Wont start

louise83 · Jan 17, 2010

getting very mad with my disco
gets in thismorning to drive up north and it cut out luckily on drive, start it up again get it going by pumping accelorator, then gear stick starts vibrating, turn it off after 5 mins.
went to start it again and nothing an hour later still not working ive tried jumping it and that doesnt work so that cannot be the problem.
starting to loose real interst in it now as i seem to be finding problem after problem

ssmn1234 · Jan 17, 2010

louise83 said:
getting very mad with my disco
gets in thismorning to drive up north and it cut out luckily on drive, start it up again get it going by pumping accelorator, then gear stick starts vibrating, turn it off after 5 mins.
went to start it again and nothing an hour later still not working ive tried jumping it and that doesnt work so that cannot be the problem.
starting to loose real interst in it now as i seem to be finding problem after problem

Don't know what pumping throttle does for injected engine, but if gear stick vibrating then would suggest not firing on all 8 pots. Could be number of things. Have you checked for fuel getting past filter and have you got strong spark, that's were you should start, but maybe other things of course.

alistaircrowe · Jan 17, 2010

sounds like electrics maybe plugs down or distributor cap worn or damp

louise83 · Jan 17, 2010

been out and checked all wiring plugs pipes start it up it acts as if trying to fire up just hasnt got enough ompf to get it going

pete@her · Jan 17, 2010

have you taken spark plug out see if wet /colour.? maybe leads.?
can you here a slight ticking or in the dark shows as blue light tracking from ht/lead.
have you pushed all ht leads in/or on there fittings.
any water on the plugs?

louise83 · Jan 17, 2010

been out again and had someone else look, spark plugs fine and working fuel is pumping through, going to have to get an electrician out i think to run a diagnostic looks like the person who had it before me has been messing around under the bonet, im missing the fuse box under there.

The Mad Hat Man · Jan 17, 2010

yu sure a '92 v8 disco has an underbonnet fuse box?

ssmn1234 · Jan 17, 2010

louise83 said:
been out and checked all wiring plugs pipes start it up it acts as if trying to fire up just hasnt got enough ompf to get it going

You say, it's trying to fire? Does it sound like it is firing at all, cause if it is then it has spark, would be looking into how strong the fuel flow is, maybe the pump is weak and not enough pressure to crack the injectors.

louise83 · Jan 17, 2010

Just going on whats in the haynes manual lol

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