 | Home > My Defender > What Did You Do In Your Defender Today |
 
|
|
|
| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6298   
|
In a nutshell....
After various mechanical issues / replacements mechanically all is good yet I seem to get intermittent excessive knocking so as far as I'm concerned it's gotta be wiring / sensors or ecu. After reading various posts etc I guessed it was either EGR map or MAF. I can hear the EGR clean cycle and I can hear it operate when reving the environment while stationary so figured it wasn't the EGR. Lorryman100 mentioned the map also measures temp which seemed to tie up with mine being smoother when (mostly) so gave it a go. Also my map was well dirty a year back so cleaned it which 'seemed' to make a difference so you decided to bite the bullet and swap it. |
||
3rd Dec 2013 9:47pm |
|
| bm52 Member Since: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 2189  
|
Thanks for the reply, did you have irratic idling as well? Mine drives well, except for the idle BM52
|
||
|
3rd Dec 2013 9:52pm |
|
| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6298
|
I wouldn't have said the idle was erratic but driving at low speed in 1st wasn't enjoyable as it was erratic / the speed was like the engine was hunting like it was on kangaroo juice.
|
||
|
3rd Dec 2013 9:58pm |
|
| bm52 Member Since: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 2189
|
Could be similar then as mine is an auto it could disquise the hunting which it has been doing and my son said when i was slowly driving down the lane he thought the engine sounded like it was kangerooing or i was playing on the throttle.
ahem - i was nearly home from work and listening to the end of a rather loud rock track 
Need to investigate this MAP thingy then. Thanks for the help BM52 |
||
|
3rd Dec 2013 10:03pm |
|
| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 
|
sprayed WD into tow electrics and top of gearbox electrics then at last minute had a run out to an airfield last night and the reversing light seems to have "Self Healed" ..  |
||
|
4th Dec 2013 7:31am |
|
| Hock Member Since: 12 Sep 2011 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 131 
|
Sprayed some WD40 onto the accelerator pedal to stop the budgie thats developed down there
|
||
|
4th Dec 2013 7:51am |
|
| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6298
|
finished off yesterday job....put the propshaft back in and adjusted the hand brake
washed another couple of wheels and the bonnet. and then a test drive and minor adjustment on the hand brake. can't believe how well the hand brake works.......all going VERY nicely thank you |
||
|
4th Dec 2013 1:08pm |
|
| Nobby Member Since: 09 Aug 2012 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 444 
|
Re-wired the DRL's so they now switch off when sidelights are turned on.
 _______________________________
Puma Defender 90 |
||
|
4th Dec 2013 4:35pm |
|
| Cheshire110 Member Since: 26 Jul 2013 Location: Cheshire/London Posts: 2751
|
Nobby is that an easy thing? how did you do it? i couldn't think how without using one of those 'voltage sensing' thingies which seemed pretty poor but maybe i just got a bad one Cheers, David
Land Rovers of all shapes S3 onwards… Daily is a 110 V8. |
||
|
4th Dec 2013 6:44pm |
|
| Nobby Member Since: 09 Aug 2012 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 444
|
David,
I just took a feed from the positive of the sidelight circuit through the voltage sensing unit, applied positive energises relay. Lights off DRL's on, lengine off back to sensing mode. Personally I've only had one problem with the DRL's and that was a poor connection, the lamp unit to sensing relay was heavily corroded. Replaced with directly soldered joints. _______________________________ Puma Defender 90 |
||
|
4th Dec 2013 7:23pm |
|
| Cheshire110 Member Since: 26 Jul 2013 Location: Cheshire/London Posts: 2751
|
Cheers, I shall get myself a voltage sensing relay and do as you did
Cheers for the advice! Cheers, David Land Rovers of all shapes S3 onwards… Daily is a 110 V8. |
||
|
4th Dec 2013 7:38pm |
|
| WelshGas Member Since: 01 Oct 2010 Location: Vale of Glamorgan Posts: 935  
|
I just used a 5 pin relay to power the DRL's. Ignition on power input and output 1to DRL's. Lead from panel lights as switching lead. When sidelights switched on and panel lights light up then the relay is triggered to switch output to output 2 which is not connected to anything, so DRL's come on with ignition and switch off when sidelights switched on. Easy
LANDYWATCH
Neighbourhood Watch for Land Rover Owners http://www.landywatch.co.uk/smf2/index.php |
||
|
4th Dec 2013 7:58pm |
|
| Nobby Member Since: 09 Aug 2012 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 444
|
David, I have a secondhand one fully waterproof was previously used by me, fully functional and free to you? PM me and I'll send it. _______________________________ Puma Defender 90 |
||
|
4th Dec 2013 8:28pm |
|
| BRE770 Member Since: 03 Oct 2013 Location: Queensland Posts: 56  
|
Fitted a Rovacraft winch bar, then made up a bracket to mount the 20" BajaDesigns light bar and started wiring it up.
Still waiting on the swivel recovery points to show up so the bar will have to come off again in a coupla days (hopefully they arrive in a coupla days). While it's off again I'll replace the standard bumper bolts, wich I reused, with high tensile items. |
||
|
5th Dec 2013 2:49am |
|
|
|
| All times are GMT |
< Previous Topic | Next Topic > |
Posting Rules
|
Site Copyright © 2006-2024 Futuranet Ltd & Martin Lewis
