The mechanic is sacked. Small minded fella who is capable of looking after old ladies corollas and not much else. Nothing wrong with working on a LR if you are capable. Anyway. I’ve stripped the pump and rebuilt it again. Nothing was obviously wrong, everything where it should be and connected...

Update. I’ve replaced the fuel pump on the assumption that it was working but not correctly. The disco was subject to a diagnostic check by a mechanic who reports no fault codes and it’s therefore an in tank fuel pump issue. He also said he wasn’t going to do the work as LRs are poor cars...

Thank you Griff. No, the bleed purge makes no difference.

Hello Neilly. Thank you for your reply. No, it won’t start straight away, if at all. I had 5 days of trying to the point that I almost flattened the battery between getting her running, for 5 mins. The crank shaft sensor is a good point. I’ve concentrated on it being a fuel issue because the...

Hello all, first post and looking for advice. I have a 2004 Discovery 2 TD5. I suspect that I have recently filled her up with bad or dirty fuel. The ‘other’ car is also a diesel and in the same week suffered from fuel issues and bad runnning. That was cured with copious amounts of redex in a...