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Bless my little hippos cotton socks, I have just spent weeks trying to cure her of a starting problem which after all turned out to be injectors, Now she has decided to give me another brain scratcher. When driving on motorway and you accelarate over 60mph she bellows out black smoke and the...

Have you tried whale sperm ?

Cured it at last !!!!! guess what it was ? Injectors......... They tested out ok for leak off in fact they had none but for some reason they were the problem, she starts a dream every time now and does not gas out half the county when she does start. Another tip to pass on-- when changing...

Just passing on a little tip I was shown, thats how to check the exhaust gas recirculation valve (EGR) for short on a TD4 Freelander. Simply start the car from cold but do not rev the engine, as the engine begins to warm up the small pipe from the exhaust to the valve should stay cold. (if not...

Right, I had enough and it went to the local landy stealer, fuel pressures ok, both pumps working, no codes, the advice came back was to try changing common rail wiring harness - some of these get dry joints, take injectors out and check at fuel shop. A tip he gave was when removing...

For the time it takes i would get the wheel off !! you dont have to lay on your back to change the filter because you can work from the wheel arch......... or maybe you like the feel of diesel running down your arm :p :p I have been told that the injectors leak into the cylinder, sealed when...

1st have you taken the rear wheel off? its easy to see what to disconect with it removed. 2nd you don't need to remove the bottem fuel pipe until the whole lump is on the bench, looking from the wheel arch you should see 2x fuel hose conectors 1 to the top of the filter and the other which is a...

Cold, Have you got the same problem as me?? Check with a jump lead the earth cable, conect one end to the neg on batt and the other on the engine/gearbox and see if that works. Have you replaced cam sensor? when it does not start try to disconect the MAF (mass air flow) sensor its located at...

Hmm Not sorted yet, I think it could be the battery, reason being is I checked the voltage of batt and its 12.5 volts. if before you start the car you leave the fans on inside the voltage drops to around 11.2v. I think this might be enough to drop the ECU out. so I am running tests at moment and...

I changed mine, Its one whole lump not a bad job to change -- Beware!!! I laided on my back in the footwell to uncouple the master cylinder from the clutch pedal. This is the easy part, the horrible part is when the pedal shoots up and clouts you around the side of the head... :mad: The only...

Whats the best type to fit if replacing them ? Bosch ? What sort of a job is it to change? where are they mounted ? (Down the back of the engine by the bulkhead if the Land Rover design team had anything to do with it !!!!!) LOL

Its the later type filter and I have changed that again to see if it was the problem, but not !!! Does anyone know if the glow warning light does not come on when you go to start do the glowplugs still work ? or do they only work with the dash light on ??? Is there a inlet manifold heater ?

Your getting a fuel fitter to do your work? no wonder you have had a fall out !:D :D :D :D :D

I think we should all thank very much the Land Rover design engineer for coming up with that one!!! Damn day release school kids.............. :-))

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