Discovery 300tdi starting problem

Hi All.

When I come to my 1996 300 in a morning, I have loads of power in the battery.

Glow plugs light and go out.

I crank the car over, but it won't catch. As soon as I release the key, it stops - refusing to fire.

I have tried holding it on the key with no success. The only way to start from cold is to hold the throttle down and then it does start.

This is not a good idea when cold!

Any ideas? It reminds of the ballast resistor fault on old Cortinas - I am assuming that the Disco does not have one!

Thanks in anticipation, John.

You have lost me??

I searched the site and couldn't find the answer???

Does anyone have/has had a similar issue?

Thanks, John.

You need a new re-uptake inhibitor flux capacitor.

storm99 said:

You need a new re-uptake inhibitor flux capacitor.

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Thought as much. The kryptonite is quite low!

Johnny8718 said:

You have lost me??

I searched the site and couldn't find the answer???

Does anyone have/has had a similar issue?

Thanks, John.

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Una vita - vitate (It is supposed to say One Life-live It)

It could either be Italian, Latin, or a spelling error.
Italian: "vitate" is no such verb, probably means "vivete"
Latin: "vitate" means "avoid," but the person did not mean that.
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ffs glow plugs sound fubared

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this is not the place to ask questions.

Hi I'm new to this site and was hoping someone could help I have a discovery t reg not td5 my problem is I can bump start the truck and then it will run and start fine for a few days then all of a sudden I will go to start it and it won't start it will just turn over and over but won't fire up if I put a rope on an give it a bump it will start and run an will then last sometime 2 days other times a week starting fine hot or cold then all ov a sudden It won't start again for no reason I've left it over night and tryed again but it will not start unless it bumped any idea please sorry if I'm in the wrong section on here I'm not sure where to post

Solenoid might have dirt between the connection

In my humble opinion is is loosing pressure in the fuel system and just by revving it with the starter it does not built up enough in order to start.
Giving a pull start revs it continuously and pressure is there,it ignites then.
Try to check all connections in the fuel system, renew copper washers, bleed for air and hope it will help !
cheers,
Tibby