Disco 2 Keeps cutting out!!!

My Disco 2 TD5 keeps cutting out, all electrics die and with it goes the power steering and as you can imagine is very dangerous. I have had a brand new fuel pump at a cost of £230 and the battery is new. I have tested the alternator and it reads 14.55 volts when running and the battery showed 12.4 volts when turned off and from what I've been told that's all pretty normal. It does start again if left a few minutes but turns over and over and it's a real strain. Usually starts on the button but I can't get more than a mile down the road before it cuts out. I'm fed up as I've just spent £900 getting the fuel pump and diffs sorted as they were leaking all over the place. The battery light also lights up on the dash as if it's low on power? Any ideas?

Firstly you can't sell it on here with 20 odd posts, so amend your post.
Best idea would be to contact @sierrafery and ask his advice.
Diffs had nothing to do with your problem now and by the sounds of it needed sorting so that's another problem.
If you don't do the maintenance yourself, you'd better learn. I've had my TD5 for 11 years and most years have to send a few hundred keeping it on the road.
Just wait till a wheel bearing becomes noisy!
Good luck
PS - you won't get anywhere near 3k for your broken motor, fix it first or I'll give you £800 for it, it is after all worth scrap money till its fixed.

Check the wires on the back of the ignition switch ...

^^ harsh but fair biggeeeee

Disco DJ said:

^^ harsh but fair biggeeeee

Click to expand...

What is?

biggeeeee said:

What is?

Click to expand...

Post pruned by BB

You know what forget it. I came to the forum for helpful advice not to be told my diffs leaking isn't a problem with it cutting out. My point was I have spent a fortune already and I'm getting fed up of spending money. I know the diffs were leaking oil and it was labour that cost the most. Why do people like you even bother posting on forums? Your reply was of no help whatsoever.

Thanks for the tip about the ignition switch as it has had a new ignition switch and barrel recently.

C4SPA said:

You know what forget it. I came to the forum for helpful advice not to be told my diffs leaking isn't a problem with it cutting out. My point was I have spent a fortune already and I'm getting fed up of spending money. I know the diffs were leaking oil and it was labour that cost the most. Why do people like you even bother posting on forums? Your reply was of no help whatsoever.

Thanks for the tip about the ignition switch as it has had a new ignition switch and barrel recently.

Click to expand...

Did you read the 2nd line of my useless post where I actually alerted the electrical Guru of the forum to this thread or was your head so far up your ar5e you didn't see it?

C4SPA said:

You know what forget it. I came to the forum for helpful advice not to be told my diffs leaking isn't a problem with it cutting out. My point was I have spent a fortune already and I'm getting fed up of spending money. I know the diffs were leaking oil and it was labour that cost the most. Why do people like you even bother posting on forums? Your reply was of no help whatsoever.

Thanks for the tip about the ignition switch as it has had a new ignition switch and barrel recently.

Click to expand...

people are only trying to help beleive it or not, Sierrafery is the Auto electrian of the forum. he may come along and answer your question soon,
as to cutting out! i think you have had the most common answers for the problem you asked for,
so try to do a search on each problem and you may find answers that are the same symptoms as yours!
welcome!
by the way there is sometimes a bit of mickey taking, don't take it to heart!

C4SPA said:

You know what forget it. I came to the forum for helpful advice not to be told my diffs leaking isn't a problem with it cutting out. My point was I have spent a fortune already and I'm getting fed up of spending money. I know the diffs were leaking oil and it was labour that cost the most. Why do people like you even bother posting on forums? Your reply was of no help whatsoever.

Thanks for the tip about the ignition switch as it has had a new ignition switch and barrel recently.

Click to expand...

Worth checking as the back plate can loosen ...
but as has been said ... pull up a chair and wait awhile ...
Any other forum wouldn't answer your question in the same week ...

C4SPA said:

Thanks for the tip about the ignition switch as it has had a new ignition switch and barrel recently.

Click to expand...

you mean ignition switch with complete harness too? better check at it's plug then cos the symptom is on the ignition circuit somewhere, see where the ignition harness connects to the fusebox, concentrate on the brown wire, also make sure that fusible link FL8 in engine bay makes good contact, eventually remoive the interior fusebox and check for corrosion on it's back pins ....these intermittent bad contacts are a nightmare to find, can be within one of the fuseboxes too.... do you have RAVE?

Thank you for the reply Sierra Fery, yes the barrel came with the harness. With the advice that it is more thank likely on the ignition circuit I now have some ideas to pass on to an auto electrician who lives locally. The car it's self is quite rust free but I noticed a lot of corrosion in the battery box/tray area. Hopefully the auto electrician can sort it. Not sure what RAVE is sorry.

Interesting that it turns over so well even though you say the charging light is on. Possibly two sep.issues but I would consider checking the FPR first , I've had one that failed intermittently and of course everything dies with it, no power, tough steering, but started again eventually but did require a long time running the starter to get it going.

Forgot to add that I'll bid £810 !!!

RAVE is the complete workshop manual with circuit diagrams and everything but it helps you only if you want to DIY

Sorry, a bit of confusion there. It starts on the button first time every time until it cuts out then the battery light comes on and it's a pig to start. No I don't have RAVE.

Sorry Chrimcne what is the FPR? That sounds like the problem I'm having.

C4SPA said:

Sorry, a bit of confusion there. It starts on the button first time every time until it cuts out then the battery light comes on and it's a pig to start. No I don't have RAVE.

Click to expand...

download it! it might help you,
sounds a bit like a fuel problem, when was filter last changed, there is one in the tank aswell, the tank one fills up with a tar like substance from the blow which comes past the injector seals n washers, or may be FPR,(fuel pressure regulator) or relief valve on fuel filter housing! process of elimination,
been there, got the T shirt! lol

C4SPA said:

Sorry, a bit of confusion there. It starts on the button first time every time until it cuts out then the battery light comes on and it's a pig to start. No I don't have RAVE.

Click to expand...

that changes things a bit, i missunderstood the first post, as said it can be something non-electric as if the engine stops while driving the battery light will come on cos the ignition is on and no charging but in this case the oil pressure warning should come on as well...though it can be something on the ignition circuit too and to cut out like you turn ignition off but then the warning should not come on... it needs more attention to the symptom

sierrafery said:

that changes things a bit, i missunderstood the first post, as said it can be something non-electric as if the engine stops while driving the battery light will come on cos the ignition is on and no charging but in this case the oil pressure warning should come on as well...though it can be something on the ignition circuit too and to cut out like you turn ignition off but then the warning should not come on... it needs more attention to the symptom

Click to expand...

That so sounds like something has been re-routed ... and now is being 'pulled' either apart or stretching a break in a sensor system ... but it may be a false thing to include the battery lamp effect ... open mind etc ..