Baloney999
Active Member
Hi Guys,
I have used the search to try and find a solution to this, to no avail, so I thought I would throw it out there for a few ideas.
About a week ago, my beloved Range Rover 4.6 HSE 1995 kindly informed me that she had an "Alternator Fault" and a "Gearbox Fault" and the rev counter stopped working and the gearbox went into limp home mode.
Well, I limped to where I was going and switched off and when I got back to the car she was working fine again.
Next day, same symptoms and she stayed in 'limp home' all day.
Next day, she went all intermittent on me; sometimes okay, sometimes not, even starting a journey in limp home and then coming all normal on me half way through the journey (these are just short jaunts around town).
So, she has a new battery, less than two months old, alternator is charging nicely at 13.8volts (even with the fault). Fortunately I have an identical car of the same year parked next to her on the drive so I swopped the alternator, the fuse box, the ABS ECU, (someone suggested it) removed all the connectors on the BECM and cleaned them, but intermittent fault still there.
I should mention that I do not have access to Testbook or other diagnostics as the nearest is about 180 miles away. Also, the climate here is a bit extreme (35c for the past week or so for example) so the engine bay is always mega, mega hot!
Any suggestions gratefully accepted.
I have used the search to try and find a solution to this, to no avail, so I thought I would throw it out there for a few ideas.
About a week ago, my beloved Range Rover 4.6 HSE 1995 kindly informed me that she had an "Alternator Fault" and a "Gearbox Fault" and the rev counter stopped working and the gearbox went into limp home mode.
Well, I limped to where I was going and switched off and when I got back to the car she was working fine again.
Next day, same symptoms and she stayed in 'limp home' all day.
Next day, she went all intermittent on me; sometimes okay, sometimes not, even starting a journey in limp home and then coming all normal on me half way through the journey (these are just short jaunts around town).
So, she has a new battery, less than two months old, alternator is charging nicely at 13.8volts (even with the fault). Fortunately I have an identical car of the same year parked next to her on the drive so I swopped the alternator, the fuse box, the ABS ECU, (someone suggested it) removed all the connectors on the BECM and cleaned them, but intermittent fault still there.
I should mention that I do not have access to Testbook or other diagnostics as the nearest is about 180 miles away. Also, the climate here is a bit extreme (35c for the past week or so for example) so the engine bay is always mega, mega hot!
Any suggestions gratefully accepted.
