The Saga continues...

So in the 3 weeks I have owned my "new" rangie, it has been in the garage as much as out. We have replaced the Viscous Coupling/Fan, Replaced the battery, replaced the water pump and belts, and had an EAS fault reset.

When I changed the battery, the locks/remote locking would not reset, so in the car went today to have the locks reset and him to have a look at the (seemingly common) cutting out on reverse.

I went over this evening (my factory unit is a 3 minute walk from a garage who do a lot of Landy's) to pick up the car.

So.. Good news.
1. Remote locking is fixed (Just in time for our trip to Birmingham)
2. Door lock which was not working has also been fixed.
3. Autobox has had the linkage fitted properly and wiring loom reconnected.. (the new engine and gearbox seem to have been fitted by a monkey)
4. Fault codes have been removed and the car taken for a drive with the diagnostics attached. none reoccurred and all seems good except..

The Bad News,
1. The fuel pump needs replacing to stop the stalling when changing gear or slowing suddenly... mech was very apologetic, said he has tried all he can but that is what's gonna be needed.

You know what.. I don't mind.. I would rather not have to spend the money and replace it but the way I am looking at it. I paid a couple of grand less than a fixed Rangy. Got what I could afford and bit by bit am getting there a fix at a time.

"I paid a couple of grand less than a fixed Rangy." Going my the thread title you're talking about a p38 - in which case shouldn't "paying a couple of grand less" mean someone gave you the car - or paid you to take it away?

LOL - no I paid £1000 for an R reg with a relatively newly replaced engine and gearbox. When I had been looking before, somewhere between £2500-£3000 seemed to be what people were asking. The car was in a wee corner of Scotland so not getting as much interest asif it was in the Midlands for instance

Is this a petrol or diesel car?

If diesel ask the mechanic if he has upped the tickover to a steady 750 if its already at 750 tell him to try 800 rpm it might just get you by

Grit Valve said:

If diesel ask the mechanic if he has upped the tickover to a steady 750 if its already at 750 tell him to try 800 rpm it might just get you by

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I see from his profile that it is indeed a diesel. If it's as bad as he says needs a new injection pump simple as that. Lifting the idle RPM to 900 or so will help for a while in the early stages but sounds like it's gone further than that.

ScotsJamie said:

LOL - no I paid £1000 for an R reg with a relatively newly replaced engine and gearbox. When I had been looking before, somewhere between £2500-£3000 seemed to be what people were asking. The car was in a wee corner of Scotland so not getting as much interest asif it was in the Midlands for instance

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When you change the fuel pump drop the fuel tank to do it. This will enable you to check the brake pipe that runs behind the tank. As you have just got the car, and its age, better be safe than sorry

tomcat59alan said:

When you change the fuel pump drop the fuel tank to do it. This will enable you to check the brake pipe that runs behind the tank. As you have just got the car, and its age, better be safe than sorry

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Don't think it's the lift pump that is knackered.

wammers said:

Don't think it's the lift pump that is knackered.

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He didn't specify I just assumed it was lift pump, my mistake. He is going to spend lots of the money that he saved on the purchase price