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| womble Member Since: 27 Jan 2012 Location: south east Posts: 272  
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evening all and happy new year to you . my 300tdi tdi occasionally cuts out when driving,i then pull over(everything dead)and wait a few minutes,it then starts and i am on my way again.an auto electrician mate had a look and to get me out of trouble he ran wire from the +terminal on the battery to the stop solenoid,no more cutting out,bingo but i have to pull the wire off to stop the engine.
so obviously there is a break in the live supply to the stop solenoid somewhere.my question is has anyone else had this issue and is there a particular place where the wire breaks or is it a case of check it all the way along ? thanks in advance good people  |
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1st Jan 2017 8:32pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324 
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Depends what year your 300tdi is but sounds suspiciously like what's called the 'spider unit', which is part of the immobiliser. It's a pretty well known fault that the solder joints on the board crack, which leads to intermittent running and/or starting. At one time LR even produced a plug-in bypass unit to solve it.
It's years ago since I last had to fiddle with one but a Google for 'Land Rover spider unit' will reveal all you need to know. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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1st Jan 2017 10:04pm |
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| womble Member Since: 27 Jan 2012 Location: south east Posts: 272
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thanks for your response.i know the unit you are talking about,i will check it out.
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2nd Jan 2017 9:23am |
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| PT2 Member Since: 08 Mar 2017 Location: Leeds Posts: 4 
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Hi, I have a 2006 Defender 90 and over the weekend the engine has just cut out whist driving, ie just as though you have turned the ignition off ! I had to pull over quickly and then the engine started as soon as I tried it ! In the garage at the moment but they cannot find anything !!!! Any thoughts please ? |
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8th Mar 2017 5:05pm |
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| miker Member Since: 13 Sep 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 1763 
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2006 probably late td5, not a TDI so best off asking Martin to split your post out into a thread there.
Could be a lot of things, rollover solenoid, airlock in the fuel, any more info? |
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8th Mar 2017 5:46pm |
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