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familymad

Member Since: 13 Dec 2011
Location: Bucks
Posts: 3481

2016 Defender 130 Puma 2.2 HCPU Santorini Black

3.5 V8 running issues

1984 3.5 V8 totally standard. 130k miles. Runs the sweetest of any I have owned ........ until it's warm and it loses all power and sounds awful. Can't maintain 15mph and any large throttle opening slows it down more. It's like a switch. Turn it off, let it cool down and she runs like a dream once again.

Changed the carb diaphragms as I thought it might be leaking but no change. It's on fresh petrol and half a tank. Temps all good. It's so odd that it runs so so well initially.

I am wondering about the ballast resistor but has anyone else experienced similar or could throw some advice? 1951 80" S1 2.0
1995 110 300TDI
1995 90 300TDI

30th Oct 2015 5:48pm

GREENI

Member Since: 22 Aug 2010
Location: staffs
Posts: 10383

Or coil.

30th Oct 2015 5:57pm

Romadog

Member Since: 07 Jul 2011
Location: Powys
Posts: 1749

Fuel vapourisation?
Is the fuel line near exhaust heat?

Fuel pump electric/ mechanical?
Could be weak

Amplifier on side of distributor getting hot??

30th Oct 2015 5:57pm

familymad

Member Since: 13 Dec 2011
Location: Bucks
Posts: 3481

Cool, will work through them one by one starting with the cheapest! 1951 80" S1 2.0
1995 110 300TDI
1995 90 300TDI

30th Oct 2015 6:01pm

Terryt

Member Since: 28 Jun 2012
Location: Lerryn. Cornwall.
Posts: 750

I had the same issue when I was running my v8.
It was caused for me by fuel vaporisation heat from the engine ,I wrapped some heat proof stuff around the fuel lines and it never happens again .
Terry

30th Oct 2015 8:23pm

familymad

Member Since: 13 Dec 2011
Location: Bucks
Posts: 3481

Nit of an update. Starts lovely on choke. Runs until semi warm and the come off the choke all seems well. When warm it starts the above symptoms and all clears if you give it choke again when warm........ Feels like you have set cruise control but she flies again.
baffled. Sounds like a carb issue 1951 80" S1 2.0
1995 110 300TDI
1995 90 300TDI

2nd Nov 2015 7:19pm

Romadog

Member Since: 07 Jul 2011
Location: Powys
Posts: 1749

Strombergs or SU's ??

2nd Nov 2015 8:22pm

familymad

Member Since: 13 Dec 2011
Location: Bucks
Posts: 3481

Stromberg 1951 80" S1 2.0
1995 110 300TDI
1995 90 300TDI

2nd Nov 2015 8:59pm

salesman

Member Since: 01 Sep 2014
Location: The Yorkshire Dales God's Country
Posts: 72

2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Zambezi Silver

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Choke on increases fuel, so you appear to have a fuel/air issue.
Firstly check all breather pipes for splits.too much air would cause your symptoms and if you have a split in a pipe it sucks more air when you increase rpm.
Check routing of fuel pipe and check fuel pump
The reason I say this is the pump may not be working correctly, and when you switch off or go on tick over it primes back up,
Easy to test, run a gravity fuel feed direct from another tank held above the height of the engine,
It's all a case of trial and error.
My 3.5 had similar problems and it turned out to be a split in breather pipe.
Good luck, barry

2nd Nov 2015 9:17pm

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