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extreme90:
--- Quote from: "J13 MUD" ---Is the fuel lift pump OK? I had the same issue with my son's Defender a few weeks back, changed the fuel pump and its like a different motor now, starts when you show it the key instead of nearly draining the battery as it did prior to the change.
Jim
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that was going to be my suggestion
DAMN YOU :lol: :lol:
dan 8)
Range Rover Blues:
Julie's used to be a PITA to start, even with a new battery. It just piulls the voltage down so far when it's cranking.
I fitted a decent battery, a Varta,rather than a hong-kong-fuey one and it's fine now.
adafish:
my Defender does the same......had new glow plugs , starter, and alternator, everything fine with amps, going to check the earth wire from starter...
freeagent:
mine was doing the same, had a new earth wire on Monday... so far so good...
replace the crappy braid with a short length of proper battery cable, it will work much better.
I might add a secondary earth cable to mine, just to make sure...
glaggs:
I was told that a battery ought to be take off the vehicle every 6mths or so and given a proper charge from a decent charger as most altinaters only charge to about 85%. Might be worth a try. Any consolation my 300tdi auto is the same, worse if not run for a day but I don't know how old the battery is as I've only had it 6mths.
The lift pump theory sounds interesting too as I've been supicious of mine since chaging the fuel filter. It would prime by hand as per the manuel and trying to bleed it with the motor running just led to the engin staling as it dragged more air in than it pushed out?
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