Thread: electrical puzzle

Insanity is a prerequisite for LR ownership so soon you'll be in your element :wink:

Sorry to hear about the problem.

It sounds systemic given the broad range of symptoms.

Does the 96 have a "black box"..... an ECU?

I'll bow to greater wisdom and knowledge on this as my Disco is cable driven and chip free. It just sounds like a computer playing up.

Sounds like a ECU prob take the thing to a landrover place and get them to check the thing out
I think auto sparky's can't be stuffed half the time especially if its a hard job to do


Adam

'96 Discoveries had a problem with the alarm spider unit, but your problem seems to be a power supply issue.
Sounds like the ignition is getting a backfeed from some other source (fan/lights) instead of where it's supposed to be coming from.
Any unusual/bodgy wiring around?

The first thing to do is clean every earth conection you can find, then every other electrical connection you can find. I would use wd40 and wire wool but there is probably something better you can use.


A pain in the ar$e, but you will learn a lot while your doing it, especially if you refer to the wookshop manul as you go ie "what the hell does this do".


My idle problem ( 97 V8 auto ) was mostly caused by a stuffed vac advance unit. To test pop the hose off the throttle body and suck. If you can draw air through it continously, its buggered. You should only be able to draw a small amount and hear the distributor internals moving as you do it. Recoed ones are $60 and you will probably need to reset you timing.

Also clean the butterfly valve in the throttle body and the idle air control valve ( AKA stepper motor ) using carb cleaner.

Good luck.


Bruce.