{"id":224,"date":"2020-05-18T20:07:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T19:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roverdiesel.co.uk\/?page_id=224"},"modified":"2020-05-18T20:07:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T19:07:05","slug":"l-series-faults","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.roverdiesel.co.uk\/index.php\/l-series-faults\/","title":{"rendered":"L series faults"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Symptom:<\/strong> Engine mangagment light illuminates and car runs poorly.<br><strong>Cause:<\/strong> Chafed wring to number 1 injector or chafed wiring to fuel pump. Otherwise faulty sensor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Symptom: <\/strong>Poor cold starting. Does not improve if priming bulb is pumped till it goes hard before attempting to start<br><strong>Cause:<\/strong> Faulty glow plug relay &#8211; check voltage is getting to the glow plugs, defective glow plugs &#8211; replace as necessary, incorrect fuel pump timing &#8211; re-adjust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Symptom:<\/strong> Poor cold starting. Improves if priming bulb is pumped till it goes hard before attempting to start<br><strong>Cause: <\/strong>Air leak into fuel system &#8211; common areas are pipes to and from fuel filter and the priming bulb itself<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Symptom: <\/strong>Engine hesitant\/jerky on light throttle openings, black smoke.<br>Cause: Faulty or sticking EGR valve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Symptom: <\/strong>Engine revs to 1200rpm and will not respond to throttle pedal<br><strong>Cause: <\/strong>Faulty throttle position sensor, or ECU thinks that the brake pedal has been pressed, via a faulty switch, someone installing the incorrect stop\/tail bulb, or a wiring fault (200\/25 wiring in the boot hinge area is a common one).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Symptom:<\/strong> Poor hot or cold starting following a cambelt or fuel pump belt change<br><strong>Cause:<\/strong> Incorrect belt change proceedure has resulted in incorrect fuel pump belt timing giving poor starting. Re-adjust as necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Symptom:<\/strong> Engine takes a long time to warm up (over 5 miles), or temperature gauge drops when driving at speed<br><strong>Cause: <\/strong>Faulty thermostat &#8211; Replace. Landrover freelander unit is often the cheapest unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Symptom:<\/strong> Engine fails to turn over, no loud click, no dimming of the dash lights<br><strong>Cause:<\/strong> Spade connector on the top of the starter motor making a poor connection. clean up\/repair\/replace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Symptom: <\/strong>Floppy gearstick with lots of play in it<br><strong>Cause: <\/strong>Worn spring pin that connects the linkage to the gearbox, or worn linkage or bushes. I&#8217;ll try and write a how to\u2026. article on this when I get time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Symptom: Engine mangagment light illuminates and car runs poorly.Cause: Chafed wring to number 1 injector or chafed wiring to fuel pump. Otherwise faulty sensor. Symptom: Poor cold starting. Does not improve if priming bulb is pumped till it goes hard before attempting to startCause: Faulty glow plug relay &#8211; check voltage is getting to the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roverdiesel.co.uk\/index.php\/l-series-faults\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;L series faults&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-224","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roverdiesel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roverdiesel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roverdiesel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roverdiesel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roverdiesel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.roverdiesel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225,"href":"https:\/\/www.roverdiesel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224\/revisions\/225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roverdiesel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}