New Land Rover owner in Worcs. Is this normal?

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BulletBrindle

BulletBrindle

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Hi all,

I've took the the plunge last month and bought my first Land Rover, a Defender 90 TD5. I'm loving it so far, and have done a little light green laning to put it through it's paces.

Here's a pic:eek::)
 

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Hi!

Well, it conked out and wouldn't restart. Seems the ECU is borked (topside switch and open injector faults reported).

All part of the LR experience, I guess ;)
 
Welcome:).

Baptism of land rover strikes again;)
Glad to here you seem to still have your sense of humor you will learn that you need buckets of it owning a landy:D.

Good luck with the fix, but you would save a bunch of beer tokens, to spend on tools by doing it yourself:D.

J
 
Thanks for the welcome.

I'm not sure about attempting an ECU repair myself, but I may have a proper look later to see if I can find any info / instructions about the repair procedure.

At least the time off the road will give me a chance to get the exhaust manifold sorted :)
 
kermit_rr said:
Did you get it wet?
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Nope, the manifold has been blowing for a few weeks, before I even took it off road. It does have a stage 1 remap from Alive, and I hear that can often cause the manifold to warp. I've been recommended a local company who will skim it for not much money, and am confident I can remove and refit (thanks YouTube!)

Fingers crossed
 
BulletBrindle said:
Thanks for the welcome.

I'm not sure about attempting an ECU repair myself, but I may have a proper look later to see if I can find any info / instructions about the repair procedure.

At least the time off the road will give me a chance to get the exhaust manifold sorted :)
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I not saying you attempt the repair of the ECU, But if you are the 1 sending it off then thats great, you are saving beer tokens for tools:).

J
 
marjon said:
Are you sending the ECU to Alive to be fixed?

J
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No can do. I spoke to them, and they said that they cannot fix the particular faults that I have. Empire said that they can usually fix these problems, but not always. I need to have a proper look into it later - I might just buy a used one from eBay and transfer the map etc across.
 
BulletBrindle said:
No can do. I spoke to them, and they said that they cannot fix the particular faults that I have. Empire said that they can usually fix these problems, but not always. I need to have a proper look into it later - I might just buy a used one from eBay and transfer the map etc across.
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Ok sounds like you are on top of it, was just concerned you sent it somewhere and they basically just sent you back a standard 1.

J
 
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