chewy1986 · Feb 23, 2014

went to yarwell today in my disco td5 auto, had a brilliant time again, went throught the pond a few times then got over confident and slipped in a bit too deep, oops,
got tugged out opened the doors to let the foot of water out and to my amazement the disco fired up on the turn of the key,
however when i tried to drive it died, it idles perfectly, but then as soon as you lift the revs she cuts out,
left her idling for 30mins the manage to drive but then she cut out above 2000rpm,
managed to do 50miles of my 90 mile journey before it completely gave up and had to be carried home on a wagon,
its really strange the gearbox mode button does not work and it seems like its stuck in manual mode hi or low range,
ecu dry as a bone any ideas

fanatic · Feb 23, 2014

Throttle potentiometer clean it with distilled water to get mud off
Dry
Then switch cleaner

chewy1986 · Feb 23, 2014

did not think of that at all, ill have to put it on the list of thinks to check along with crank position senor

Pumpy · Feb 24, 2014

"over confident" yeah, saw you go though a few times, getting braver and braver each time!

Hope you manage to sort your truck out mate, no doubt see you up there again.....

.....in the shallower bit

DaveDisco2 · Feb 24, 2014

Oh dear!!!

DaveDisco2 · Feb 24, 2014

Will you go again soon?

chewy1986 · Feb 24, 2014

Pumpy said:
"over confident" yeah, saw you go though a few times, getting braver and braver each time!

Hope you manage to sort your truck out mate, no doubt see you up there again.....

.....in the shallower bit

cheers, got my truck running back on the road today, new fuel filter and air filter, has a precaution opened up the ecu and left it to dry in the boiler room, taken off every connection and covered in wd40, just a nice valet left, and sort out the dead speakers, thank GOD for that , im just coonvincing my misses to come on the 16th

Datatek · Feb 24, 2014

chewy1986 said:
cheers, got my truck running back on the road today, new fuel filter and air filter, has a precaution opened up the ecu and left it to dry in the boiler room, taken off every connection and covered in wd40, just a nice valet left, and sort out the dead speakers, thank GOD for that , im just coonvincing my misses to come on the 16th

WD40 is not good for connectors, contact cleaner lubricant is better.

Thor1950 · Feb 24, 2014

Datatek said:
WD40 is not good for connectors, contact cleaner lubricant is better.

Like this...........http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/OriginalWD40/WD-40-Specialist-ContactCle_zps4f5ef28c.gif

Nothing wrong with it, works wonderful

Datatek · Feb 24, 2014

Thor1950 said:
Like this...........http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/OriginalWD40/WD-40-Specialist-ContactCle_zps4f5ef28c.gif

Nothing wrong with it, works wonderful

But that will not be what was used, never seen that in any shop in the UK or France, only the standard water dispersant

Thor1950 · Feb 24, 2014

Datatek said:
But that will not be what was used, never seen that in any shop in the UK or France, only the standard water dispersant

doing the back peddling http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_apr2007/BackPeddlingViolinist.jpg

blue beasty · Feb 24, 2014

Datatek said:
But that will not be what was used, never seen that in any shop in the UK or France, only the standard water dispersant

Didn't even realise they did a lecky contact cleaner

Is it new or just not available here?

Thor1950 · Feb 24, 2014

blue beasty said:
Didn't even realise they did a lecky contact cleaner

Is it new or just not available here?

Have no idea BB they got a whole line of products here. been around for years

http://www.thedrum.com/uploads/drum_basic_article/90030/main_images/wd40.jpg

along with these.....http://wd40.com/files/images/fam-shot32597148.jpg

wiltshire landyman · Feb 24, 2014

:nopics:you know the rules...pics or it didn't happen

DaveDisco2 · Feb 24, 2014

Being an electrician I have this kicking around in the garage. Also good for landrovers wet/oily connectors.
AMBERTRON CONTACT CLEANER, 400ML - AMBERTRON - AMBERSIL

chewy1986 · Feb 24, 2014

oh dear right ive calm down after driving my disco about for a bit and realized its somehow stuck in limp mode however the m and s lights are not flashing, they pass the ignition test and then go out,

Deasy · Feb 24, 2014

Thor1950 said:
Like this...........http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac330/OriginalWD40/WD-40-Specialist-ContactCle_zps4f5ef28c.gif

Nothing wrong with it, works wonderful

blue beasty said:
Didn't even realise they did a lecky contact cleaner

Is it new or just not available here?

I use that stuff all the time. Most car places have it, I get it from the levy wholesaler. RS will have it too.

it's good stuff, fast drying and leaves no residue

DaveDisco2 · Feb 24, 2014

chewy1986 said:
oh dear right ive calm down after driving my disco about for a bit and realized its somehow stuck in limp mode however the m and s lights are not flashing, they pass the ignition test and then go out,

Put it in the airing cupboard for a bit, I am sure the Mrs won't mind!!!

chewy1986 · Feb 24, 2014

DaveDisco2 said:
Put it in the airing cupboard for a bit, I am sure the Mrs won't mind!!!

you can tell her that dave lol

DaveDisco2 · Feb 24, 2014

chewy1986 said:
you can tell her that dave lol

Were you stuck in the water or did engine stop?

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