Hello and thank you for letting me join this Forum,
I have recently purchased a 1997 3.9 V8i automatic Discovery 1 and all seemed well for the first few weeks but for the last 2 weeks it has been very Jekyll & Hyde, one minute it can be perfectly fine with no issues (apart from the ABS warning light which is down to a front speed sensor on the right side that needs replacing)
the next time i use the car it seems to idle low on start up and cuts out on me when I come off the loud pedal and start braking. I changed the fuel from tesco to shell v-power in the hope it would be just a bit of build up and the fuel would clear it out but after a week it still remains the same, I can go to the shops and it runs fine but for the return trip it just cuts out at most junctions and it is doing my head in and the other half is moaning saying its a piece of junk.
what could be the main issue causing this? any help or pointers in the right direction would be great.
it may help to know that I am not sure when its last service was but from looking at the oil it looks like it could do with a change, distributor cap looks new and is from Lucas, the leads look ok and are in the correct order with number 1 at 4 o'clock, has had new exhaust fitted from last owner with cats.
I am not the most tech minded when it comes to cars so please explain like i am a 10 year old lol
thanks for reading this
Daniel
