Hello David!

Remember me!?

Just caught up on your thread here.. i'm in awe of the amount of work you have done with your SC. I put mine off the road in November. It has a leaking oil cooler line which I admittedly badly repaired..and it needs a new ball joint.

I have a lot of other bits going on at the moment so the RR probably won't see work this year..

I do often wonder what I will do with the SC as whenever I drive it I get a bit peeved at the crap fuel economy... that said i'd love to get it back to it's former glory and have it for the odd jaunt here and there. Your wheels are still sitting there, untouched LMAO. (07) 2007 3.6 TDV8 L322 - 135k miles.
(05) 2006 MY Supercharged L322 - Zambezi Silver on Jet Black - 162k miles.

** Smiles per gallon - never forget **

Hi Conor, long time no speak! I reckon mine is averaging 11mpg or 50p a mile in fuel at the moment so it’s definitely a car you’ve got to want to drive

Must admit, I read this thread from start to finish a few days ago and there’s a lot of work I’ve done that I’d totally forgotten about I really hope the wife never finds this thread!

We had friends visit today so I didn’t get out to the workshop until gone 5.

I removed the rear wheel and had the arch liner off in 10 mins and then proceeded to remove the solenoid from the Petrol return. Pictures taken with the electronic part of the solenoid removed.

Car sat overnight and this morning fired into life instantly at the flick of the key. Looks like that has indeed been the cure and not the non return valve on the fuel pump.

Car felt like it was driving beautifully on the way home from getting the alignment checked this morning too.

Really hoping I’ve broken the back of the constant niggles now.

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior

Lets hope so David  2012 Vogue 4.4 TDV8 - Current
2014 Navara V6 - Gone
2004 Vogue TD6 - Gone
Grand Cherokee - Gone
Discovery V8 (LPG) - Gone
Discovery TD5 - Gone

I’m now 70 miles of mixed driving in and no warning lights so all good

Had the alignment tweaked again yesterday morning as I wasn’t happy and have to say it’s driving like a different car at the moment. Much more like my old one now.

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior

As of Friday evening the RR has covered 400 miles with the new sensors, and the fuel return sorted.

I'm pleased to say that we've got no fault codes stored and the cars feels better to drive then it did before too.

The 400 miles has included some long distance for work including a couple of days commuting from the hotel to the office in stop/start traffic so I'm fairly confident I'd have seen the light back on by now if it was going to.

Fingers crossed this continues for a bit!

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior

Good to hear its all getting there mate. Certainly taken up plenty of time

Allen

Good to hear the beast is back to its best again David - mines undergoing surgery this week for it coolant loss..  Gavin

2005 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.2 Supercharged V8

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Since changing the MAF, both oxygen sensors, sorting the vacuum leak and the fuel return issue, we're now 1000 miles in.

Car still starting instantly at the flick of a key so fuel return was definitely the issue, not the fuel pump as I first thought.

Engine management light has stayed off and fuel trims are showing nice and equal on diagnostics. Car is still driving nicely too

So, since the engine rebuild, that's now 3000 miles on the clock, or, 10 x 100l tanks of petrol, and a ton of Shell Drivers Club points 🤣

Good job I didn't buy it thinking it'd be cheap to run!

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior

Good news David

Reminder it 'smiles per miles' .... Gavin

2005 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.2 Supercharged V8

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As I understand it there are 4 oxygen sensors, did you do both fronts? Both rears? Or All 4? 2005 E60 M5
2006 (MY07) L322 4.2 S/C
2024 i7 xDrive60
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2004 L322 4.4 Vogue, 2002 L322 4.4 HSE, 2006 (MY07) L322 S/C , 2001 P38 Vogue, 1999 P38 4.6 HSE.

I only changed the front 2.

The rear 2 only monitor the catalyst efficiency, it's the front 2 that monitor the emissions and alter the fuel ratio.

Well, that's my understanding of it anyway

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior

And your understanding is correct - pleased you got all the wrinkles sorted and can get on with enjoying the fruits of your labours!

That's my understanding as well, however i changed the post cat sensors as well because they age and I kept getting cat failure messages from one of them.
They are not expensive so it made sense to me to do them with the fronts.

David Range Rover 4.2 Supercharged 2006
Ford Focus EcoBoost 1.5 2017
MG TF 2003

Previous Cars of note
Land Rover Discovery 2
Jaguar Mk2 3.8 - Company car
MG Midget 1974 - Concours

dhallworth wrote:

I only changed the front 2.

The rear 2 only monitor the catalyst efficiency, it's the front 2 that monitor the emissions and alter the fuel ratio.

Well, that's my understanding of it anyway

David.