Mud-club
Vehicle & Technical => Range Rover => Topic started by: Wolfie_ on January 04, 2008, 16:47:21
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Im guessing its screwed, but to confirm it, The rangie backfired today and then was reving the nuts and bolts loose. When I checked, the air flap had stuck open in the meter so released it and tried to start it but wouldnt start unless I wedged the flap open so the flap is not moving as it should. I guess its operated by electronics and something has blown/broken
What do you reckon?
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To be technical------ it broke.
It should be free to move very easily,
The airflow also controls the fuel pump on early 3.5's so that why not starting ;)
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As mentioned in the first reply, it should be free to move.
Don't bother trying to fix it...i've broken a few in my time (LPG backfires) and they're quite fiddly.
Get on ebay, you should be able to pick one up for less than £20 secondhand.
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well I put the new air flow meter on. and still no joy, when I try starting it was misfiring but wouldnt stay running. Thought id give the plugs a clean and thats when I noticed this
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When it backfired it must have blew the pipe of as it had no jubilee clip securing it. refitted it and and started straight up :doh:
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I've had backfires bust my servo before now, it's worth having a pipe like that which will come loose when you need it to. I ended up building a relief valve into my plenum to stop it damaging anything.
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Thinking about it, it may be designed to do it as the pipe had no marks to suggest its ever had a clip on it, and theres no ridge on the metal pipe coming from the plenum to stop the rubber pipe coming off when tightened down