Bob the B wrote:

Dan

After the other day try investing in one of these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170651940098?ssP...1438.l2648

SteveMFr wrote:

If it's a private individual it's quite likely that this was a known problem (what are the odds that the car - otherwise perfect - suddenly has this problem within hours of your taking ownership?).
And if it's from a dealer...

Dan, IIRC BBSSPY did a write-up on replacing the pump. Might be useful

Just been to cardiff and back - made sure I had over 1/4 of a tank the whole way and it was fine.

So either the pump is overheating OR the "jet pump" (which pumps from one side to the other) has failed.

Either way - I need a new pump. The whole thing is bought together; left pump, right pump and both senders. In total it's £170 so that's not bad. Probably £30 labour - so £200ish in total.

Looks like a mess of crap:

 

on the bright side dan, you'd only be polishing it instead of getting to know it a bit better..

scarey wrote:

on the bright side dan, you'd only be polishing it instead of getting to know it a bit better..

To be fair I polished & waxed it last weekend

It's getting the engine bay cleaned sometime next week. If it makes it to work. 

OK, now I think I've changed my mind on the pump overheating. I think that's just the RRS. I think one of the pickups is not working:


Fuel Tank by d86cfv, on Flickr

Whilst driving with 1/2 a tank of fuel the gauge shot up to 3/4, then back down after a few miles - somethings obviously not right here. I wonder whether one of the senders has gone wrong - or if one side of the pickup/sender unit has come off of its mountings.

It's at the garage today, I will report back with the results! 

i wonder if it could be something as simple as a bad earth..

Lets's hope it's a straight forward fix mate. 2006 Mercedes CLS
1991 Retro-style Mini
But really finding it hard to fight the urge for a S/C...

Dan

sorry to insist , but your car has been going through the same ordeals as my friends SC , ands the only definitive cure was changing the Fuse in the trunk's fuse box i already described to you ......

and a bad fuse could lead to the same symptoms as a bad earth .....
worth trying before buying the whole pump system !!!

jaybear Jaybear

2002 V8 , premier edition , 19" alloys ,

jaybear wrote:

Dan

sorry to insist , but your car has been going through the same ordeals as my friends SC , ands the only definitive cure was changing the Fuse in the trunk's fuse box i already described to you ......

and a bad fuse could lead to the same symptoms as a bad earth .....
worth trying before buying the whole pump system !!!

jaybear

Already done - and the relay  

Dan, you never answered - what about going back to the seller? (Just out of curiosity as you seem to be ruling it out) 
RRC 2Dr, RRC 4Dr,
P38, and 2 L322s
(wife thinks I'm nuts - prob right, too)

SteveMFr wrote:

Dan, you never answered - what about going back to the seller? (Just out of curiosity as you seem to be ruling it out)

Private sale  

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So much for me then ... Did you check with the stealer if any soft update was available for your machibne ??? I remember the stealer said to my buddy that when serching for faults on his machine he did a whole batch of software updates which were not performed by the previous LR dealer .....
may also be of use to do that , even if not directlky related to your immediate concern ....
I just hope you find the issues for your truck , i know this can be quite frustraring ;
My buddy hads vbought his from an LR Dealer so even if it was 3 years old , he did take all the work and parts under the used car warranty , it helped for sure ....
Jaybear Jaybear

2002 V8 , premier edition , 19" alloys ,

I'm not overly concerned - it's frustrating when it happens, but I'm relatively chilled about the whole thing. You cant own a RR and get upset everytime it lets you down!

It needs a SW update to make the 2nd-1st gearchange smoother as it's a little harsh at the mo. If there are any other SW patches to go on I will try and ensure these are done...