glenhendry
27th July 2011, 10:42 AM
On a recent camping trip towing a caravan I experience some disturbing chugging and spluttering of the engine. The trip was only ~100km and it is winter. The RR pulled the medium sized caravan and the family without trouble on the way there, but about half way home I was pulling into a fuel station I noticed that it was chugging and failing and spluttering. I swtiched from LPG to petrol and back with no change. It was so bad I thought it was going to stall.
I made it to the bowser, but I was very worried about getting home. I filled up and started again to get out of the petrol station, it was still misfiring and it felt sick. I used a handheld OBDII diagnostic device to check eng temp and it was normal.
I looked under the bonnet and under the car and all seemed normal. It -felt- like spark to me, and the only engine code out of the ordinary (my second MAF has recently crapped itself from an LPG backfire) was p1319 which "http://www.aulro.com/afvb/p38a-range-rover/126206-obd-fault-codes.html" says means "Misfire with Low/Empty Fuel Drive cycle C:Signal out of range - above maximum", but I cant understand that particular message.
I thought it might mean that one of my coil packs were crapping out. I rested her on the side of the road for 15 minutes wondering what to do, with SWMBO and kids getting restless. Upon restart it was still chugging, but interestingly, after driving on (very gently) for a few kilometers to get to a better place to pull over, she was driving fine, and so I coaxed her home, dreading every hill, with no further troubles. Since then it has been starting and driving normally for 6 weeks.
I made it to the bowser, but I was very worried about getting home. I filled up and started again to get out of the petrol station, it was still misfiring and it felt sick. I used a handheld OBDII diagnostic device to check eng temp and it was normal.
I looked under the bonnet and under the car and all seemed normal. It -felt- like spark to me, and the only engine code out of the ordinary (my second MAF has recently crapped itself from an LPG backfire) was p1319 which "http://www.aulro.com/afvb/p38a-range-rover/126206-obd-fault-codes.html" says means "Misfire with Low/Empty Fuel Drive cycle C:Signal out of range - above maximum", but I cant understand that particular message.
I thought it might mean that one of my coil packs were crapping out. I rested her on the side of the road for 15 minutes wondering what to do, with SWMBO and kids getting restless. Upon restart it was still chugging, but interestingly, after driving on (very gently) for a few kilometers to get to a better place to pull over, she was driving fine, and so I coaxed her home, dreading every hill, with no further troubles. Since then it has been starting and driving normally for 6 weeks.