Cough. Splutter. B*ll*cks.

My V8 did this, just after filling up. What a read herring that was ... turned out to be the coil of all things....it was sparking - just not enough....

Only the EFi ones need the starter engaged, I think. Is this one still on carbs?

I've now done what I should have been done before - it's an EFi!

Avoid jumping to the obvious conclusion that the full tank is the cause and/or that it's the pump. Check the easier to get at bits first: it's more likely to be an electrical gremlin.

"rads" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

My money is on electrics I had trouble with the crappy plugs to the sensors which I replaced and the trouble went away.with a warm engine under the bonnet hold the throttle open and jiggle the sensor plugs if she falters you have the one to change - (ffs be careful remember the drive belts will chew you up nicely at revs and touch a HT lead and you wont need a perm.) Derek

Well every car that I've owned does, you can hear it whirr away for a few seconds. Of course Land Rovers being Land Rovers... I am talking about the tank/delivery pump to get the fuel to the engine not the high pressure injection pump. The latter I would not expect to do anything without cranking.

Hmm - EFI's have a short-ish rubbery air hose thing between the air filter and the plenum don't they? Maybe it's gone soft and when you're idling and there's next to no suck it's fine, but as soon as you put your hoof down it sucks together and chokes it up. At cheap and simple first look you must, said Yoda.

Steve

On or around Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:39:32 GMT, rads enlightened us thusly:

get the angle grinder out and make one then. It's only a hole in the boot and a bit of tin held over it with half-a-dozen short self-tappers.

On or around Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:38:26 GMT, rads enlightened us thusly:

yes it should be like that. gets a signal from the ECU or from the ignition to tell it the engine's turning.

AAAAARGH

Went to start diagnosing last night, armed with borrowed fuel pressure test kit.

Start Rangie up to move her into the shed.

Perfect.

Starts, idles, revs.

Perfect.

take her for a 20 mile run, including blasting up and down the motorway.

Perfect.

As I see it 3 options.

1) Start wasting time ond money trying to diagnose whatever the original fault was.

2) Worry that the next time the fault occurrs will be somewhere wet cold dark and inhospitable.

3) Assume that the fault was magically cured overnight by the fix-it faires.

Being a "glass is half full" kind of guy, I'm going with option 3. Ive liberally applied liquid maintenance (WD40) to everthing mentioned in the thread to ward off further evil spirits.

However if you do ever see a gently dilapidated D plate white Rangie crawling home at 6 mph, "I told you so" will not be appreciated!

Many thanks for all the advice and any further thoughts most welcome.

David

I'm like that - life's too short.

My glass is half full - mind, usually because some b*st*rd has drank the other half whilst I'm in the bogs...

I tend towards ambivalence - I'm a sort of "Glass is at 50% of rated capacity" guy.

P.

Are you looking at my drink???

As an engineer I'd say that the glass was 100% overcapacity!

Cheers

Peter

Surely, as an engineer, the glass is lacking features, not overcapacity.

Useful additional features for a pint glass:

1) Write-on panel for contents. Makes re-ordering a large round a doddle.

2) Voice recorder to capture all the brilliant, world changing inventions and ideas that inevitably accompany a proper drinking session.

Austin Shackles uttered summat worrerz funny about:

Erm.. but not a 9 inch one!

Lee D

Just like my gearbox!!!! (See earlier post). I've gone for option 3 too and so far so good. Bloody funny things these landies! TonyB

Self-healing - what else can you ask?

I think you mean the glass is overspecified.

Digital nookie-cam on the bottom, with still frame and replay.