Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

(First post with possible useful info!)

So had power problems with the Disco starting at just over 2000 rpm - just would not pull and was also making additional slight rattling noises in the engine. Checked air flow (it was low) and turbo pressure (also low) so went through the process of disconnecting MAF - no improvement. Then tried to listen for the fuel pump running when switching on and couldn't hear anything. The pump also did not come on when key in 2nd position and pumping throttle pedal 5 times to initiate bleed process - and the engine light also did not come on when trying to do this (as it should).
Anyway, opened up carpet at the back, took pump cover off and definitely no response from the pump even though I could read voltage at the terminals at the electrical plug above the pump.
Ordered the pump only (VDO or it seems they now call themselves Continental but the pump is still made in Germany by the same crowd and the pump looks exactly the same as the old one) with a replacement feed hose and fuel filter.
The job of replacing the pump in the housing unit was relatively easy and intuitive however the thing I struggled with the most was getting the old hose (between the pump and the top where the hoses connect) off the top male connector without damaging the male connector up there. The other thing was getting the electrical connectors off the pump as they are locked in there and seemed like damaging them was inevitable in the process of removal.
The other challenging thing was actually getting the feed pipe from the new pump onto the male connector at the top of the plastic housing as it was extremely tight and trying to wriggle it on I had visions of something else breaking in the process. But in the end I got it on far enough to get the clamp to seat OK. BTW, I used Oetiker single ear clamps for this pipe. You can get these from a supplier in Perth.
So everything is back in place (I also changed the fuel filter), the pump primed well and the car started after 2 priming procedures and I've got the performance back in the car!!!
Interesting stats/info:

• Mileage on the car is 200k km, there was a VDO pump on there and I don't think it has ever been changed as the date on the pump corresponds with the manufacture date of the car. The new pump has a manufacture date in this year (2022)
• The pump is nice and quiet with just a low pitched purring sound so would seem to be functioning correctly
• You have to be quite careful when taking the pump assy apart as the little tabs that hold stuff on seem quite brittle. (I found a small piece of one tab inside the fuel tank. That piece seems to have broken off some time ago as the location where the piece use to be, has changed colour so seems to be an old break. Fortunately not a critical tab on the assy)
• Think about replacing the electrical connectors that go on the pump as they do get damaged when removing and they have to obviously stay put for a long time once you've put the whole assy together again.
• I'd say its worth the savings in $'s but I found it is quite time consuming relative to just replacing the whole unit.

​Luckily the pump did not fail when we were on our last trip doing the Border track between SA and Victoria. Happy days...

Originally Posted by Four Loko

Looks great! I been putting off this job for a while. and good pick on the response stuff I have used that in the past with out issues and it worked great.

Cheers mate! I'm glad to hear that. I was a little nervous/skeptical at first seeing how it was a fairly unknown jaycar product compared to your big ticket items like Dynamat etc. So far its doing a great job though, just need to wait for summer so i can see if the thermal component works as well as the sound insulator