krc
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Hi All, I hope somebody can shed some light on a starting issue with a 1996 Discovery V8. It was brought to me to try and repair the drivers door lock..... which I managed no problem, a bit of plastic steel and a washer to re-inforce it and job was done. Problem is the damn thing now won't start! Not even firing. I have pulled the plugs and there is spark, but it seems a bit weak. So tried swopping out the coil, with no success. I then put a pressure gauge on to check fuel and found it was only getting to 30psi, and that was dropping down to just over 20psi whilst cranking. That seems a bit low, so I tried to chuck some fuel down the intake manifold to see if it would at least fire.... not even a bit. I am now a bit stumped as to where to go next, as I would have thought if it was only a fuel pressure issue then it wouild have fired when I threw some fuel into the intake..... also tried a bit of quick start without success, although I must admit I do not like the stuff, so maybe was a little stingy with my squirting! I still feel that the spark may not be strong enough as, when I take the feed from the distributor off and hold it away from earth the spark will jump a good 10mm, but is not a strong white spark. Any iodeas????