Thread: Disco II dash lit up like Xmas

Low voltage in the battery.....


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- Using Capitals, the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse or helping your uncle jack off a horse...

I have a similar problem as Canbloggera -

Driving car when out of the blue, the engine 'stumbled' as if it was fuel starved. Lights on dash all lit up - tacho keeps bouncing up and down and the temp guage went up to maximum.

Pulled over and shut it down. Waited a few minutes and re-started...all good. No lights, temp spot-on & drives OK apart from another engine miss on the way home.

Got home safely and while idling in the driveway did some electrical checks. I turned the headlights on and the engine promptly stopped

As a matter of fact - everything shut down apart from 1 headlight

Switched to parkers only and everything energised as per normal (Could hear fuel pump priming and the normal dashlights lit up prior to starting engine).....hmm - wierd and very strange.

Turned all lights off and re-started engine. Starts completely normal until I try the headlights and again, the engine stops and everything shuts down ....?????

I'm leaning towards a poor earth from the tacho bouncing back and forth and the erratic lights but have checked engine earth, battery, fuses, switches and am stumped.......

Before I book into an auto-electrican - does anyone have an opinion or has had this happen?
It really has me scratching my head as I can't fathom why the engine would shut down when an electrical load is initiated....unless it was a poor or bad earth

Is someone running around Canberra sucking the green steam out of our D2s - glad I don't have a D2 in Canberra .

Garry

Thanks all. It's curious that each time there's a problem it's like the worst of times. An emergency. Neighbour borrows other vehicle just hours earlier, OS visit needs reliable vehicle to see around and got a dinner appointment in 20 minutes so everythings gone haywire. From 2 to 0 transport in no time. That's when aulro works best - exhausted of ideas, but with the message out, I'm free to melt down.

A bit of patience helped. Left the battery disconnected for a few hours, reconnected it and everything was back to normal except for the doors that still wouldn't lock via the remote.

A few more hours of doing nothing and everythings OK. What was that all about???

Thank goodness for prevailing ... for now ...

Mine did the same, I found that the fusebox under the steering wheel was corroded. Got wet after some heavy rain after fitted a new windscreen. Cleaned it up and all was fine.