Chris Abel Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 I’ve just bought a 3.9efi RRC with 135000 miles on the clock and it runs well and accelerates well until you put you foot all the way to the floor, it cuts out like its running out of fuel, if I back off slightly it accelerates again like normal. Why do you think its cutting out at full throttle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbeaumont Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Possibly ignition too far advanced? Can you get a timing light on and check it. I would have expected it to be a bit more progressive than that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Ignition perhaps, could also be a fuelling problem - throttle position sensor springs to mind. Fuel pump, fuel pressure relief valve... well, the list is long with Hotwire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Abel Posted December 4, 2006 Author Share Posted December 4, 2006 Ignition perhaps, could also be a fuelling problem - throttle position sensor springs to mind. Fuel pump, fuel pressure relief valve... well, the list is long with Hotwire I was thinking it could be the throttle position sensor, im going to give it a good service, at the weekend i was thinking about put a new cam, tappets and timing chain in too considering the engine has done 135k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Could be worth thinking about a nice hi-torque cam kit if the lump is good B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Abel Posted December 4, 2006 Author Share Posted December 4, 2006 Could be worth thinking about a nice hi-torque cam kit if the lump is good B) I might just do that, it would be nice to get a few more pony's out of the lump. anyone you could recommend for a hi-torque cam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Real Steel are your top bet, my vote would be a "Stump Puller" cam kit (low down torque not ultimate BHP, real steel sell some race-oriented stuff). They do loads of other lovely goodies, if you're having the heads off then a head stud kit is groovy, you don't need the outer row so the ~£80 version (AZ480) is the one. Their rubber rocker cover gaskets (AZ656) are supposedly the dogs danglies (I'm about to find out with the 4.6 ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shackleton Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Just a thought - the symptoms remind me of old carbed lumps with blocked fuel filters... on paper it sounds like a fuel starvation prob. But then on paper is nothing like first hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Abel Posted December 5, 2006 Author Share Posted December 5, 2006 Just a thought - the symptoms remind me of old carbed lumps with blocked fuel filters... on paper it sounds like a fuel starvation prob. But then on paper is nothing like first hand It could be that to, ive got the parts sorted out to service the engine and ive also got a new high compresion cam kit on the way. So this weekend ill get stuck in and find the fault. hopefully it will be nice and simple so i can get on with chopping the back end off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shackleton Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Which cam kit did you go for? BTW I could have sworn I asked where do I find Real Steel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Attryde Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Which cam kit did you go for?BTW I could have sworn I asked where do I find Real Steel? after a quick google found the following:- Real Steel V8 Engines & performance parts Telephone and fax Tel: (01895) 440505 Fax: (01895) 422047 Address Unit 9 Tomo Industrial Estate Packet Boat Lane Uxbridge Middlesex UB8 2JP they don't appear to have a website. HTH Pete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbeaumont Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 they don't appear to have a website. They sort of do, but there isn't a right lot on it - if you order anything from them, it's worth getting them to send you a catalogue. They charge a few quid for it, but then it is huge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Their catalogue should come with a medical warning, ooooh the shiny loveliness of horsepower... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shackleton Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Their catalogue should come with a medical warning, ooooh the shiny loveliness of horsepower... yeah were I an evil villian I'd stroke horsepower as my evil pet, Blofeld style Real Steel seem to be at www.realsteel.co.uk but there doesn't seem to be a Rover V8 section - not obvious anyway. Don't you guys rate RPi? The RP4 cam kit is supposed to be good for the RaRo - is that not so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 RPi are sort-of OK but a bit nuts - they charge lots of money for stuff that's not anything special. I'm sure the stuff they sell does the job, but they always try to sell you stuff THEY want to sell, rather than telling you what you actually need. OK they're not in business to spread love, but they do lay heavy on the sales of stuff that's not necessarily worth it. Steve Lund has been fairly comprehensively outed as useless and worse on ORRP.com. Real steel have always talked straight when I've spoken to them and supply companies like RPi wholesale anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shackleton Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Good enough - nice tip... I'm. edumacated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I'm edumacated It'll never catch on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Good enough - nice tip... I'm. edumacated cant be or you'd have a nice Tdi *hat* *coat* *door* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbeaumont Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 cant be or you'd have a nice Tdi *hat* *coat* *door* Oi! We'll have none of those filthy oil burners in the Range Rover forum, thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shackleton Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 lol at the words 'nice' and 'Tdi' used in conjunction Seriously though I'd love a diesel lump, a V8 diesel lump from a Scania or something I even want to get myself trained up as a D engineer But you're not doing it right if you don't have yo D running Biodiesel or Voil - My Rangie (and pretty much everything else I get from here in will do. And if you're eco conscience doesn't bother you then just look at it financially... OK this has been a gratuitous use of smilies I need to go rest Too many emotions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 lots of chipfat feeding my (not to be mentioned here) LOVELY SIMPLE WATERPROOF DIESEL lump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Is that one of the lovely simple waterproof diesels that blows head gaskets, warps cylinder heads, snaps cambelts and only manages a few MPG more than a V8? Seriously, I've noticed at club meets that the guys with TDi's are always talking about engine problems and the V8 owners' only setbacks (puddles) can be solved with WD40 or a bit of waterproofing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8RRC Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Is that one of the lovely simple waterproof diesels that blows head gaskets, warps cylinder heads, snaps cambelts and only manages a few MPG more than a V8? Seriously, I've noticed at club meets that the guys with TDi's are always talking about engine problems and the V8 owners' only setbacks (puddles) can be solved with WD40 or a bit of waterproofing. Nice one Fridge! PMSL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 thats it, im off to cry in the corner. bloody nasty crappy rattly junkheap of a tdi has now destroyed its crank pulley & smashed the keyway out of the crank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 I hate to say "I told you so"... That's what you get for being a gloating TDi owner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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