Hi Guys,
2005 FR1 Facelift TD4 Auto, 92,600 miles :
So yesterday my Freelander seemed perfect, today however, just pulled off from my drive and as soon as it hit 3000rpm the check engine light came on and refused to go past 3000rpm. If I drive carefully it will reach speeds up 70 - 80 no probs, and drives perfectly fine.
It's only when I put my foot down it seems restricted and hits 3000rpm and the check engine light turns on. The light turns off if I ease off the accelerator.
Drove like this for about half hour. Dropped my Dad off where he wanted, then I pulled over for 2 mins, and tried a few "tests" on the way home. After it had been running for half hour it improved slightly. For the first 3 gears it was fine, getting into 4th was a struggle. It would stutter at almost 4000rpm before finally plonking itself roughly into 4th with a flash of the check engine light. A few more times of pulling over to get a clear run etc and on the way home, it seemed to be happening at 4000rpm & struggling to change from 2nd to 3rd and then 3rd to 4th (struggling at the gear change point I think and the light would come on - this was foot flat to floor so that it did not change at 2500rpm but instead would change later).
I've read something about the fuel pump so wondering if someone could give me a guide? I read it's O/S/R Wheel Arch but I see nothing?
I plugged in my Bluetooth OBDII code reader, and using Torque (Android app) read the fault codes, but there are NONE listed. It has no fault codes.
I double checked this by plugging in my PLX Wifi OBDII reader and used Dash Command for iOS which also returned no faults.
Any ideas? I've not heard any odd noises and has been running perfectly well up until this experience. No smoke etc either. If it wasn't for this it would appear to be running fine. :- /
Any help much appreciated.
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Just had to do the pick up journey (so half hour each way) and this time it ran *almost* perfect. No check engine light came on but it did struggle with gear changes at the 4000rpm mark. It felt like it was really struggling, or miss-firing or something. Definitely had a moment of weakness and struggled a little.
I've also found in the RAVE manuals that it's actually on the RIGHT (Driver) side so NSR not OSR - do I just take the wheel off, then the plastic trim and find it or what?
2005 FR1 Facelift TD4 Auto, 92,600 miles :
So yesterday my Freelander seemed perfect, today however, just pulled off from my drive and as soon as it hit 3000rpm the check engine light came on and refused to go past 3000rpm. If I drive carefully it will reach speeds up 70 - 80 no probs, and drives perfectly fine.
It's only when I put my foot down it seems restricted and hits 3000rpm and the check engine light turns on. The light turns off if I ease off the accelerator.
Drove like this for about half hour. Dropped my Dad off where he wanted, then I pulled over for 2 mins, and tried a few "tests" on the way home. After it had been running for half hour it improved slightly. For the first 3 gears it was fine, getting into 4th was a struggle. It would stutter at almost 4000rpm before finally plonking itself roughly into 4th with a flash of the check engine light. A few more times of pulling over to get a clear run etc and on the way home, it seemed to be happening at 4000rpm & struggling to change from 2nd to 3rd and then 3rd to 4th (struggling at the gear change point I think and the light would come on - this was foot flat to floor so that it did not change at 2500rpm but instead would change later).
I've read something about the fuel pump so wondering if someone could give me a guide? I read it's O/S/R Wheel Arch but I see nothing?
I plugged in my Bluetooth OBDII code reader, and using Torque (Android app) read the fault codes, but there are NONE listed. It has no fault codes.
I double checked this by plugging in my PLX Wifi OBDII reader and used Dash Command for iOS which also returned no faults.
Any ideas? I've not heard any odd noises and has been running perfectly well up until this experience. No smoke etc either. If it wasn't for this it would appear to be running fine. :- /
Any help much appreciated.
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Just had to do the pick up journey (so half hour each way) and this time it ran *almost* perfect. No check engine light came on but it did struggle with gear changes at the 4000rpm mark. It felt like it was really struggling, or miss-firing or something. Definitely had a moment of weakness and struggled a little.
I've also found in the RAVE manuals that it's actually on the RIGHT (Driver) side so NSR not OSR - do I just take the wheel off, then the plastic trim and find it or what?
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