Rough Idle, vibrating on Td4

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Tomo1971

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Hi there...

Have noticed recently that the idle on the td4 is quite lumpy and can feel a lot more of a vibration when the engine is running on idle. Feel it through the seat, steering wheel, pedals.

Engine sounds a tad rough and when I start to rev it you can hear it as if its missing a cylinder but not quite... and doesnt rev up that smooth, nor does it feel or sound that great when the revs dropping to idle too.

Recently been serviced about 1500 miles ago by 4x4 specialist. I do also notice (possibly unrelated, lots of oil vapour on the front of the air intake assembley and the large bore rubber hose at the front left of the engine bay. Im guessing that is a split hose or jubillee clips not tight enough (although have tightened them yesterday)

Any thoughts....

After searching on here im thinking duff/sticky/failing injector?

If so, seen mention of a leak off test? How is this done...can I do it? Idiots guide please? Ta.

Thanks all

Steve
 
Just fixed the same on my 04 plate Freelander TD4.
If you have the same issue as me try this to diagnose the problem.
Reach under the induction hose which feeds the air filter box just above and behind the EGR valve there should be a multiplug. This is the fuel rail pressure sensor, disconnect it.
Start the engine, it should start with the plug disconnected.
If you have a smooth idle then you are likely to have the same issue that I had
Stop the engine and reconnect it, as I was advised not to drive the car with it disconnected.
What has happened is the contacts in the plug have corroded and giving the impression of lower fuel pressure, the ECU compensates by overfueling then as the idle revs increase it cuts the fuel, causing the engine to hunt for a stable idle.
Now ring your local Landrover dealer and ask for a Fuel Pressure Sensor Overlay Wiring Kit for the TD4 Freelander, also ask them if they could give you the technical bulletin which details the procedure. Cost of the kit was about £35 including VAT.
Its quite easy but you need to cut a hole in the Engine Management outer box to route the wires through and also replace 3 pins in the ECU connectors, it took me 30 minutes to do.
I have heard on other forums people spending weeks/months and several hundred pounds trying to fix this issue. Do this first.
 
dazfitzg said:
Now ring your local Landrover dealer and ask for a Fuel Pressure Sensor Overlay Wiring Kit for the TD4 Freelander, also ask them if they could give you the technical bulletin which details the procedure. Cost of the kit was about £35 including VAT.
Its quite easy but you need to cut a hole in the Engine Management outer box to route the wires through and also replace 3 pins in the ECU connectors, it took me 30 minutes to do.
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Just got the sensor harness from the local landy garage, but they would not give me the bulletin to do the job with. Anyone got the procedure?

Thanks,

Billy G
 
Can you tell me how to unclip the plug from the fuel pressure sensor please. I have had a look at it and cant decide how to do it. From the top, it looks like there is a little bit of plastic that needs pushing down before the plug can be pulled horizontally. Any ideas?
 
The bit that needs squeezing together is about in the middle (ish) of the plug. It can be very tight so you may be better off using some long nose pliers to grip the plug and squeeze it together so it will release and pull off
 
mjrimmer said:
Billy G, do you have to pay a subsciption to the gtr site to access the info?
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Some of it's free, some of you have to pay for. It's bloody slow to say the least. Well it was when I had a go on it. If you go for the pay option, you pay for 24h, 1 week or 1 month. Or something like that. I would suggest you register and see what you think first. Hopefully it will be betterer than wen I last tried it.

Make sure you have the rave disk cd first. thats good and free too.
 
I have the same issue with my 55 td4, however, I just pulled the fuel rail sensor and cleaned with cotton buds and the problem cleared for months.

however, the rough idle has returned and whilst cleaning the fuel rail sensor I have noticed that the rubber gromit/seal inside has split.

Does anybody know if this rubber can be replaced or should I just go for the overlay kit ?

Thanks
 
I've had the same probs with my td4 (not starting, rough idle when it does start until warmed up)
I've tried putting a bottle of Redex in with a full tank of diesel and after a few miles it feels like a different car!! And it started this morning first time.
£5 from the garage.

Hope this helps.
 
teddywood1 said:
always check the dates at the bottom of the thread I have made this mistake too when I was a new one.
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Cheers - I think people still look through these older posts for reference though? That's how I found it.

anyway the Redex fix hasn't lasted long..... my TD4 Freebie is back to starting poorly with a nice puff of smoke and lumpy idle....... any suggestions welcome!!
 
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