Help with TD5

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Nsclarke65

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Hi all,

I'm new to this forum and to Land Rover ownership, have always wanted one and recently got the money together to buy a TD5 Discovery 2 as a second car/toy for me.

I bought it quite far from where I live and got the train to pick it up but on the way home after 100 miles the engine started knocking badly.

Luckily I am a service manager in a garage and had it recovered back there. After an investigation it turned out to be big end gone and crank shot.

I bought all the new parts and put it all back together (after taking the engine out and the lengthy part in between) put the engine back in and now it wont start.

I have checked the timing three times and put in a new crank sensor, made sure fuel is getting to the pressure sensor but still nothing, it turns over but wont fire.

Anyone got any ideas?
 
presumably you have checked the oil pump bolt,and was the engine overheating when the knocking started?If it overheated the head gasket could have gone too or head warped or worse cracked-sorry to not offer good news
 
It had a complete engine rebuild, engine out, head off, sump off, new crank, 1 new con rod plus big end and main shells then put back together with new head gasket. The oil pump bolt was new with threadlock before re assembly
 
are you getting 4 bar at fuel pressure reg? is battery fully charged? when you did the injectors new seals etc, were they genuine landrover, does it puff any smoke at the rear?
 
The battery is fully charged but don't know if it's getting 4 bar at the pressure reg. It was starting fine before the re build albeit with a shot crank. I thought it would be too much of a coincidence for the pump to go
 
Nsclarke65 said:
The battery is fully charged but don't know if it's getting 4 bar at the pressure reg. It was starting fine before the re build albeit with a shot crank. I thought it would be too much of a coincidence for the pump to go
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its a Landrover! owt can happen, hence this forum! with the ignition on, can you hear the fuel pump working? maybe take it out and clean the filter?gauze, they tar up, and stop working for no reason!
 
Can hear the pump with the ignition on and it doesn't sound too noisy (indicating failure) have also done the air purge procedure. I will take it out tomorrow and clean the filter
 
Nsclarke65 said:
Can hear the pump with the ignition on and it doesn't sound too noisy (indicating failure) have also done the air purge procedure. I will take it out tomorrow and clean the filter
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if it knackt, don't get the cheapest chinese rubbish, there is a lot of price difference of a good one and a poor one,

keep us posted!
 
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