Landrover discovery 3 v6 manual

[Leezim]

Hello all

I am having a problem with my landrover discovery 3 v6 diesel manual I can't drive out of my steep driveway without the losing power and wanting to cut out , I am having to give it a run up , would anyone know what could cause this

Many thanks Lee

[trout1105]

How much fuel is in the tank?

[loanrangie]

Welcome Lee, we didnt get many manual D3's here but i suspect your issue is engine related.
Check your intercooler hoses especially if you notice any excess black smoke under load, is this something that has only just occurred and have you been tinkering under the bonnet ?

How is Zim these days.

[BradC]

Hello all

I am having a problem with my landrover discovery 3 v6 diesel manual I can't drive out of my steep driveway without the losing power and wanting to cut out , I am having to give it a run up , would anyone know what could cause this

Just as a diagnostic, have you tried going up in low range? You *should* be able to put it in first and it'll idle up the slope without any application of the accelerator.

Is this new behaviour? I've encountered a few driveways I've struggled with without either a run up or torturing the clutch over the years. There's not really a massive amount of torque available at low revs.

[Leezim]

How much fuel is in the tank? thank you for your response the d3 had half a tank

[Leezim]

Welcome Lee, we didnt get many manual D3's here but i suspect your issue is engine related.
Check your intercooler hoses especially if you notice any excess black smoke under load, is this something that has only just occurred and have you been tinkering under the bonnet ?

How is Zim these days.

thank you , well the driveway is at a my cousins, the first time it did this i thought maybe it had something to do with egr or torque so i blanked out the egr as it was giving problems and mapped it to stage one and it still wont climb out , thinking about it now my intercooler had a small hole in it that we got repaired maybe its still not right

zim is stressful , but it is beautiful here , how all that side

[Leezim]

Just as a diagnostic, have you tried going up in low range? You *should* be able to put it in first and it'll idle up the slope without any application of the accelerator.

Is this new behaviour? I've encountered a few driveways I've struggled with without either a run up or torturing the clutch over the years. There's not really a massive amount of torque available at low revs.

hello thank you for the reply , i haven't tried to go up in low range will give that go..