Thread: td5 oil in computer

I heard about this. Apparently it turned out to be a fuel pump.

bad news....

i feel for the couple who have had the problem

had it been a nissan with a blown 3ltr motor or a toyota with a blown gearbox or a busted front axle assembly out of warranty then the dealers responses would have been the same i dare say..

i would be dam sure if i was taking a td5 out there i would have spares, being in or out of warranty is no help if you are ill prepared... its not as if this is an unknown problem, and it affects other brands as well as rover i believe.

a vehicle recall is only done when there is a risk of personal injuryunder normal driving conditions, like with the toyotas cracking suspension arms, and loosing brake calipers, and having axles snap and just fall out of the hub and go their own way.
when it's a non-life threatening mechanical fault they issue a service action advice, which is acted upon when the vehicle comes in for it's next service.
but this will only happen at a land rover service centre, not an independant, and should have been done a fair while ago.
personally, if i had this problem, i would have run an air line into the computer housing to pressurise the casing to prevent anything working it's way in.

Originally Posted by barney

a vehicle recall is only done when there is a risk of personal injuryunder normal driving conditions, like with the toyotas cracking suspension arms, and loosing brake calipers, and having axles snap and just fall out of the hub and go their own way.
when it's a non-life threatening mechanical fault they issue a service action advice, which is acted upon when the vehicle comes in for it's next service.
but this will only happen at a land rover service centre, not an independant, and should have been done a fair while ago.
personally, if i had this problem, i would have run an air line into the computer housing to pressurise the casing to prevent anything working it's way in.

The ECU didnt have oil in it, and an air line will introduce moisture in there and stuff it for sure...

It was a fuel pump that stopped the vehicle....

put a moisture trap on it!
just a few psi would do it, just enough to keep the oil and water out.
i also heard of one of our club members that got caught out with a service action problem to do with the wiring loom.
he got up and screamed blue murder at landrover for keeping information from us in the form of a wiring diagram so they could diagnose an ignition fuse blowing while on a trip on googs track which immobilised them.
truth was he had it serviced at an independant land rover "specialist". if he had taken it to a dealer, it would have been fixed months before he went away. it was just a wiring loom getting abraded on the edge of a metal bracket, the outcome of which was a blown fuse. which fuse depended on which wire in the loom was rubbing. the fix was to wrap the loom in a split condiut and eliminate the independant movement of the loom and bracket.

As said above it was a fuel pump. Anyone that takes a car that's 3, 4 plus years old into a remote area with out spares and not in perfect mechanical order is asking for trouble. Don't blame the car blame the idiot behind the wheel for that one.

Barney
Wont work!!!!
The oil tracks up the inside of the wires,doesnt usually actually get inside the ECU.
The oil allows the electronic signals to be interfered with at the various comnnector plugs.Much like a claytons short circuit.Doesnt create a short,but enables signals to be crossed.
Andrew

Originally Posted by incisor

bad news....

i feel for the couple who have had the problem

had it been a nissan with a blown 3ltr motor or a toyota with a blown gearbox or a busted front axle assembly out of warranty then the dealers responses would have been the same i dare say..

i would be dam sure if i was taking a td5 out there i would have spares, being in or out of warranty is no help if you are ill prepared... its not as if this is an unknown problem, and it affects other brands as well as rover i believe.

The owner had only just bought the vehicle, and not being a rover buff, he had no knowledge of the potential problem. The loom certainly had leaked oil, I saw it(which may or may not have caused this problem, but wcertainly would have eventually). However I agree, preperation and research is a vital issue when entering such remote places.