tomwelham
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Afternoon All,
Thought I'd try on here for a little advice, I am a novice to both LR & Mechanics.
The story thus far;
Before X-mas had minor starting problems, it would start then die three sec later, but it would always go again almost straight after. (seemed to be when low on fuel yet pump appears to be fine)
Problem got worse, I left the car for 48hrs at work, it started then 3 secs later died, I tried the purge process, checked all the fuses all ok. I killed the battery trying to start so I came back the following day armed with some jump leads and some easy start. Hooked it up and she fired up fine 3rd attempt so I left her running on elevated revs for 30 minutes.
Four hours later went back and wouldn't start again! Tried to jump and nothing so had to get her trailer'd home. RAC hooked it up to diagnostics and reported two pages of faults, he tried to delete and they re-occured then it lost signal all together. This made me believe it is ECU related.
Things i have checked;
ECU; there was oil in the red plug so gave it a complete clean out and installed a new injector harness and rocker cover seal.
Fuel Filter; Installed new fuel filter.
Battery; Charged the battery seemed ok, however is only rated to 640Amps?
The fuel pump whines and changes pitch as the Glow plugs go out and I can hear fuel transiting the lines, the purge process runs ok.
I'm lost and now at the stage where I need to take it to a LR specialist, to that end does anyone have any idea's or knowledge, I'm located in Yeovil and happy to pay for your services.
The only things I can think of is maybe the Injector seals? but I do not have a puller and I've been warned about levering them out. Poss a Duff Battery?
Thought I'd try on here for a little advice, I am a novice to both LR & Mechanics.
The story thus far;
Before X-mas had minor starting problems, it would start then die three sec later, but it would always go again almost straight after. (seemed to be when low on fuel yet pump appears to be fine)
Problem got worse, I left the car for 48hrs at work, it started then 3 secs later died, I tried the purge process, checked all the fuses all ok. I killed the battery trying to start so I came back the following day armed with some jump leads and some easy start. Hooked it up and she fired up fine 3rd attempt so I left her running on elevated revs for 30 minutes.
Four hours later went back and wouldn't start again! Tried to jump and nothing so had to get her trailer'd home. RAC hooked it up to diagnostics and reported two pages of faults, he tried to delete and they re-occured then it lost signal all together. This made me believe it is ECU related.
Things i have checked;
ECU; there was oil in the red plug so gave it a complete clean out and installed a new injector harness and rocker cover seal.
Fuel Filter; Installed new fuel filter.
Battery; Charged the battery seemed ok, however is only rated to 640Amps?
The fuel pump whines and changes pitch as the Glow plugs go out and I can hear fuel transiting the lines, the purge process runs ok.
I'm lost and now at the stage where I need to take it to a LR specialist, to that end does anyone have any idea's or knowledge, I'm located in Yeovil and happy to pay for your services.
The only things I can think of is maybe the Injector seals? but I do not have a puller and I've been warned about levering them out. Poss a Duff Battery?
