dragon3.6HSE
New Member
Hi all!
Last week I got my first ever Range Rover. It's a 1995 4.6 HSE in dark grey metallic (looks black most of the time!), is automatic and has done 82,000 miles.
When I looked the car over, it had a slightly low idle, which made it sound a little rough, but didn't seem to indicate anything too drastic.
I've done about 300 miles now and what seems to happen is that every now and then, the car will drop the revs so low when stationary, the car decides to stall - typically when coming to a stop at junctions!
After it has done it once, the car will pretty much do it every time you stop from there on, until I finish getting to where I'm going and let the engine cool. Once cold, it's *usually* ok again (but not always)
So, in short, when the engine is cold, it does idle very low (and I mean 400rpm or less) most of the time, occasionally stalling. When the engine has warmed, it seems to want to idle even lower, increasing it's tendancy to stall (but again, not always)
I don't have any manuals or schematics yet, nor do I yet have an owners manual (all of these things are on order!)
So, with that in mind, can you kind people please point me at where to start looking and what to adjust etc? I'm just afraid the missus will take the car out and end up getting stressed if it starts playing up for her!!!
Thanks!
Gaz
Last week I got my first ever Range Rover. It's a 1995 4.6 HSE in dark grey metallic (looks black most of the time!), is automatic and has done 82,000 miles.
When I looked the car over, it had a slightly low idle, which made it sound a little rough, but didn't seem to indicate anything too drastic.
I've done about 300 miles now and what seems to happen is that every now and then, the car will drop the revs so low when stationary, the car decides to stall - typically when coming to a stop at junctions!
After it has done it once, the car will pretty much do it every time you stop from there on, until I finish getting to where I'm going and let the engine cool. Once cold, it's *usually* ok again (but not always)
So, in short, when the engine is cold, it does idle very low (and I mean 400rpm or less) most of the time, occasionally stalling. When the engine has warmed, it seems to want to idle even lower, increasing it's tendancy to stall (but again, not always)
I don't have any manuals or schematics yet, nor do I yet have an owners manual (all of these things are on order!)
So, with that in mind, can you kind people please point me at where to start looking and what to adjust etc? I'm just afraid the missus will take the car out and end up getting stressed if it starts playing up for her!!!
Thanks!
Gaz