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Nick - it was a TD5 engine, 2005 vintage. Unsurprisingly VOSA passed the complaint back to Land rover to investigate, and guess what - they sent me a picture of the crack and said that it was not their problem, it wasnt a common fault and it was down to mis fueling back in 2006.!! I wrote back...

Well - it did stop, because my daughters still here. The thing is - a problem that can cause a car to run out of the drivers control is a serious safety issue. It takes cool thinking to manage to stop, and not everyone knows enough or is calm enough under the pressure. i know I would not want...

My daughters TD5 (2005 plate) has just suffered uncontrolled acceleration, Sump full of Diesel oil - sucked through the crankcase breather into the air intake, and thus into the engine, bypassing the injectors of course. She only realised on a dual carriageway when she noticed that speed had...

Thanks for the repsonses - E14 Torx it certainly was. Halfords lifetime version. On the subject of the cracked head - now almost fitted the new Turner head, and just dropped a bolt down the timing chain ...... can hjust see it balanced on the bottom sprocket - wo getting a telescopic maget and...

also - further question. What is the socket required to remove head bolts? It like nothing Ive seen before - looks a bit like Torx, but the slots are bigger

Hi all, we have a Defender TD5 (05 plate) that looks as though it has the famous cracked head problem, been reading all the entries on the forum here and really great information - so hoping someone can help with this question. In the process of removing the head and Ive locked the camshaft in...

No he's not a landy specialist but Ive used him for all our cars for several years and trust him. I ask about the fuel regulator because it had a new one fitted by Hunters the main dealer 4 months ago, if theres any way that diesel could be leaking into the oil through the regulator it'll go...

Hi just got a similar problem on a 2005 Defender TD5. Loads of diesel in oil and caused engine runaway. Local garage changed the injector seals, but it looks as though still leaking. 2 questions if anyone can help please. 1) Is the 2005 TD5 considered a late engine? - i.e some of the head...

Finally fixed it HUGE cost. Main dealer. This is a really interesting fault and I imagine it will be useful to someone - so heres the fix. It was the immobiliser turning the engine off. Engine ran too clean and without misfire to have been any sensor broken, so when we finally decided it was the...

wheres the stop solenoid located ?

Well, its worked fine now for 3 weeks and now the faults gone solid. Cant get it going at all, need to get it recovered.. Interesting the LED I attached at the ECU to monitor the alarm now is on solid - no flickering as before. SO symptoms again are engine fires and revs OK for about 3 seconds...

Thanks for all the suggestions. It went wrong solidly for an hour (in the middle of the country just as it was getting dark). No diagnostics avail so tapped everything - especially all the fuses and relays. No joy, gave the fule pump isolation switch a sharp thump and didnt notice that it...

Hi Butler 4x4, did you ever fix this? Sounds very similar to my problem - see my post here. http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f50/cold-start-engine-runs-3-seconds-114900.html Engine runs for 3 seconds then just cuts out, eventually works OK, then its perfect - no misfires etc. SOunds very much...

Strange problem on our newly acquired TD5. Starting from hot and once its going absolutely no problems, but intermittently (every other day) from a cold start engine fires immediately and runs for exactly 3 seconds, then appears to just switch off, no misfire just turns off. When trying to...