Chris Croot

Correct, I spoke to a friend who worked on the management system. Pity the LR dealer I had look at the vehicle didn't know so would correctly diagnosed a failed throttle position sensor which had failed showing a full throttle position. Regards, Chris.

Any ideas? If I use the keyfob to lock the car, both rear doors lock properly, but not the front doors. If I lock on the key, the drivers door will lock and on unlocking on the key, most times it will unlock both the drivers door and the two rear doors. The front passenger door will sometimes unlock with the drivers door on the key, but never lock. Holding the lock key on the keyfob will now not close the windows and sunroof. Can anyone give me any pointers of where to look to solve the problem? Regards, Chris.

Have found what the problem was while re-checking the sensor inputs on the ECU. The throttle position sensor was consistently outputting 4.7V no matter what position. Have disconnected the multiplug on the sensor and vehicle now starts everytime. New part ordered and will be fitted when it is received. Can anyone explain why the TPS reading the value as if it was fully open would stop the injectors from opening. Of course in the time honoured Range Rover fashion, I am now suffering another problem! Will start a new thread for it! Regards, Chris.

Have been having starting problems with my 1998 GEMS V8 3.9l petrol RR which has been LPG converted. I have a problem that when you turn the key to start, 7 times out of 10 it will start without any problems at all. The other 3 it will just crank the engine but never start. It doesn't appear to fire. If you then turn the key to off, wait 15 seconds and re try it will generally start. Sometime you have to wait another 15 seconds but generally it starts on the 2nd go. Any shorter than 15 seconds then it will still be in the problem state. You can guarentee to get it into the problem state by turning the engine off after it has been running sucessfully and then immediately try to restart. Diagnostics done (while in problem mode) Plugs are sparking correctly, fuel pressure on rail is good. Crankshaft & camshaft sensor output scoped at ECU plugs are fine. Scoping out the injector pins on the GEMS ECU it appears that the ECU isn't signalling the injectors to open. Mass air flow connectors and output have been checked and are ok. I have tried a replacement GEMS ECU, replaced the power board in the bECM and tried a new gas ECU, all without any joy. The gas system has effectively been taken out of the loop and the problem still occurs, so it does not appear to be a gas system problem. No problems show on the gas diagnostics and no errors logged on the RR ECUs when looking with testbook. One of the garages that looked at it for me said that if they manually injected fuel when it is in the non working state, it would start and the ECU will start to tell the injectors to work. Anyone got any ideas on what I could look at next as I am now completely out of ideas! Regards, Chris.