Recent content by YZFAndy

Got it all fitted back together, turned it over on a partially charged battery until flat and nothing . Charged the battery all the way up and it fired up quicker than it ever has done, almost instantly on the turn. Left it a day and still fired up quickly. Took a lot of charge out of the...

Thanks for everyones help so far. How much fuel should i expect to be getting out of the injector hoses when disconnected?

Checked how many amps the pump is drawing and it's 3.5 amps no load and 4 amps at full load so i'm guessing its not that.(But now i see you postwed just before me. Is3.5/4 amps too low?) Also took all the glowplugs out and checked them, they are all ok. Checked the glowplugs are getting current...

I did spot that but I didn't even bother trying to convince mother who's car it is, that it was a good idea.

Just to add to this I was having a look around the injectors and noticed there was a build up of old sticky diesel on the first injector. Had a closer look and one of the rubber pipes that are interconnected to the other injectors in a chain was split. The one split was the first one on the...

To get the tank off isn't too bad, Just two nuts at the front of the tank, two blots at the back and then another nut between these at the back on a very long threat. I undid everything except this nut with long thread (will need a deep socket and long extension) then I undid this and the tank...

I have checked that and no, it looks old but doesn't seem to offer too much resistance. Before i took the tank and pump off i checked how powerful the fuel was going into the filter and coming out off and there didn't seem to be much different I don't really want to reinstall the tank and pump...

Hi first post on here hope someone can help on this. My mother has a range rover p38 2.5dse that’s now a non starter. Will just about fire but never really gets going and then cuts. If i can get it going its very lumpy, obliviously not running on all cylinders and any throttle input cuts it...