Thread: disco idling and heating

the -ve connection is just below the solenoid of the starter motor.

and yeah, its more than possible it was overfilled. normally i do overfill the other cars ive had but i guess the overflow vent pipe handled it . on the disco theres only one way out , through the vent hole in the pressure cap i guess.

Originally Posted by dullbird

interesting

we to had these problems with our series 1 disco v8

hunting stalling and over heating.....but ours was two different problems

1. the airflow meter had had it and the car was running really really rich (hunting and stalling)

2. the radiator was blocked just through age and usage apparently this happens alot with these radiators and apperantly should get them rodded as a matter of course every couple of years due to the build up or calcium or some sh*t like that.......

but just so you know the way you are discribing the hunting of the engine with the brakes and everything is exactly the same as what we had


dullbird

My '93 Disco started doing this too and it turned out to be exactly the same problems as dullbird's.

Had the radiator rodded which fixed the overheating problem ( now shows slightly below 3/4 no matter whether I'm towing boat, heavy traffic, whatever) and took off the airflow meter and cleaned the contacts and that stopped the high/low idling, stalling, etc.

Pete'