Thread: problem came back

Originally Posted by pastr

another thing i'm thinking of:
i notice that on a flat road every thing is O.k. but when it start to climb, even a shallow one, the power is falling down.
and there is a smell of fuel that i smell, at the end, when i shut the engine.
the disco is 1996 with a metal breather.

Choices of checks ......

(Power and Fuel)
Vacuum advance .... Genuine Landrover = lasts no longer than 2 years at best >>> check it ..... Then make sure all the hose and connection points are not blocked >> especially where it connects to the plenum (top of intake manifold)

(Fuel)
EFI Engine temp sender unit .... measure the hot and cold resistance OHM's

(Power)
Stretched cam chain >>> Put a timing light and check ignition timing >>> Do you notice the timing mark flutter? ( does not hold steady) >>> Now take the Dizzy cap off >>> Set the crank up on TDC .... Turn the crank by hand and move it clockwise, then anticlockwise .... How many degrees of movement before the rotor moves? >>> This is the amount of slack in your chain.

(Power)
Worn cam .... Take rocker covers off ... Install a Dial gauge to the top of the push rod area of the rocker >>> Record and Compare the lift of each cam lift >>> A worn lobe will show up as a smaller lift measurement (compared to the others) on the dial gauge


Cheers
Mike

in the first post you mentioned stopping, I guess this is with your foot on the brake pedal.
A faulty diaphragm in the brake booster would cause an engine to run lean, possibly throwing the sensors into chaos.
Obviously only if the booster is running off manifold vacuum.

Just another thing to think about.

(spell check completed, diaphragm ,vacuum doesn't seem right, maybe I'm getting too old)

before the V8 i had TDI. after the engine deceased i bought the V8 and start to move parts from the TDI to the V8.
one of the things was the left front wing with the snorkel.
for some reason it didn't perfectly fit, and for this i had to cut the elbow pipe (from the AFM and on) by 1/4 of the pipe.
can it be the problem causer?