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steve prosser:
After working our balls off last week giving the machine new springs dampers, wheels and tyres.
took it out yesterday to foxham ran superbly for about a hour and half or so.
Then decieded it had had enough, cut out and refused to go again and ended up havin to tow it home with the Pajero.
Spent a couple of hours looking for the problem there but with out a full tool kit was a bit lost!

It seems to have lost and spark from the coil
checked all the connections, they seem ok
and have battery voltage at the + side of the coil

replaced the coil got spark back
Still no go!

Tonight just fitted new plugs, HT leads & dist cap & rotor arm.
Still not playin!!

It appears to be flooding, before fitting the new plugs we tried removing plugs, warming them up, turning engine over without them in, then replacing them, no good. hence the new 1s.

New plugs etc fitted hoping it to burst into life, and yet again nothin.
after trying to start you can smell petrol, take plug out and its wet!

Ive studed the other posts that talk about his kind of problem, im now guessing the fault lies with the ecu or air flow meter? (flapper type)

any thoughts or ideas, its starting to do my head in now!!!!!!!! :x

thanks for reading this
1987 RRC 3.5

FITZ4X4:
If it's flooding without firing I would guess it's ignition related.
Are are you sure the leads are on the right way round, worth double checking. I've bought several non-runners to find someones got the leads on the wrong way round. Apologies, if this sounds basic but it's best to start at the begining before looking at AFM's / ECU's etc.



Other classic problems are 'pattern' parts, especially caps, rotor arms, and plugs. Only use branded parts. Best plugs are NGK BP6ES worst are the crap that comes with a Paddocks service kit, only fit for the bin.

Good luck let us know how you get on.

steve prosser:
thanks for that
any ideas gratefully recieved!
i did last night double check the new leads were on right, but i will triple check later on.

the intial fault was that it had been running great, then just cut out, after spending a couple of hours decided to tow it home.

after checking it over found we had no spark!
fitted new coil, which gave us a spark

still no go!
 so new plugs etc ( nkg plugs and intermotor dist cap)

still no go!

starting to get annoyed now
so any help is great thanks

Range Rover Blues:
Check the ignition with an old plug stuffed into the coil to dizzy lead and resting on the block, turn it over and look for a nice blue spark.  If ok then try again with one of the plug leads, obviously replace the coil lead.

If you get a steady stream of sparks then try connecting up a timing light and check the timing is somewhere near during cranking.

If you are getting a spark try a little easy-start rather than petrol, it should at least cough.

steve prosser:
thanks for that Blues.
im pretty sure that the ignition is functioning ok
will check the timing tomorrow, its strange how it was running so well nothin was touched, nothin get wet at all, and since then nothin

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