TD5 Headache

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Hi all I have a Defender TD5 with an issue when cold starts on the button pulls well no issues when normal running temperature is Accomplished vehicle begins to kangaroo down the road switch off and restart and then there is no throttle response at all switch back off restart with holding throttle down and throttle comes back but continues to kangaroo down the road . Have replaced crankshaft sensor and it has made no difference checked Ecu all seems good I don’t have a code reader that will read LR any help would be greatly appreciated
 
Get diag tool with live data on and monitor throttle peddle , coolant temp sensor etc also have you checked the td5 basics oil in injector loom and ecu plug , are all your live and earth good and clean more info on what you have checked will help
 
Get diag tool with live data on and monitor throttle peddle , coolant temp sensor etc also have you checked the td5 basics oil in injector loom and ecu plug , are all your live and earth good and clean more info on what you have checked will help
Hi will be ordering a genuine Crankshaft position sensor as I fitted a cheap £28.00 interpart one and have been told after speaking to a guy tonight they simply don’t work with the signals back and forth to the ecm also on my list is as you say a code reader the code reader I have for some reason will not configure to the defender regards
 
Yes, I've had that. Mine has been disabled more than once as a result of wiring loom problems. Intermittent faults that are hard to diagnose. The symptoms above are a bit like what I had when I first bought it, which turned out to be a fault in the wiring between the accelerator pedal and the ECU. The engine kept going into limp mode and not responding to the accelerator. I was assured by people in the know that it was the accelerator potentiometer or the fuel pump, but both of these turned out to be fine. Sometime in the mid 2000s Land Rover must have had a batch of wire with very brittle conductors and crisp, friable insulation. Following a particularly prolonged and baffling failure at he end of 2014 I now have an aftermarket loom (the main one, not just the injector loom) and it is much better. It feels very different too - the wires are all soft and supple. A look at the data from the various accelerator inputs with a diagnostic device will show whether the feed from the accelerator pedal is being seen by the ECU.

Hello Mr Fanatic, it's a pleasure to see you back. How's it all going?
 
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Another Funeral this week, but fine myself and you?
 
Hello Mr Fanatic, it's a pleasure to see you back. How's it all going?

Another Funeral this week, but fine myself and you?[/QUOTE]
I'm sorry to hear that. I'm sure you're being a great comfort to everyone.
I'm having fun playing with a piece of land in Wales I bought, planting trees and getting it ready for a spot of smallholding when I retire. I seem to remember you were looking at derelict houses a while ago. Did any of that come to fruition?
 
Another Funeral this week, but fine myself and you?
I'm sorry to hear that. I'm sure you're being a great comfort to everyone.
I'm having fun playing with a piece of land in Wales I bought, planting trees and getting it ready for a spot of smallholding when I retire. I seem to remember you were looking at derelict houses a while ago. Did any of that come to fruition?[/QUOTE]
Yes a building split into separate homes
 

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