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Just a driver Member Since: 29 Nov 2021 Location: Norfolk Posts: 409 |
I can not offer any help, but I know what it’s like with the garages being busy etc. our freelander broke down a month ago and still sitting on the driveway. I think it is all part and parcel of owning a Landrover. |
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14th May 2024 3:17 pm |
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Rommel Member Since: 20 Aug 2017 Location: Sandhurst Berkshire Posts: 625 |
Any idea how the water got into the loom was any deep wading done at all? seems a very odd diagnosis cannot see how water has got up to the injector via the wiring , worth getting a second opinion was any fault codes read? I would have suspected the crank sensor if anything. 2013 FL2 XS.
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14th May 2024 3:40 pm |
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KeithB Member Since: 26 Nov 2014 Location: West Midlands Posts: 48 |
Bit more info-the car has done about 60k miles, with excellent service history, and the AA man couldn't see where the water was getting in. |
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14th May 2024 3:41 pm |
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IanMetro Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Somerset BS21 Posts: 3107 |
Really needs Error Codes read, to see what and were the FL2 thinks the problem is.
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14th May 2024 4:04 pm |
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KeithB Member Since: 26 Nov 2014 Location: West Midlands Posts: 48 |
I don't know what made the AA man look at the injectors in the first place but he apparently found 1 of the connectors to have moisture in it, dried it, several times, and each time the connector became wet again, so he concluded the moisture was coming through the wiring as presumably there's nowhere else it could come from.
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14th May 2024 5:17 pm |
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IanMetro Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Somerset BS21 Posts: 3107 |
This thread (see link) suffered suspected water ingress, unfortunately the OP does not appear to let us know what happened to cure problem.
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14th May 2024 6:01 pm |
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KeithB Member Since: 26 Nov 2014 Location: West Midlands Posts: 48 |
Thanks for the replies. I have already searched the forum, before my original post, but obviously didn't choose the right words. Anyway, I think we'll do as suggested-start with the simple stuff and work up to the more complicated. It can't be co-incidence that last night we had a prolonged spell of heavy rain and today there's a problem with water where water shouldn't be.
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14th May 2024 9:17 pm |
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Nodge68 Member Since: 15 Jul 2020 Location: Newquay Posts: 2071 |
I can't see how water can get into the injector harness. And if it did I can't see it stopping the engine. These engines run quite happily on 2 cylinders, ok they will run rough, but they won't just cut out.
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14th May 2024 9:21 pm |
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jules Member Since: 13 Dec 2007 Location: The Wilds of Warwickshire Posts: 4947 |
@KeithB
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15th May 2024 8:47 am |
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IanMetro Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Somerset BS21 Posts: 3107 |
I am beginning to feel that the answer may lie in finding where exactly the water is coming from, and is it only escaping when the engine is running.
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15th May 2024 3:59 pm |
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Nodge68 Member Since: 15 Jul 2020 Location: Newquay Posts: 2071 |
I'm guessing the breakdown tech was talking BS.
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15th May 2024 6:28 pm |
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Just a driver Member Since: 29 Nov 2021 Location: Norfolk Posts: 409 |
It must be quite hard as a breakdown mechanic as your expected to know everything about so many different makes and models, whereas a main dealer mechanic only works on that particular range. I can not judge as I know nothing. 🤣 |
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15th May 2024 6:35 pm |
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Nodge68 Member Since: 15 Jul 2020 Location: Newquay Posts: 2071 |
Yes it is hard, and the vehicle is always stuck on some busy road, in rain, where the driver just wants to get home.
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15th May 2024 6:42 pm |
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KeithB Member Since: 26 Nov 2014 Location: West Midlands Posts: 48 |
Thanks for the continued interest, folks. It's a bit of a mystery. There seems to be no logical explanation. My son says the AA chap dried and cleaned the connector and although the engine started it only ran for a few seconds. I find it hard to believe sufficient moisture would track through the wiring in such a short time to cause a problem. And I'm sure if there was a different source of the water it would be visible.
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15th May 2024 9:36 pm |
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