Thread: Rotor button fix.

Well, I had my first breakdown ever in my Range Rover yesterday
It has never let me down in 5 years of ownership.
While driving,it began cutting out and then died, felt a lot like fuel starvation, although I could still start it again only to have it die again.
I checked fuel flow at the filter and there was pressure there, so probably not fuel pump.
I have recently replaced plugs/leads/distributor cap/rotor all with quality parts.
I just could not find the culprit, so resorted to calling RACV, costing me $188 for 12 months membership plus the service call.
The guy tested spark at the coil first and said it was belting out of there.
Then he tested spark at the plugs and no joy.
I just happened to have my old rotor button with me, so put that in and hey presto!
It started and ran perfectly.
Until that point I was not aware rotor buttons could cause such a dramatic problem.
I remember reading Phillip A's advice about using genuine L/R rotor buttons, as after market ones can cause hard to trace missing or rough idle problems.
I went straight to my parts supplier and bought myself a genuine L/R rotor.
I know they are expensive for what they are, (nearly $70), but if it fixes the problem and does the job it is meant to I'm happy paying that rather than risk another breakdown.
The one that failed was a Lucas (prince of darkness) one, so was the L/R one but different construction.
Hope this helps someone out there!
Has anyone else had this happen?
Cheers, Pete.

I had to laugh!!!My disco kinda broke down for the first time the other day and I cleaned up all the eletrics and the rotor looked a bit ordinary but in the end it was the air filter had come loose and blocked the inlet to the MAF sensor.It has been so long since I have had any drama's I almost didn't know what to check. Pat