Thread: Bess fails to rev

Not happy Jan!!! Our first long drive in our 2011 TDCI Defender since her trip home from the dealer in SA. Headed out early Thursday morn from Gippsland VIC heading up the Hume to Sydney. As the day heated up the A/C came on. Then I noticed that Bess was reluctant to rev cleanly as we pulled away from low speed through the gears. As the day went on this seemed to get worse till she would not rev past 3000rpm & had a slight surge. Engine temp remained constant at the 1/2 way point, A/C on or off no diff. No engine lights & everything else looks fine. Performance when playing up ( slightly intermittent ) was that bad that all I could do was short shift & wait for her to get going. Fault does seem heat related as we stopped a couple of times & the fault did not return till we had been going again for a while. Strangely she will except a lot of throttle percentage in top under load & not play up cause the RPM is still well below 3000rpm. Arranged for L/R at Narellan to check her on Friday. Had the car all day, no faults noted, no codes, no fix applied but charged $480.00 for interim service ( basically oil & filter change only with semmi syn oil ?( I thought L/R recommended full syn ) & told to drive her & see what happens. When questioned about there diagnostics was told not sure what information was given & that they did not really have all the equipment to fully test the car Bess is booked into Bruce Davis on Monday to have cruise control fitted so I will arsk them what there thoughts are. I will keep you all posted.

Thanks for that info mate. We took her over to BDL but she has been running fine since the morning I took her to the dealers. We have since driven up to mid north coast since leaving BDL & she hasn't missed a beat. I have to say this is an odd one to me but I will keep you all updated if I find anything. On the other hand I have to say my wife & I are hugely impressed with Bruce, Adam & the rest of the crew at Bruce Davis Performance. We had the cruise fitted & it is working very well. We also purchased the Atric module system but I just have to wait for Bruce to Email the remap to me. Bruce also fitted the wheel spacers & adjusted the steering stops while we waited. What a huge improvement that has made. Bruce also very kindly let us test his 60th Anni 110 to try the re tune out & another DAMN fast TD5 90. What a hoot that thing is. My wife thinks BDL is a very dangerous shop for our bank balance. Great service & happy people, just a shame we now live in VIC but I know we will be doing further business.