thanks wammers for walking me through the process. will probably be close to a week before i get back to have another look at it but i will report any updates when i have them.

I'll remove tuning box and check EGR next time im over at the car. would it be best to block the vacuum pipe to the EGR when im at it? will disconnecting the MAF improve things if the EGR was actually stuck open? haven't remove the box yet. the hot start issue might have always been...

, I'll disconnect the tuning box so. should I plug MAF back in and then check for faults? What should I be looking for on the nanocom? it has developed the hot start issue as well ,could this be part of the same problem? Thanks for all the help so far lads

found this at the back of engine,guessing its some sort of tuning box.anybody know if it's any good?

unplugged the MAF sensor and it's like a new car,pulls really well. will a new sensor fix my problem?

thanks i'll hopefully have a look later and report back.

only pic i have,not beside it at the minute

it's a 98

would that bring up fault codes?

will put nanocom on it this evening after work and check for faults,not sure what the revs are at when it takes off but could take what seems like 10-15 seconds to get to 20mph and then the power kicks in. Only have it a couple of weeks,was down on power after gettting it but some of the guys...

well lads Was back at the car for the first time in a while and it's down in power again but different symptoms this time,has no power up to about 20mph to the point its dangerous,takes forever to pull off,but then seems to pull fine after that. checked the pipe on map sensor that was off the...

can the nanocom check condition of sensors or is it just a case of using meter to check it's output.

i'll give it a go with the measuring tape over weekend and if that doesn't work out for me i'll get some dowels. Thanks all for the detailed replies think i have it stright in my head nowo_O

thanks guys. was going to try it with measuring tape method. Does the nanocom allow me to adjust the hight of each corner individually to get correct height for callibration? once i have height correct on all 4 corners i change target height to what ever the actual height is. repeat for all ride...

first off thanks every one for all the help so far. I've read through Wammers post in the Technical Section and searched the forum but can't seem to find what i'm looking for.I understand the need for the blocks or meassuring tape for calibration but dont fully understand how to use the nanocom...

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/checking-eas-compressor-and-diaphragm-valve.172555/ Is this the post? Thanks

thanks. i'll have a read later and hopefully have a go at sorting it at the weekend

Spent a while at the car this evening,connected the nanocom and disabled the EKA and Immobiliser also put new batterys in the fob. thought it was sitting low on left side so checked for faults on EAS while i was there and it came back with 4 faults- out of callibration front left ,front right...

hope to get out today to plug nanocom in and at least check if theres any stored fault codes,hopefully all ok and no surprises

i've a diesel.sorry should have said in my opening post