Mine does that. They all do that sir. Nothing wrong with it, I think it's just a characteristic of the Puma engine. I soon got used to making slow lazy gear changes with foot completely off the throttle. I don't know, but guess its got a heavy flywheel that keeps the momentum on the engine a bit longer than "normal".
shaggydefender
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had one of theese before , after replacing clutch switch it was fine , only one i had driven though so dont know if they do it normally and this one was just worse
raywin
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That must be worth a try, the ECU gets a digital signal from the clutch hydraulics to say the clutch is pressed you can see this with a Nanocom, I thought this was to prevent over revs when you dip the clutch.
raywin
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Quite honestly I cant see why they would do that, it will make gear changes even more difficult on the clunky LR box with the engine revving
Look Here :
http://workshop-manuals.com/landrover/defendertd5/engine_management_system/switch_clutch_pedal/
raywin
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Its not a drive around its a built in part of the control which senses the clutch being pressed then reacts as the load falls away quickly to prevent the engine surging .
That's why I thought shaggydefenders suggestion is pretty logical and would be easy to check, with a meter on the terminals, or even pretty cheap to change the switch as its often the case that intermittent faults don't seem to show up when you are testing them.
That's why I thought shaggydefenders suggestion is pretty logical and would be easy to check, with a meter on the terminals, or even pretty cheap to change the switch as its often the case that intermittent faults don't seem to show up when you are testing them.
lightning
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You have to drive around it in the sense that you have to alter your driving style in order to make it work properly.
Another "feature" that we don't need. No such feature, or need for it on the TD5.
Still, l guess my next Defender will be a tdci (there are loads of mint ones for sale if a bit expensive at the moment)
I wonder if prices will stay so high, or if they will fall in time.
Another "feature" that we don't need. No such feature, or need for it on the TD5.
Still, l guess my next Defender will be a tdci (there are loads of mint ones for sale if a bit expensive at the moment)
I wonder if prices will stay so high, or if they will fall in time.
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