Keatek
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Back again with more issues...
The Freelander refuses to start at all and I have spent almost three weeks trying different things and now I'm stuck..
The history is I drove the vehicle one hundered miles with no issues stopped left the car for several hours, then drove another hundred miles home, pulled into my parking spot and turned the engine off. I decided to turn it back on again as I wasnt correctly aligned in the space and it refused to start at all.
I drove through a serious puddle two miles from home and I thought I perhaps heard a change in engine noise afterwards.....but since it wouldnt start I cant be 100% certain..
What I have done so far!
I have checked that there is fuel getting the injectors and there is also power to them as well (3.5 volts variable on my meter).
The pumps seem to prime and make a noise when you turn on the ignition.
I pulled the injectors and the first two (going left to right looking at the engine from the front to the back of the car) seemed to eject fuel vapour. The third and fourth did not. So I made the assumption that the injectors were faulty and ordered two working ones. I have fitted the new ones but there still didnt appear to be any fuel vapour when I tested them...
I have no way to test that there is pressure from the pumps (as far as I am aware), but there is definetly fuel coming through the pipes as my road will attest to....
The car wouldnt fire on 'easy start' although it did make a three second 'hiccup'.
Could this be a pump issue?? An immobiliser issue?? or something else completely?
I have replaced the entire ECU and it solved all my electrical issues, I also had to change my ignition and immobiliser relays etc as well. The car worked perfectly after that. I have also put the original one back in to see if it was that which was at fault but it would start. The original electrical faults were with the doors and windows, the replacement ecu sorted all that out.
Help please!! Where do I go from here??
The Freelander refuses to start at all and I have spent almost three weeks trying different things and now I'm stuck..
The history is I drove the vehicle one hundered miles with no issues stopped left the car for several hours, then drove another hundred miles home, pulled into my parking spot and turned the engine off. I decided to turn it back on again as I wasnt correctly aligned in the space and it refused to start at all.
I drove through a serious puddle two miles from home and I thought I perhaps heard a change in engine noise afterwards.....but since it wouldnt start I cant be 100% certain..
What I have done so far!
I have checked that there is fuel getting the injectors and there is also power to them as well (3.5 volts variable on my meter).
The pumps seem to prime and make a noise when you turn on the ignition.
I pulled the injectors and the first two (going left to right looking at the engine from the front to the back of the car) seemed to eject fuel vapour. The third and fourth did not. So I made the assumption that the injectors were faulty and ordered two working ones. I have fitted the new ones but there still didnt appear to be any fuel vapour when I tested them...
I have no way to test that there is pressure from the pumps (as far as I am aware), but there is definetly fuel coming through the pipes as my road will attest to....
The car wouldnt fire on 'easy start' although it did make a three second 'hiccup'.
Could this be a pump issue?? An immobiliser issue?? or something else completely?
I have replaced the entire ECU and it solved all my electrical issues, I also had to change my ignition and immobiliser relays etc as well. The car worked perfectly after that. I have also put the original one back in to see if it was that which was at fault but it would start. The original electrical faults were with the doors and windows, the replacement ecu sorted all that out.
Help please!! Where do I go from here??
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