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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6298   
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one thing that I understand is a common fault on the tranny engine relates to the glow plugs sucking too much power as I understand it. there's a very knowledgeable chap on here who has suggested disconnecting the glow plug circuit (starts fine without).
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28th Jul 2015 11:29am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17386  
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It might be worth checking that the relays under the driver's seat are properly and firmly in their sockets, and that the sockets actually grip the terminals of the relays well.
I went through a period of random starting problems, either failure to crank, or crank but not firing, or crank, fire, then die, etc, and eventually realised that whilst relays such as the wipers (under the dash) took considerable force to extract from their sockets (almost pulling the socket out of the mounting in fact) the starter, ignition, and main relays under the seat took very little effort to extract. I carefully bent the legs of these relays slightly so that they were a really tight fit in the sockets, replaced them, and have had several years and 150,000 miles without problems since. Since it is a zero cost repair, it is well worth a try. Another possibility is a passive immobiliser fault, so you could try disabling PI (with Nanocom or similar) to eliminate this. It won't prevent the immobiliser from working when you lock the car, but does prevent the trouble-prone dialog between the keyfob and the AS10, which is usually where PI problems originate. |
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28th Jul 2015 2:05pm |
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| Nevillerover Member Since: 14 Feb 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 224 
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Disconnect battery, clean connections to starter, reconnect battery.
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28th Jul 2015 5:26pm |
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| RED-DOT Member Since: 29 Jun 2009 Location: stirling Posts: 2363 
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New battery, starter wires A1. 2008 RS4 gone, 123d M Sport, and a Puma 90 XS..
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28th Jul 2015 5:30pm |
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| wyvern Member Since: 13 Dec 2009 Location: Cornwall Posts: 2108 
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Mine went a similar way - it was thought to have been the battery but after changing it out for a new one the problem continued. it got harder and harder to start ... then one afternoon when my partner had the 110 the starter gave up all together about 60 miles from home - cue relay and then a workshop job to repalce the thing as I was away at the time ... the mech said it was not an easy job to do but now all better!
Sadly I had to fork out for a new battery when I could have done with out ! so change it early would be my recomendation ! Poppy - TDCI (Puma) 110XS 2.2 - Camper conversion - see the build here - https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic56530.html
Elgar -TDCI(Puma) 110XS Dormobile - now sold Devon & Cornwall 4x4 Response - DC126  |
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28th Jul 2015 7:55pm |
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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4662 
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There was a technical bulletin issued regarding non start. Here's the link on the Aulro site
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/90-110-130-defen...rds-2.html 1982 88" 2.25 diesel 1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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