Thread: need help

Hello Tim Here

Where to start.
Well I have a 1982 3.5 petrol V8 Range Rover and a 1993 3.5 Petrol Discovery.

First things I would recommend you check B4 spending money. LOL Land Rovers and $$$ its not true.

Remove and clean and re-gap all your spark plugs.
I will bet that they may need a clean and gap.
Remove your distributor cap and look at the inside of it for white Powdery buildup, sand this powder of with very small piece of sand paper or the tip of a Ladies Nail file. No Joke I do this.

Have a look at your air filter / replace Fuel filter if it is old.

If this does not make a difference Ping me a PM and I shall reply within a couple of hours during the morning. :-)


Run some Petrol / Injector cleaner through your tank.


Please let me know how you go.

PPS has it been timed lately?? :-)

cheers

Tim AKA / Gadgets

spoke to land rover just told wot i already thought only problem is i cant find it.
they think crank angle sensor, ive thought it myself but cant find it. any ideas where it is. and pls dont say either the front or back of engine lol.

dizzy cap is new as is plugs

The D1 has a distributor so I don't think you're going to find a crank angle sensor any time soon.

The ignition module is the most common part to fail if you think the problem is heat/heatsoak related.

i swapped the ecu out and it mad no differnce

Did you swap out the ECU or the Ignition Module on the distributor??
I have a similar problem and believe it may be the Distributor Pickup as I have replaced the Ignition Module and the Coil, testing the negative side of the coil with test light to earth shows my ignition module is not pulsing and it should be It is just giving me a constant light while the engine is being turned over by my partner.

Hope we can both sort out our issues :-)

cheers.

The d1 from 94 on is very susceptible to overheating and intermittent loss of voltage at the fuel pump plug ontop of the pump unit under the floor in the loadspace. When it is running royghly have you tested the fuel pressure? 35psi is ok. 25 and lower is not. There is a Schrader valve on the drivers side of the fuel rail to connect the guage to.

Jc

Normally it's all just a process of elimination - do the basics and work your way up to the more complex. Two good "checklists" to work your way through are here http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery-...-not-idle.html and here Rover 14CUX Hot Wire Mass Flow EFI: Service and Troubleshooting

I have to say though that the running hot problem makes me think that you should try a compression test fairly soon and eliminate any head damage.

Paul

1998 D1 V8i
2003 D2 V8i S

use the KISS technique.

Keep
It
Simple
Stupid

basically as the Equaliser mentioned, start simple work up to complex.