Hi all. Just joined the site as I could really do with some knowledge and assistance. I used to be part of other owners forums when I was a bit younger and they were always a good source to bang heads together for ideas.
Long story time....
My father owns a Discovery 2 TD5 ES, Circa 150k. A few months ago it failed the MOT on an oil leak from the sump gasket. I can put my hand to a set of tools but this seemed too big a job to do on a driveway. There was a few other items that it failed on but these seemed to be a suitable driveway job. Local to us we have a garage who are pretty handy with mechanical jobs and do not charge the earth for work. These are the sorts of people who you wouldn't want to touch anything electrical!! Whilst doing the sump, my father in all his wisdom asked them to do brakes and front suspension. Since then the car has had the 3 amigos lit up and the handbrake light.
They have washed their hands of it and we have been digging into the issue. Tried to read the fault codes but the OBD isn't reading on any machine, power to all the leads into the OBD and the machine lights up but no communication.
There is a power drop between the main fuse box and the ECU drops down to 7v. When you run a second cable it continuously lights all the dash up but the lights do not go out.
Tried the 3 Amigos mod with the shuttle valve, still no joy.
Now were stumped and throwing wasted money at this car!.
Logical head now, it wasn't there before so it must be something they have done! They have replaced front brakes and suspension so the hubs would have been off. So I am thinking replace both front hubs, rings and sensors to see if the problem goes away? Or a cheap ECU in case they have fried that but I would have thought if that was the case the vehicle wouldn't start?.
Other faults that may be related, leaking air bags so the vehicle goes to bump stops over night, or rear abs sensors and it is just a coincidence?
Any other thoughts or ideas would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
Long story time....
My father owns a Discovery 2 TD5 ES, Circa 150k. A few months ago it failed the MOT on an oil leak from the sump gasket. I can put my hand to a set of tools but this seemed too big a job to do on a driveway. There was a few other items that it failed on but these seemed to be a suitable driveway job. Local to us we have a garage who are pretty handy with mechanical jobs and do not charge the earth for work. These are the sorts of people who you wouldn't want to touch anything electrical!! Whilst doing the sump, my father in all his wisdom asked them to do brakes and front suspension. Since then the car has had the 3 amigos lit up and the handbrake light.
They have washed their hands of it and we have been digging into the issue. Tried to read the fault codes but the OBD isn't reading on any machine, power to all the leads into the OBD and the machine lights up but no communication.
There is a power drop between the main fuse box and the ECU drops down to 7v. When you run a second cable it continuously lights all the dash up but the lights do not go out.
Tried the 3 Amigos mod with the shuttle valve, still no joy.
Now were stumped and throwing wasted money at this car!.
Logical head now, it wasn't there before so it must be something they have done! They have replaced front brakes and suspension so the hubs would have been off. So I am thinking replace both front hubs, rings and sensors to see if the problem goes away? Or a cheap ECU in case they have fried that but I would have thought if that was the case the vehicle wouldn't start?.
Other faults that may be related, leaking air bags so the vehicle goes to bump stops over night, or rear abs sensors and it is just a coincidence?
Any other thoughts or ideas would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
