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Accelerating Away
My 2004, 98k miles, TD5 Defender has a starting problem, which only appears when cold. It will fire when the key is turned, but won't run. It can take several attempts to get it past this fire then fail situation but it always starts ultimately - after maybe 5 tries on average. All summer - no problem, but the return of cold weather and I'm cranking the starter again.
So far I have replaced the fuel pump and the valve block on the engine and the air temp sensor in the manifold. I have also had the injector seals replaced. None of this made any difference. Parking it nose down on my driveway seems to help.
Once started in the morning it will start all day perfectly and it runs fine. On a recent trip it delivered 34 mpg (with overdrive) so not much matter with its general health I would say. It also checks out as excellent on Landrover diagnostic plug in tool.
I'm currently stuck for ideas as to what to try next and would welcome any suggestions from you experts out there?
So far I have replaced the fuel pump and the valve block on the engine and the air temp sensor in the manifold. I have also had the injector seals replaced. None of this made any difference. Parking it nose down on my driveway seems to help.
Once started in the morning it will start all day perfectly and it runs fine. On a recent trip it delivered 34 mpg (with overdrive) so not much matter with its general health I would say. It also checks out as excellent on Landrover diagnostic plug in tool.
I'm currently stuck for ideas as to what to try next and would welcome any suggestions from you experts out there?