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Little Tom

Member Since: 20 Aug 2013
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 134

TD5 wont start, no noise from fuel pump, temp gauge cold

Morning,

I have just had a call from the wife telling me the land rover wont start, sadly im not there to have a look but I will tonight and wanted to get some advice gathered before I get home.

From what I can gather, it turns over but wont start, when the ignition is on there is no sound from the fuel pump and the temperature gauge shows 0 or cold. The reason I say this is from reading on here there seems to be a problem with the gauge showing around 75% and no noise from the fuel pump?

Does this sound like a similar problem? An ECU / earthing problem of some sorts? Mechanically im fairly sound but when it comes to the elastic trickery I'm just not that confident, I'm ok with fuses etc and looking for obvious signs of damage and I'm aware of the flimsy earth cable under the drivers seat after I fitted an over drive last year.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, when I get back later i'll be cleaning out the ECU red plug and checking the yellow relay / fuses and wires for obvious wear but other than that??

Thanks Michael was just telling me a story about a friend of his who slept with a land rover, lonely nights in the desert..

19th Jul 2016 8:28am

ppad

Member Since: 16 Nov 2012
Location: now, UK S Coast
Posts: 223

Check that the fuel pump relay is being woken up by the ECU. Under driver's seat the yellow rear relay, waggle it, tighten the spade with thin pliers and generally encourage a good connection. Have you got any chip performer add-ons under there? On my 2005 90 this has been a real pain. Sold the much modified 110 2.8, in Oz
Brought the 90 home from Switzerland ...

19th Jul 2016 9:07am

Little Tom

Member Since: 20 Aug 2013
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 134

No chip add ons, well not that I have added, I assume it would be fairly obvious if there was one. I will check that relay and give it and the red ECU a clean with electrical cleaner and see what happens...

Any other suggestions? Michael was just telling me a story about a friend of his who slept with a land rover, lonely nights in the desert..

19th Jul 2016 10:30am

dorsetsmith

Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: South West
Posts: 4554

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start with earthing i.e. battery to chassis , to transfer box and chassis to body drivers side underneath, next fuse driver seat box and so on good luck

do you have voltage tester ?

19th Jul 2016 11:04am

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