1998 freelander 1.8 not starting. what can it be?

Dead_Landy said:

Hey rob_bell, The issue I'm experiencing is identical to the head line of the thread, the engine cranks over and occasionally on the first attempt after the car was sitting for a while it fires up and revs to about 2000 rpm before immediately cutting out and dying. I have been checking things off one by one, I have a spark on all cylinders, I have good fuel pressure and delivery to the cylinders. Compression is good and from what I can see on my OBD reader - a crank sensor, a MAP flow, inlet temp, throttle position all reading a good value. My gut is telling me something is up with the immobilizer but I cannot find anything in the Haynes about it at all and don't exactly know how the immobilizer effect the vehicle to immobilize it. Any knowledge on this would be much appreciated.

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