Thread: spark problems again for the disco1v8? ?HELP!!!

Originally Posted by glenn82

WELL IVE JUST ABOUT HAD IT WITH THIS CAR

i baught it only 6 weeks ago and had a few problems( rear mail seal, overheating problems, spark problems etc etc

last week i had a stuffed coil so that has now been replaced
now this week it was great.... until today

just driving along and it stalls and wont start again wait 10 mins and away you go

this happened a few times,

its got fuel, fuel pumps working i know for sure

coil should be working.

what i want to know is what runs the coil, if u know what i mean..... do d1 have a ignition module etc..

im stumped on what it coul be.

also for some reason the temp gauge isnt working...... wheres the sencor under the bonnet.. all help appreciated.

as i said b4 its getting to me being unreliable and i would hate to get rid of it.........

I am thinking it may be the ignition module on the side of the dissy, it has a heat sink behind (between it and the body of the distributor), if this is overheating because of poor contact with heat sink or no Thermo grease, it may be the root of your troubles. Remove it, clean the surfaces and reapply thermo grease and reinstall and see what happens, if you have a spare ignition module to put on, remember the thermo grease, Regards Frank.

Originally Posted by Tank

I am thinking it may be the ignition module on the side of the dissy, it has a heat sink behind (between it and the body of the distributor), if this is overheating because of poor contact with heat sink or no Thermo grease, it may be the root of your troubles. Remove it, clean the surfaces and reapply thermo grease and reinstall and see what happens, if you have a spare ignition module to put on, remember the thermo grease, Regards Frank.

what u are reffering to does it have a plug on the top of it?

ok where do i get thermo greae, ive never heard of it...

also where is the temp censor?, mine just stoped working ...

Originally Posted by glenn82

just driving along and it stalls and wont start again wait 10 mins and away you go

this happened a few times,

IMHO ..... All the classic symptoms of the Ignition module failing

They work for ages then stop ... wait 5mins ... works
Then it starts to cut out quicker & at shorter intervals untill it just dies


Glenn .... Don't get mad .... It just wants a good going over that's all

Mike

Isn't this the car that Glenn 82 put an Accel coil in not one recommended by Bosch?
Hmmmmm.
Regards Philip A

if the above is true then fit a real coil and an ignition module
playing an american ****** doesn't work with a land rover.
fix it the way it was built.

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Isn't this the car that Glenn 82 put an Accel coil in not one recommended by Bosch?
Hmmmmm.
Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by harry

if the above is true then fit a real coil and an ignition module

fix it the way it was built.

And given all that info .... Replace the rotor button too ... and just buy & fit the Original black coil

Originally Posted by mike 90 RR

And given all that info .... Replace the rotor button too ... and just buy & fit the Original black coil

its got new rotor button, was replaced with the coil.

i put a msd coil in it #8222. no one in brisbane could replace a bosch coil with the original part number, somthing like they are only made for landrover.

so a LR dealer quoted nearly $400 just for a coil and it had to come from UK......

i thought a msd coil would be great.

car was running good with that coil. just not now with aparent ignition mudule,,


so whats thermo grease any 1 help me there? also temp censor where is it,.,..

Originally Posted by glenn82

so whats thermo grease any 1 help me there? also temp censor where is it,.,..

Thermolytic grease just aids in the dispersal of heat, simply regreasing is likely not to help

Which temp Sensor? one for the gauge?, one for the thermo fans? or one for the ECU?