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3.9 v8 Discovery wont start....

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burgerman:
 Had similar issues when i had mine, turned out to be the temp sensor for the cold start,   Basicly was dumping in tooooo much fuel and flooding without even firing, a very short tow got it going most times till i worked it out and changed the sensor,   Just a thought  :-k

LANDYTIM:
Its an auto so I cant even give it a little tug down the road! Nothing was changed engine wise between it being turned off and not starting. The only thing I did was change front discs and pads..... Will take a look in the Range Rover section.

LANDYTIM:
Couldnt get the sump plug out so had to drop the whole sump, drill the plug, insert bolt and wind out (with the help of a 4ft bar!)

Going to remove rocker covers aswell. Gaskets leaking so another job done too!

Got new steering damper aswell as old one was <edit>

Going to change all oils and filters.

Then hopefully by then I may have found the problem!

trecfive:
Have you been stop-starting the car over a short period without letting it get up too working temperature?. If so you have flooded it, plane and simple. The cure, remove all the plugs , heat them up with a blowlamp or put them on the gas ring on the cooker(you can then remove two at a time and they stay relatively warm) replace all eight, a charged up battery ,and it should fire up, run lumpy for a while then even out to that nice v8 burble. If it was running nice before,it should still  run nice now. How do i know? been there before.

LANDYTIM:
Just changed the oil to see if its any better. Sump plug was rounded so had to remove sump and get bolt out. Can anyonw tell me what torque the sump bolts and drain plug should be? Can see it in the Haynes!  :roll:

Cheers
Tim

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