Greenrangie

Thanks very much :-D my car started and drove to work and back fine today, however, I went to help another range rover in need (a 90 which has similar non starting issues) I had a look at their AFM wire and cleaned it up and just as I was about to jump start them, when the leads were on both batteries, my car turned off again and refused to start, I found a Fuse under the D/s seat behind the ecu, a yellow 20A Fuse im yet to identify had blown, I replaced that, no start, then I replaced the 30A black base relay, I think thats the main fuel relay and it started again... So far so good but the saga continues.... :-/ Could it be that the relay was causing me these issues, along with the coil wire?

Bowie69, You sir, are a magician, I checked that wire, and I've had a look in that area before but hadn't specifically examined that wire, so I had a look and the male adapter was full of black gunk, and a bit of moisture was inside the sheath surrounding the wire, as I was inspecting the adapter to figure out how to clean inside it and it broke, so I had to jury rig a spare female plug I had and turned it into a male plug, I attached the 2 and sure enough.. It starts! Can it really be something that simple? Causing me all of these issues?

Hi all, long time reader, first time poster, I do apologise for my long winded post but I want to be sure I'm not leaving anything out So heres the story, I've got a 1993 range rover 3.9L v8 which I've had for about 6 years, bar a spate of radiator issues a few years ago its bern pretty reliable. That is until about 2 months ago, I left it sitting for 2 days while I went away, I go to start it and it would turn on then cut off, I'm with the RAC so I got them to come out and diagnose the problem, a broken ignition module, so I replaced that and it worked fine for about a week, then I had starting problems again, I checked the wiring on the ignition module and that was all fine, so again, instead of wasting money on a mobile mechanic, I call RAC, this time its diagnosed as the fuel pump, it would start by hitting the fuel tank.. So, after about a week of hitting the fuel tank, I replaced the fuel pump and filter, and it drove fine for about 3 weeks. Until I took it for a drive and left it for 2hrs, it wouldn't start again, so I left it till morning and tried again, fired up fine.. Then drove normally. Until last Sunday, I took it for a drive then it sat for a few hours and I headed home, along the way it stalled going up a very slight Hill, I pulled over and it started up again fine, for about 2kms, I heard a click then lost all power again and had to be towed home, in the hour it took from breaking down to getting home the hazard lights drained my battery completely flat. So I charged the battery overnight and found a blown 10A "fuelling" fuse under the passenger seat, I replace the fuse and battery and it started fine. Being that my battery was at least 5 years old and only 560CCA I decided to replace it with a new 720CCA battery, it drove fine to the auto store and I replaced the battery, it started up much faster than usual and I drove it back home, only about 4kms, I get into the driveway and power the window up, I lose all power again, this time for good, I couldn't find any blown fuses and read through the workshop manual to no avail. I called the RAC again, and this time the diagnosis was there was no pulse at the injector... I have 2 theories, and neither sound good A) I have an injector ecu problem? B) although I have an aftermarket immobiliser, could it be that the stock antitheft system/ecu has gone haywire and is causing my starting problems Is there anything else I can look at myself without having to enlist the help of a mechanic or autoelectrician? What more can I do?