Need some help please guys
Range Rover (2000) been off the road since Sept after head gasket or engine cracked or something. Anyway sourced an engine to put in it and was getting ready to have it taken to friend's garage to be done.
The battery went dead quite soon after it was off the road so recharged but left it disconnected till now (7 months later).
Charged battery back up and went to try and start it to back off drive before ringing recovery people but the dash went crazy and starting beeping all over the place.
It's saying on the dash that pretty much every fault has occurred i.e. ABS, traction, gearbox etc etc and also the engine is disabled and asks me to press the remote (with key in ignition) but when I do nothing happens.
Now it was all fine when I disconnected the battery so obviously its not liked being disconnected for so long and the electrical gremlins have been at it.
So I need some help to know how to fix this, is it something that a gargage can fix if I can get it up there and they can plug it into a computer and clear errors?
Is there an easy way to get the key remote and the engine to start talking to each other assuming that they have got themselves out of sync or whatever it is that happens? The remote will operate the central locking so not sure if that is ok why engine not happy?
If the electrical brain is having a melt down will I be able to plug the fuse into the socket to allow it to be towed or will it require a flat bed?
As it's been stood over winter is it possible that damp has got into ECU?
Many thanks for any help as I'm completely baffled.
Cheers
Range Rover (2000) been off the road since Sept after head gasket or engine cracked or something. Anyway sourced an engine to put in it and was getting ready to have it taken to friend's garage to be done.
The battery went dead quite soon after it was off the road so recharged but left it disconnected till now (7 months later).
Charged battery back up and went to try and start it to back off drive before ringing recovery people but the dash went crazy and starting beeping all over the place.
It's saying on the dash that pretty much every fault has occurred i.e. ABS, traction, gearbox etc etc and also the engine is disabled and asks me to press the remote (with key in ignition) but when I do nothing happens.
Now it was all fine when I disconnected the battery so obviously its not liked being disconnected for so long and the electrical gremlins have been at it.
So I need some help to know how to fix this, is it something that a gargage can fix if I can get it up there and they can plug it into a computer and clear errors?
Is there an easy way to get the key remote and the engine to start talking to each other assuming that they have got themselves out of sync or whatever it is that happens? The remote will operate the central locking so not sure if that is ok why engine not happy?
If the electrical brain is having a melt down will I be able to plug the fuse into the socket to allow it to be towed or will it require a flat bed?
As it's been stood over winter is it possible that damp has got into ECU?
Many thanks for any help as I'm completely baffled.
Cheers
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