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Ok, but what ? And from where ? :/ And why is it only doing it SOMETIMES when the weather is hot and the engine is warm ? Its not like its a constant thing :/ For example, it happened twice today at 30 degrees celcius but yesterday when it was 31 degrees it didnt ! The day before I was driving it for an hour, pulling my trailer with a car loaded on it, I stopped to pick something up on my way to the track, and it didnt turn on unless I used a booster ! :/

Oh dear, I'm sorry Boydie, I just seen that you replied here Thanks for your input mate, what you are saying makes perfect sense. Now, I've got some good news, and some bad news :/ I think now I know why most people say that Discoverys are a Love and Hate thing Well, thanks to Nigel, a new cruise control ecu sent by Nigel and a new multifunction ecu, I've managed to get: The circulation button The A/C The fog lights And all the rest of the functions WORKING !!!!!!!!!!! ....well apart from the srs and abs warning lights, but thats a different story... Now... regarding the Cruise control, I've managed to get power to the button, and it gets all nice and green when pressed, and I can hear a relay kicking in However, when I got the car, I noticed that there was a long piece of vacuum hose that was perished in the engine bay, and from what I was told, that was the cruise control hose. I know where one end goes to on the right side, but I have no idea where the other end of that hose is supposed to be attached to ! Anyone ? So ... bad news now .... I thought it was about time I changed/checked the diff oils, as I never did, so I bought some good 80w140 Kendall oil and went about to change it... Rear diff was full.... but it wasnt full of oil... ... it was full of mud water So once I rinsed that up and put some proper oil in it, I went up front to do the front diff as well ! Removed the diff bolt, and ..... . . . NOTHING !!! Not a SINGLE DROP came out, and I am not exaggerating one bit ! NOTHING ! NADA !!! Not even the typical wetting around the bolt !!! Which probably would explain some light winning noises it was making since I got it.... Fresh oil in, the winning noises didnt go away, and I've got some very good leaks from both the pinion and the surrounding gaskets. I'm like a dog who marks his territory every where I go Last but not least... it turns out, that now that the weather has gotten quite hot, when the car gets warm, if you turn it off and then you wanna turn it back on in less than 10 mins, it wont turn the engine fast enough ! Now this is a real puzzle for me.... Battery is relatively new, and its the second one I've tried and its as big as I can fit ! Alternator is charging at 14.4 Volts even with lights on and radio Grounds of the engine have been changed and I've got additional thick grounding directly from the battery to the engine Starter motor has been refurbished... WHAT ON EARTH IS THIS ALL ABOUT ? I come to work in the morning, and if I have to go for an outside job, I need to take jump cables with me, and pray it doest pull this trick on me ! Any input would be greatly appreciated ! Also... any store which sells quality parts for a good price you know of, would be nice too

Thanks for that mate, Do you know if it will make it pull better ?

GREAT NEWS !!!! I FINALLY GOT RID OF THE CHECK ENGINE FAULT !!! Flippin ECU had so many dry joints, if it wasnt for the 200 Euros to re-program a new one, I'd buy one off ebay ! Feeling quite pleased Car pulls like it should? now By the way, I've heard from a lot of people that I should get rid of the EGR valve and wash my intercooler. What do you guys think ? Is it worth it ? Will it alter my consumption negatively ? Does removing that interfere with other parts of the car ? I heard that all I need to do, is buy a blanking plate, take it off, and put it back on with the blanking plate, and thats it

HUGE THANKS to Nigel for sending me a power window/alarm ecu with fob and a cruise control ecu !!! I'll get busy the next few days, swap them and see if I'm done with all the issues I've had Thanks again Nigel I own you one mate

Havent done anything on the car for the past couple of weeks, still driving about with all the ecu's and electrics just hanging there, still havent sorted all my window roller mechs (got the left side front and back to change as well now), but I've noticed some things which I wanted to ask you guys about: 1 - when the car is running, it smells really bad. Really intense smell of burned diesel, however no smoke. At first I just thought that its how it smells, but a few people have noticed as well, and it makes me wonder. Does it smell like that by default ? :/ 2 - when I leave the ignition on, for more than 60 seconds before starting, the car wont start ! Why is that ? Any ideas ?

Just a quick update... My car now looks like this : I'll get there...

