●●●●○
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ○●●●●●●●○
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ○●●●●●●●○
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●○●○○●○●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ●●●●●●●●●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ○●●●●●●●○
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○●●●●●●●○
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ○●●●●●●●○
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●●
Automatic transmission, Normal conditions, (1995 - ) Standard interval

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Braking system: renew the brake fluid every 40,000 km/24 months

Service intervals · 3.9 V8i Petrol (36D) · Automatic transmission, Normal conditions, (1995 - )

Task Every 10,000 km/6 months Every 20,000 km/12 months Every 40,000 km/24 months Every 60,000 km/36 months Every 80,000 km/48 months Every 120,000 km/72 months Every 140,000 km/84 months Every 160,000 km/96 months Every 190,000 km/114 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ○●●●●●●●○
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○○●○●●○●○
Renew the spark plugs ○○●○●●○●○
Check the exhaust system ○●●●●●●●○
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●●
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ○●●●●●●●○
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●○●○○●○●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ●●●●●●●●●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ○●●●●●●●○
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○●●●●●●●○
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ○●●●●●●●○
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●●

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Change Car Accessory Belt Kit

Change Car Accessory Belt Kit

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Change Car Air Filter

Very easy 0h30–0h45
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Change Car Battery

Very easy 0h30–0h30
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Change Car Cabin Filter

Very easy 0h30–0h30
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Change Car Front Brake Discs and Pads

Easy 1h30–2h30
Change Car Front Brake Pads

Change Car Front Brake Pads

Easy 0h45–1h30
Change Car Handbrake Cable

Change Car Handbrake Cable

Very easy 0h30
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Change Car Oil Filter

Easy 0h30–0h30
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Change Car Rear Silencer

Easy 0h30–1h30
Change Car Clutch

Change Car Clutch

Technical 9h00–13h00
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Change Car Fuel Filter

Easy 0h30–2h00
Change Car Glow Plugs

Change Car Glow Plugs

Intermediate 0h45–5h00
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Change Car Particulate Filter (DPF)

Easy 0h30–2h30
Change Car Shock Absorbers

Change Car Shock Absorbers

Easy 1h30–5h00
Change Car Spark Plugs

Change Car Spark Plugs

Easy 0h30–2h00
Change Car Timing Belt Kit

Change Car Timing Belt Kit

Very technical 7h00–8h00
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Very technical 3h00–19h00
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