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sparks
Member Since: 13 Aug 2012
Location: United Kingdom
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Can anyone give me any pointers as to what it could be?
Just towing caravan home with Disco 3, then after overtaking a vehicle above message flashed up on dash and cars speed decreased to 30mph.
Pulled off called AA recovered to chester services waited for AA mechanic, he arrived explained what had happed. Turn car on no fault message on dash, took car for drive with AA mechanic, nothing!
AA mechanic then suggested hooking car and caravan up and setting of home and would follow ups home.
Nothing happened for nearly 16 miles then just overtaken a lorry fault message again. Pulled off motorway, pulled over AA mechanic saw message on dash, asked me to turn car off and on again, did and message went.
AA mechanic towed caravan on his vehicle and followed us home, Disco worked fine all the way.
Mechanic did say that before I signalled him that I had a problem caravan swerved a bit, but I told him that I had towed and worst movement than that.
But fault is only happening when towing!!
Anybody got any suggestions????? Besides get rid of the caravan and Disco!!
Cheers
Mark
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 1st Apr 2013 5:36 pm |
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DSL
Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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Get yer tea leaves read, could be EGRs or turbo and loads inbetween. When I had this (no caravan though) it was the turbo.
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| 1st Apr 2013 5:39 pm |
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sparks
Member Since: 13 Aug 2012
Location: United Kingdom
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Forgot to mention AA guy plugged in his diagnostics kit, no error codes or messages came up.
He did say that LR do not give them access to all areas with regards to diagnostic codes (Don't if that true!)
Hi DSL, just done a search on ESF and just reading up on your problems.
Looks like it will be a trip to dealer and wait for the bad news!
Car has done 64K
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| 1st Apr 2013 5:59 pm |
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DSL
Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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Not all D3 codes show up on all faultcode readers (ISTR), might be worth finding someone with a Faultmate to read the codes properly do you're for armed before you get to the stealer. 
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| 1st Apr 2013 6:08 pm |
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mart.c
Member Since: 03 Mar 2012
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 27
 
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may be the fuel pump ?
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| 1st Apr 2013 9:18 pm |
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Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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Could be fuel starvation, blocked filter maybe, but that would store an error code. Could be turbo actuator seizing, also should store a code as far as I know. Best get the vehicle to a dealer or suitably equipped tea leaf reader to find out what's going on.
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| 1st Apr 2013 9:51 pm |
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taffingram@hotmail.com
Member Since: 10 Nov 2012
Location: plymouth
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had similar experience going up haldon hill in devon,engine fault error came up but did not stay on,loss of power and worked down through the gears till it went back to normal.took to my usual garage who found a dirty fuel filter. just towed a 25ft twin axle caravan 300 miles with no problem
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| 5th Apr 2013 6:49 pm |
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sparks
Member Since: 13 Aug 2012
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 14
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Took it into dealer yesterday who ran a diagnostic and found manifold pressure fault, so they carried out a software update and carried out smoke test (don't know what that is?) and found pipe from airbox to turbo had come loose so the refitted.
carried out mini valet all for £70 inc VAT.
Brilliant if it works, so we will just wait and see.
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| 6th Apr 2013 6:13 pm |
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stephenw46
Member Since: 22 Jun 2011
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 1155
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Had the same happen to me mass air flow meter towing caravan to Spain turn off ignition all fine unless trying to boot it changed mass air flow no more problems hope this helps
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| 6th Apr 2013 10:35 pm |
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anglefire
Member Since: 09 Mar 2010
Location: In the Club House
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Mine was HP Fuel pump, but different fault code - hope yours is cured. Mark.
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| 6th Apr 2013 11:19 pm |
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NJSS
Member Since: 06 May 2009
Location: Catherington, Hampshire.
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Mine was HP fuel pump too.
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| 7th Apr 2013 7:59 am |
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