just keeps running .......WTF !!!

my mate has just foned me from 30 miles away with a weird fault

its a disco 2 300tdi on an R reg

for some strange reason when he got home he turned the ignition off took the key out and the engine kept running but turned his lights off and the engine shut off ....he repeated this 3 times with the same result

this has got me exept for thinking theres damp in the relays on the drivers side or something

has anyone had this before and what did it turn out to be ....more to the point how did yer cure it

answers on a mudflap please

Does the car start with the lights off?

itll start no problems with the lights on or off it just keeps running till yer turn the lights off

Stop solenoid not operating ?

i had this problem once and once only... I was a good 100 miles away from home after swapping my light switch stalk for a working, used one.

I stalled it on the clutch/handbrake and never had the problem again (been a good 6 months now i'd say)

so is this something that will go away .......hopefully

maybe... i expect I was just lucky for once! lol

didn't realise they made the Disco 2 in 1997 on R plate with 300tdi engines... sounds more like a disco 1...

Bump said:

didn't realise they made the Disco 2 in 1997 on R plate with 300tdi engines... sounds more like a disco 1...

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not this old chestnut again

in actual fact if it needs to be in perfect perspective its a disco1 facelift with a 300tdi

the short version of it is its a discovery series 1 mk2

the common thing round here its just a disco 2

I had same problem ya could walk away with the keys in ya hand and it'd still be running. changing the light stalks worked for me.

just so nobody gets confused its one of these same fekkin colour same year only difference is the one my mate has is a manual not automatic

1997 Land Rover Discovery 300 TDI AVIEMORE 5DR AUTO 2.5 | eBay

So its a Discovery ONE then

We've already established that Sherlock

Dr_evil said:

Stop solenoid not operating ?

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sounds like its operating all the time

yer need to find out if its loosing its supply when the ignitions off an headlights are on.
use a meter on it, or failing that, next time it wont turn off, just pull the wire off it. (on the injector pump, and no, yours dont have one johnny!)
now ya gonna say its a 3 wire pump aint yer!

nrgserv said:

sounds like its operating all the time

yer need to find out if its loosing its supply when the ignitions off an headlights are on.
use a meter on it, or failing that, next time it wont turn off, just pull the wire off it. (on the injector pump, and no, yours dont have one johnny!)
now ya gonna say its a 3 wire pump aint yer!

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Its opening but not closing is what I meant

Dr_evil said:

Its opening but not closing is what I meant

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arrrrr yes, would agree there. :clap2:
but whats causing it ?

nrgserv said:

arrrrr yes, would agree there. :clap2:
but whats causing it ?

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I'd be thinking continuous power caused by a short somewhere so it int shutting when the ignition is cut however where that short be is anyones guess

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I'd be thinking continuous power caused by a short somewhere so it int shutting when the ignition is cut however where that short be is anyones guess

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could also be caused by something going open circuit somewhere, and that could be a **** to find too.
my bets on an open circuit rather than a short circuit at the mo

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could also be caused by something going open circuit somewhere, and that could be a **** to find too.
my bets on an open circuit rather than a short circuit at the mo

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we'll see if he keeps up working on his mates cars I might have a chance at beating him to starting the V8

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we'll see if he keeps up working on his mates cars I might have a chance at beating him to starting the V8

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well this e-learning did well dinnit!:lol:
why would summat goin open circuit cause a sillnoid to not shut?