Hi
Welcome to the fun of D3 ownership, lol
Don’t loose faith as there awesome vehicles but can sometimes through there dummy out and show weird faults
See what the voltage is at the battery with a multimeter
1) engine off battery voltage
2) engine running with nothing turned on
3) engine running , turn everything on
4) have the egrs been blanked
5) has the map sensor been cleaned
6) try putting a jump lead on the neg post of the battery to a good earth point , does the radio now go on and off
Test all ur light work, inc brake lights etc
Ref gearbox, indeed the red / dextrin oil will destroy the gearbox,
Has the level been checked at the correct temperature
As the gearbox is messing around what ever u do is Do NOT reflash the software in it, resetting it at the moment can cause a lot of troubles
Need to establish other things first , ie correct oil and at the right level before going down that route
There’s plenty of us here to help and can guide u through it step by step to try and find a solution for u
Ref faults , there’s an amber fault and then a red fault , when an amber fault appears it won’t show an error DTC , only red ones do
Having ur own diagnostics is a must with these vehicles, many of us use the iid made by gap , bit expensive at £405 but pays for itself very quickly
See how u get on plse and once we start getting results back hopefully can pin it down
Gary
Cheeky fooker, it ay rotten just a bit...scabbywith...rot...
Hmm dunno then, mine's manual, only experience I have of the autos is driving a fellow forumer's (?) who suspects his torque converter is poo, I can relate it to what you're saying about yours but it needs diagnosing properly. Could be worth banging some dr.tranny in the box (hurrhurr)
Have you had a look at www.disco3.co.uk ? Loads of info and tech advice, I'm gonna tag @gstuart r.e your electrickery, he's a bit of a guru on here
Shucks , ur make me all embarrassed, lol
I got the heated jet loom all fitted , now my windows don’t work so got to pin down why , nothing like a challenge , lol
Thanks at least iv got a few things to try now.
Iv got the battery on charge over night so il check it all over in the morning.
The one thing I really don't understand with the fault is that with a tester I to the wiring at back of head unit theres no loss of power or earth when it goes off which made me think it must be the head unit but then why would the sat nav screen go off as well.
Nothing seems to be logical with this thing lol
Iv got the battery on charge over night so il check it all over in the morning.
The one thing I really don't understand with the fault is that with a tester I to the wiring at back of head unit theres no loss of power or earth when it goes off which made me think it must be the head unit but then why would the sat nav screen go off as well.
Nothing seems to be logical with this thing lol
Hi
No worries and indeed I’ve learnt with these when getting stressed just walk away and have a cuppa, lol
Ur right , I bought mine 3 x years ago as a project vehicle and virtually rebuilt the thing, but knew that in the beginning
There such nice motors and can through up strange errors
See what ur voltage is after a food few hours coming off charge and at least then we can see what the different voltage test results are
Indeed by not loosing power it does indicate the radio is at fault, everything it interlinked with one another
Here’s a few links for u
https://www.disco3.co.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/17007/Audio Systems (Low and Hi line).pdf
U can also charge ur batteries through ur 12s socket, I installed a socket on the front of my house and then drilled through the wall with the CTEK charger in the hallway , so when I pull onto the drive just plug it in
Egrs don't appear to be blanked and just cleaned map and mas air flow also added another earth from battery to body.
Nothing has changed at all
I'm worried as iv got a family thing today and have to drive from Leeds to Lincoln while still trying to convince the wife iv got a good car and worrying if I'm doing more damage or if it's even going to get me there.
Wish me luck
Nothing has changed at all
I'm worried as iv got a family thing today and have to drive from Leeds to Lincoln while still trying to convince the wife iv got a good car and worrying if I'm doing more damage or if it's even going to get me there.
Wish me luck
I'm fairly sure it's a torque convertor issue now after reading symptoms of it.
If you listen you can hear like a slight humming noise while it's surging and almost feels like it's humming in time with itself.
Can't remember what the fault was actually called but was something like torque convertor locking or something.
On the plus side iv fixed the stereo so at least iv got something to listen to when it goes bang I suppose lol
If you listen you can hear like a slight humming noise while it's surging and almost feels like it's humming in time with itself.
Can't remember what the fault was actually called but was something like torque convertor locking or something.
On the plus side iv fixed the stereo so at least iv got something to listen to when it goes bang I suppose lol
