I had a similar problem once, and it turned out to be 2 things, a bad earth from the antenna mount connection to the car body giving a bad ground plane and the rf tuning between the antenna and cb unit, used a swr meter to get the reading to zero and it all turned out peachy no interference...

But is it possible to obtain a replacement fob and programme it if you dont have one in the first place,(sorry for butting in but i am in the same boat) Dev

AARRGGHHHH indeed , i suspect a head gasket, lets face it , its not uncommon in this engine, even if its the block its easy enough to get a rover 2.0 engine and its still got to be better than than the series 2 1/4 thats in the lightweigh at the moment, i intend to cut the disco chassis to suit...

Checked that one out but its the newer one , i have the model before that, none spider, thanks. Progress so far is , bypassed the positive feed to the starter solenoid and we have a fired up engine:). The bad news is that it ticks over at almost full throttle throwing loads of white ish smoke...

Hi Dave , did you manage to get you mpi sorted out, i have the same problem ish mine wont turn over gets no feed to the starter solenoid , the red led under the radio does not come on at all either, could really do with just getting rid of the immopbiliser altogether as its going to be used as a...

Thanks 1SPIN for your helpfull suggestion , the central locking dont work and there is no volts going down the small wire to the starter solenoid when the key is turned. As for the rest of the observations guys yes i know its crap in a discovery but its going to be pushing along a series and is...

Is there anyone on here who knows how to bypass the immobiliser that could pm me the details ?

I know its not very good but i have just got hold of a L reg 2.0 mpi for a bit of a project , thinking of a series body on it . When i got it the guy told me he had the engine running, it was a bit lumpy but ran. There was no battery on it and i was only given a key, no fobs etc, got a battery...