Range Rover won't run - Fuel problem - Please help!

I'm not very good with UK car problems so here is why I am perplexed.
My daughter has a 1988 Range Rover. The other day, for no apparent
reason, it died in the driveway. I checked to find no fuel pressure.
I checked the fuse panel. Nothing blown. I checked the relay. It
clicks when the key is turned on. I checked the inertia sensor it's in
the down position. I checked the fuel pump and found no power there so
I jumped power straight from the battery to get fuel pressure. It
still won't start. If I pour some gas in the injector itake it will
run till that goes away. What am I missing? ECM issue? Why won't it
run now that it has (jumpered) fuel pressure?

I'm sure there's another reason that the pump isn't getting power but I
don't know where else to look or what to test.

BTW, I'm just testing with the power jumped to the fuel pump. I
wouldn't leave it that way.

> I'm not very good with UK car problems so here is why I am perplexed.
> My daughter has a 1988 Range Rover. The other day, for no apparent
> reason, it died in the driveway. I checked to find no fuel pressure.
> I checked the fuse panel. Nothing blown. I checked the relay. It
> clicks when the key is turned on. I checked the inertia sensor it's in
> the down position. I checked the fuel pump and found no power there so
> I jumped power straight from the battery to get fuel pressure. It
> still won't start. If I pour some gas in the injector itake it will
> run till that goes away. What am I missing? ECM issue? Why won't it
> run now that it has (jumpered) fuel pressure?
>
> I'm sure there's another reason that the pump isn't getting power but I
> don't know where else to look or what to test.
>
> BTW, I'm just testing with the power jumped to the fuel pump. I
> wouldn't leave it that way.


Do you have an immobiliser?

I had exactly the same symptoms happened on my old Merc - it turned out to
be a fried connection in one of the connector boxes on the immobiliser..

On or around 7 May 2006 12:46:04 -0700, "timd" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>I'm not very good with UK car problems so here is why I am perplexed.
>My daughter has a 1988 Range Rover. The other day, for no apparent
>reason, it died in the driveway. I checked to find no fuel pressure.
>I checked the fuse panel. Nothing blown. I checked the relay. It
>clicks when the key is turned on. I checked the inertia sensor it's in
>the down position. I checked the fuel pump and found no power there so
>I jumped power straight from the battery to get fuel pressure. It
>still won't start. If I pour some gas in the injector itake it will
>run till that goes away. What am I missing? ECM issue? Why won't it
>run now that it has (jumpered) fuel pressure?
>
>I'm sure there's another reason that the pump isn't getting power but I
>don't know where else to look or what to test.
>
>BTW, I'm just testing with the power jumped to the fuel pump. I
>wouldn't leave it that way.

has it got an immobiliser on it?

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Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around 7 May 2006 12:46:04 -0700, "timd"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> I'm not very good with UK car problems so here is why I am perplexed.
>> My daughter has a 1988 Range Rover. The other day, for no apparent
>> reason, it died in the driveway. I checked to find no fuel pressure.
>> I checked the fuse panel. Nothing blown. I checked the relay. It
>> clicks when the key is turned on. I checked the inertia sensor it's
>> in the down position. I checked the fuel pump and found no power
>> there so I jumped power straight from the battery to get fuel
>> pressure. It still won't start. If I pour some gas in the injector
>> itake it will run till that goes away. What am I missing? ECM
>> issue? Why won't it run now that it has (jumpered) fuel pressure?
>>
>> I'm sure there's another reason that the pump isn't getting power
>> but I don't know where else to look or what to test.
>>
>> BTW, I'm just testing with the power jumped to the fuel pump. I
>> wouldn't leave it that way.
>
> has it got an immobiliser on it?

Mine did something similar the other day but that just needed a fresh live
to the fuel pump fuse for a couple of seconds. Sticky fuel pump relay.


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"timd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm not very good with UK car problems so here is why I am perplexed.
> My daughter has a 1988 Range Rover. The other day, for no apparent
> reason, it died in the driveway. I checked to find no fuel pressure.
> I checked the fuse panel. Nothing blown. I checked the relay. It
> clicks when the key is turned on. I checked the inertia sensor it's in
> the down position. I checked the fuel pump and found no power there so
> I jumped power straight from the battery to get fuel pressure. It
> still won't start. If I pour some gas in the injector itake it will
> run till that goes away. What am I missing? ECM issue? Why won't it
> run now that it has (jumpered) fuel pressure?
>
> I'm sure there's another reason that the pump isn't getting power but I
> don't know where else to look or what to test.
>
> BTW, I'm just testing with the power jumped to the fuel pump. I
> wouldn't leave it that way.

first check fuse 18 ( or C4 on the later model) thats the fuel pump fuse
Possibly the fuel shut off inertia switch under the front seat ( I confess
I didn't know it was there)
there is the overrun cut off valve which you could check to see if the
circuit is making or not
but more likely the ecu or its plug are misbehaving .It is possible to have
one bank with no fuel while the other is happily running ( happened to me)
detach the plug attached to the metal unit mounted on the LHS bulkhead
below the air intake piping and refit for good measure you can clean the
contacts wipe over with propanol on a non fluffy cloth and see if that cures
it.
Derek
still got a Haynes for the lamented Peggy
TDi200 Disco and happy!