Stutter after Discovery2 was pushed over.

wrldky

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Apr 21, 2004
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Raleigh, NC
My son was struck in our 2002 Discovery. It was a low speed accident but truck was pushed over and it's side. Tow truck pulled it upright after about an hour. Truck stutters now. Was wondering if there is anything obvious I should be looking at or changing.
 

kris812

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Jun 11, 2014
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Tucson AZ
Engine (power) stutters would probably be from oil getting up top. Could run some intake cleaner and/or pull plugs and clean. Probably should have pulled plugs before cranking it sitting over for that long, but I'm guessing it wasn't hydro locked with oil or it would have been a Bang on first crank. Possible plug wire came loose or something on the engine.

Driveline stutter, I would suspect the driveline, UJ's or bushings are loose/torn somewhere. Give it all a GOOD shaking in neutral!