I went out tonight and driving home had a worrying drive back.

The engine felt & sounded sick. It was very, very rough, like it was about to cut out on me. If I backed off the throttle it would hiccup. I accelerated away from the M25 traffic lights at Godstone heading north up the Caterham bypass and it would not go over 50mph up the incline. Acceleration is dire, I tried several times by putting my foot to the floor and the speed just crept up slowly.
Feels like a misfire. I'm attempting to upload a video. of me driving it & the engine noises taken using my in car recorder.

It is a TD4 auto from 2006, with EGR delete, Cyclone PCV, silicone turbo hoses, Ronbox & Pierberg MAF, a new Air filter (Pipercross) and a fuel filter by the rear offside wheel arch Supposedly had the injectors serviced before I bought it 2 months ago. It had 113,000 miles when I bought it and now has 116,200 miles on the clock.

Would the fuel pump cause this? Or something else? The car has warranty so I will call the supplying dealer in the morning, but they can't look at it as they are 100 around 100 miles away.

I need the car for work..... luckily I'm not using it tomorrow.

Here is a video:

Freelander TD4 no power | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/54779139@N08/10465599984/

yes a fuel pump can cause this problem, also check your fuel rail pressure sensor conections

good luck

john t said:

yes a fuel pump can cause this problem, also check your fuel rail pressure sensor conections

good luck

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Thanks.

Any way of testing which is the problem? Or is it a case of replace and see which fixes it?

Did the later FL1's get the updated fuel rail wiring loom, or is that something I need to look at changing. Mine is from 2006.

Have a look at this thread http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/td4-lack-power-70mph-fixed-77147.html

sijwhite said:

Have a look at this thread http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/td4-lack-power-70mph-fixed-77147.html

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Thanks.

I have looked at it earlier but I'm not sure that is the problem. There is all the rough running at low speed as well. Like it is about to cut out on you when you stop in D with foot on brake.

Strange thing is today I just had my 'normal' rough cold start idle then all appeared to be fine. There was a lot of blue/silver smoke and associated smell as I started up according to my wife. I could not see anything in the mirrors.

I know there is something not right.

Strange thing is it starts every time first time with a brief turn if the key, runs rough for no more than about 5 seconds and then runs smoothly. It pumps out blue:silver smoke for those 5 seconds then no smoke at all that I'm aware of.

I didn't notice any smoke when it was playing up the other day, but it was dark. But didn't see anything in the mirrors and the headlights behind me.

Re the fuel pump I removed mine and tested it on the bench , all appeared ok but when refitted it was just not reliable iit would tickover ok but took ages getting to 50 just lacked power , new one fitted problem solved,
Erratic running really have a close look at the fuel rail sensor .,with the engine running gently move the wiring , I had this problem i had a synergy fitted in the end I cut off the connector and used connection blocks problem solved.
Also could be a bad injector , to test run the engine when it's lumpy Tickover start removing each injector plug in turn for a few seconds if it don't make much difference the that's the one

Hope this helps

john t said:

Re the fuel pump I removed mine and tested it on the bench , all appeared ok but when refitted it was just not reliable iit would tickover ok but took ages getting to 50 just lacked power , new one fitted problem solved,
Erratic running really have a close look at the fuel rail sensor .,with the engine running gently move the wiring , I had this problem i had a synergy fitted in the end I cut off the connector and used connection blocks problem solved.
Also could be a bad injector , to test run the engine when it's lumpy Tickover start removing each injector plug in turn for a few seconds if it don't make much difference the that's the one

Hope this helps

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Thanks.

Unfortunately the lumpy tickover only lasts for about 5 seconds, and only when started for the first time every day-not enough time to get through all the injectors!!

I will have a look when feeling well and the weather is good. This flu bug is getting me down. Had it for 2 weeks now.