Funny you should mention that, I've been looking allover for it, and I finally found it over the weekend. Swapped it with another one which I got from a friend (he had a Disco for spares) and now my rear defrost, wiper, fog lights etc all work ! However, the a/c and circulation buttons still dont work, even though I found the corresponding relay to it and swapped it with another one just to be sure. The buttons were changed as well, and no power is going to either the circulation motor or the A/C compressor to kick it in. The Green Alarm ECU though which had the burned transistor, I think I made it worst :/ I've tried welding on a new transistor but it just melted off from the heat and now my hazard lights dont go off ! I need to remove the plug of the ecu every time I park and I ride with the hazard lights all the time :/

Nigel, I dont know what to say !!! THANK YOU !!!! Please let me know how much shipping would be and at least something for all your trouble ! Again , a BIG Thank you !!!

Right... I've spent most of the day at an auto electrician friend of mine regarding the heater circulation and a/c buttons, as well as the rear windows and the check engine lights.... We established that the relays are all fine We also established that the REAR windows, dont pass through the window ECU !!!! Given that, we also established that the reason the rear windows werent working, was because someone had disconnected them because BOTH window mechs were broken, so as nobody would make them go down !!! Then, regarding the A/C and circulation buttons (and all the rest) we tried finding the Multifunction ECU control ( 1280 ) ??? and we couldnt find it. Instead, I think I dont have that box and I have the green box which is for the alarm and immobilizer ? That we opened up and found that its got a fried transistor inside - which makes no sense as the imobilizer and fob were working perfectly ! If I'm nowhere near what I'm looking for, can someone please point me to the right direction ? I've got everything on the floor now, the car is a mess, I need both rear window mechs as well as the front passenger one ! Jesus Christ, how did they treat this car ???

Nearly had a small stroke this morning ... well not literally... but close ! Last night I parked the car outside my house, everything was normal (apart from the usual amusement park lights in my dashboard). This morning, started the car, tried shifting in Drive, and the lever wouldnt go back !!! I thought GREAT ! Just what I needed.... With a little persuasion it finally engaged gears, but it would jump to N and it wouldnt go below D either, as if something was jammed in there. Went to a mate's garage, who lifted it up, and said... Its probably the gearbox. Something must be broken inside I suggested we remove the cable selector from the gearbox to make sure if the gear selector went back by hand, and so we did. After some careful examination, and a good torch , we discovered a little ...souvenir , probably left behind by the previous owners kids...

I will mate, I will also check the relays one by one. Window mechanism, its the white plastic roller that's broken in 2. I'll have to get another one to swap it I will let you know about the cruise control ECU as well, thanks ..... what else do you have in that spare room ? hahaha

Hi I have removed the steering wheel and I replaced the airbag coil which came apart. I did check everything under there and seemed fine. Cruise control, neither the steering buttons work , nor the dashboard "ON" button. This morning on my way to work , the left front window mechanism collapsed as well ! Never ending story this car... but I will keep trying to make it work as it should. Yes, I live in Cyprus Where all parts are expensive and all specialists are not really... specialists.... So anyway, I will start with the relays and see if those fix any problems. If I can sort out at least ONE problem thats related to relays, I will be more than happy Will keep you updated

Thank you so much for the reply I've downloaded RAVE, will have a look through it later on today. What do you mean about heater circulation and a/c been fed by a live feed ? Regarding the rear window motors, I've already changed the buttons and still nothing. The fact that I dont hear any relays opening up when pressing them, makes me think that you have a point on dodgy relays - although my A pilars have no rust on them. The window was open a bit for several years, so its wouldnt surprise me if its related to that, although the car was tilted a bit on the drivers side as you can see from the first picture. Yesterday I took it to a specialist because I had a failing water pump and I didnt have time to fix it myself, so he put it on the diagnostics computer to see about the check engine as well. Error was - "Fuel Cut Off Solenoid" which makes no sense at all... If it was the solenoid on the pump, the car would either not start or not turn off ... In any case, he tried some tests via the diagnostics - Forced the solenoid working for 30 secs etc - and it clicked like it should and it worked fine. He removed the injector brown plug and cleaned it and then refitted it, made no difference. He told me that I need an electrician probably.... Any ideas on this ? On other news, I'm quite pleased with the fuel consumption. This morning I have 670 khms and the reserve light hasnt come on yet I thought this car would burn diesel like crazy !

I've got a 90amp one. Barely fits in, does the job nicely. But if you can get a smaller pack with higher amps, that would be ideal Do you use a winch as well ?