BLOODY ENGINE !

[fesuvious]

OK, please can some people help me here.
For ages the 3.5 injected lump in my disco has been runnning rich, cokeing up the plugs and then dropping cylinders.

A friend of mine who is an excellent mechanic and myself have spent hours on it and to no avail.

In short; Who are the best people for these engines ? I am Based in Solihull (midlands) and have decided that the easiest thing to do would be to hand the car over to some people who 'really know their stuff' have a history with these lumps and of course have the correct diagnostic equipment. Iv tried mixture adjustment but the engine has other ideas !
Obviously it could be airflo meter but then what would happen if a manual engine was running the ECU from an auto ? - oh, its doin me head in

Who do you guys recommend?

[strapping young lad]

try rovamania.co.uk (based in solihull i think)

ive heard good reports about this outfit

[fesuvious]

thankyou - tried that website, its a cover page with a phone number - and the phone number does not work !!!!

anyone else ?

[Range Rover Blues]

I'd try another airflow meter first.  I don't think the ECU will make much difference, you may find it idles a bit fast sometimes if the neutral switch isn't connected.  I know on thehotwire systems it's the same unit, you use a resistor to tell it what transmission is fitted.

[Eeyore]

Andy's Landys in Coventry gets my vote for anything I won't do myself. I've tried others but keep ending up back there.

Failing that, I'll ask around if anyone I know has any ideas about what might be amiss.

cheers
 8)
Eeyore

[Range Rover Blues]

Does it idle a lot, that can cause the problems you're having.  Have you checked you've got the right plugs?  Some places only sell one or two types but there are three or four for the V8.

[scorpio]

Yeah i would suggest rovamania as well Reg is the guy there what he doesnt know about v8's is not worth knowing he builds them for p6's as well and rebuilds them all himself he is not quick with his work but he is good. They have recently moved units and the new phone number is  0121 3281113 they have moved to larger unit in cheston st aston.

[fesuvious]

Brilliant, thanks
Yeah, i tried making sure she idnt left idling too much but shes running monstrously rich all the time.

The idle is a little wierd - if you hit the clutch at @3000 upwards the idle will often fall all the way down to nearly stalling before picking back up again.

Il give Rovamania a call and see if I can send her in there . Anyone know what their prices are like cos Iv got the Porsche off the road having work as well ! It never rains eh......................

[scorpio]

Not sure but he is reasonable in his rates and he know Landys as he used to be a senior technician for a main dealer

[DEANO3528]

The idle is a little wierd - if you hit the clutch at @3000 upwards the idle will often fall all the way down to nearly stalling before picking back up again.

That's really strange isn't it?
I have heard that a bad earth will cause strange happenings such as this, so it might be worth checking them or running some fresh ones between chassis, body and engine.
Mine is a [!Expletive Deleted!] when it's hot!
Starts reasonably well in the cold but once hot will barely start and run, usually on 2 or 3 cylinders slowly picking up with occasional backfires until after around a minute it's back to 8. Might be several things, including a weeping head gasket, etc or even simply the thermostat whch is wide open at the moment!  :oops: