hi there, av got 2 v6s now, a 51 and an 04, misfire on cylinder 4 is middle of the back bank, bit of a pig to get at, u have to take of the black air box and all the breather pipes, if u get that far put 3 new plugs in the back and swop the coil to the front, so if the coil is at fault u don't...

hi nodge, traced the wire from the key swich, it comes out at the fan in the ecu board, middle one in the fan wires inside the unit were the ecu are, the gearbox ecu gets hot and when av took the fan out it does not spin when I put live and neutral across it, suspect that if its not working...

thanks for your reply, its not the starter moter, that works fine, just wont crank over when hot, av now put a wire from the solenoid and it starts when it plays up by touching the wire to the battery live, saves waiting for it to cool down b4 it starts again, even the fans come on when its cold...

hi nodge, it is new, removed it the other day and put a live across it and it spins and returns ok, so when it wont start I have now took a wire from the battery to the solenoid and it starts when hot, no more waiting for it to cool down, so the problem must b the relay or the board, going to...

hi thanks for your reply, have swaped cam senser with a good 1 from my other v6, it does the same with a good 1 fitted, the starter is new, removed it the other day, it spins fine when u put a live across it and returns ok, when the engine gets hot most of the time it wont start, so av now put a...

hi, nodge, got an update for u, earlier on tonight it was playing up, so with the ignition on I swaped the relays around and the solenoid started buzzing and stayed buzzing while the ignition was on, still wud not start, so wot am thinking is when u start it from cold the solenoid stays running...

I will give that a go 2mrw when it plays up, it will that am sure of, cheers nodge.

there was a click but not sure wot relay it was, swoped them all around and no difference, cud it b imobel its self, some times it will crank for a second then locks out, checked the starter out, deffo new, the lady I got the car of sed it was doing this that's y it had a new moter, she thought...

hi nodge, further to this reply, no power at the starter solenoid when its playing up, relay was making a click when turning the ignition, fuse board earth is normal, checked this out on me other v6, also took the cam relay senser of me other v6, waited for it to play up then swoped it over, at...

hi nodge68, took the cam senser out today, a bit dirty, oily, it turns over when it was out but wont start, no supprise there, refiited it and it started, tonight it wud not start after being out in it, left it for 15 mins wud not start, checked the brown wire, power there, checked the pink and...

hi there, throttle body were the cable is from the foot pedal is was thick with grease, clean it up, that's ok now, av had it in the sparks , it was behaveing itself, they checked the relays and starter moter, they took the cowl of and all is ok, they sed bring it back when it wont start, ya ok...

hi there, thanks for your reply, well its been in the auto sparks and they say all is well, I/e starter moter, relays, ignition switch, when it was with them it was behaveing itself so they cud not check the ignition wireing, wot I have found out is when the engine gets hot it wont start again...

no its a new moter, only just got the car of a lady owner who put a gallon of oil in when the oil light came on, the break down told her the turbo had gone coz the smoke was bad, the recovery who done the starter a week b4 sed the engine was hydrolicing, so she put it up for sale, and guess wot...

tried swapping the relays, still no joy, the digie clock goes out when I turn the key when it wont start, the clock comes back when I return the key, that's the only light that goes dim, dash lights don't, its like some think is draining the power, then it comes back, last night sat in maccies...

l try that 2mrw and give it a run then stop it and c wot appens, its like somethink has to cool down b4 it will start again, av got a 51 reg aswell a so I can swop bits, that 1 suffers from boiling water loss, front head is white inside, oil goes creamey after a few weeks, steam comes out of...

no theres nothink, its not like when ya battery is dead u get the click from the starter moter, theres just nothink when u turn the key, ten mins later it starts, its just had a new starter moter.

thanks for your reply, don't think its the key switch as it starts ok even after a short run, only when av done a good few mile it wont start again for 10 mins, sat in asda today wud not start, then it started, drove a hundred yards to get petrol, turned of got me petrol, wud not start again for...

hi every one, just me self an 04 for a steal, well its got a little problem, it wont start when its hot, theres nothink when u turn it over, no click from the starter, new one fitted, all dash lights on, leave it for 10 mins it starts, like somethink needs to cool down then it starts, any...

hi every one, just got an freelander 04 v6 sport, its got a problem, it wont start when hot, new starter moter fitted. leave 15 mins starts