| Author | Message | ||
     J A Cabrera (Jcabrera) Member Username: Jcabrera Post Number: 185 Registered: 02-2002 |
So the cylinder head gasket has been replaced. 96 Disco I with 112K miles - Now, after driving for a while, I stop and turn off the engine, few minutes later, I start the engine and the RPM act erratically and subsequently the Disco does not idle and dies. I have to keep the accelerator pressed for about 45 second and then the car stabilizes and no problem. This issue does not happen in the morning nor if it has been off for a few hours. Someone tells me I need to give the compute a few days to reset. What do you think the problem might be? | ||
| Joey (Joey4420) Senior Member Username: Joey4420 Post Number: 523 Registered: 04-2003 |
Fuel Temp sensor. