twack
New Member
Good evening everyone,
I said hi a couple of weeks ago as a 'newbie',just to let you know I'm in for the long haul.Quick synopsis.Bought Discovery 3.9 V8 EFI 'es' about a month ago.Bought it with 'Intermittent' starting fault from a 4X4 garage (They's taken it in part exchange).Took it for a test drive,loved it,bought it.Went back to collect 3 days later after taxing etc....wouldn't start and hasn't started since.
The garage had tried to sort the problem but weren't prepared to spend to much time on it,plus as the fault (up until me buying it) was intermittent they had no joy.As a matter of course they had changed the plugs,Stepper motor and air sensor and possibly a new set of 'ht leads.So after having 'Leroy' trailered home and trying on a number of occasions to start him I managed to engage the services of a local auto electrician who has in the past breathed life where all else have failed.Twenty minutes later I was told to get a new rotor arm and dizzy cap and 'we' would get im' started.Duly done and still no start and he hasn't been back round since.So left to my own devices I have changed the 'amp',coil and the main ht lead.You can hear the fuel relays kick in when the ignition is turned on.It turns over fine and tries to start just can't maintain it.As it 'tries' I assume it's not imobiliser/spider related.After trying to start for a minute or so you can smell the fuel and it won't even try and fire until you've left it for a short while.I've tried with/without the ballast resistor.I've cleaned up the connectors on and around the coil.I'm hoping there is something blindingly obvious that I'm missing without going into the more detailed fault finding of checking each and every wire etc.Any ideas?.Like I said I'm in for the long haul 'Leroy' isn't going anywhere unless he's being driven by me.
I said hi a couple of weeks ago as a 'newbie',just to let you know I'm in for the long haul.Quick synopsis.Bought Discovery 3.9 V8 EFI 'es' about a month ago.Bought it with 'Intermittent' starting fault from a 4X4 garage (They's taken it in part exchange).Took it for a test drive,loved it,bought it.Went back to collect 3 days later after taxing etc....wouldn't start and hasn't started since.
The garage had tried to sort the problem but weren't prepared to spend to much time on it,plus as the fault (up until me buying it) was intermittent they had no joy.As a matter of course they had changed the plugs,Stepper motor and air sensor and possibly a new set of 'ht leads.So after having 'Leroy' trailered home and trying on a number of occasions to start him I managed to engage the services of a local auto electrician who has in the past breathed life where all else have failed.Twenty minutes later I was told to get a new rotor arm and dizzy cap and 'we' would get im' started.Duly done and still no start and he hasn't been back round since.So left to my own devices I have changed the 'amp',coil and the main ht lead.You can hear the fuel relays kick in when the ignition is turned on.It turns over fine and tries to start just can't maintain it.As it 'tries' I assume it's not imobiliser/spider related.After trying to start for a minute or so you can smell the fuel and it won't even try and fire until you've left it for a short while.I've tried with/without the ballast resistor.I've cleaned up the connectors on and around the coil.I'm hoping there is something blindingly obvious that I'm missing without going into the more detailed fault finding of checking each and every wire etc.Any ideas?.Like I said I'm in for the long haul 'Leroy' isn't going anywhere unless he's being driven by me.
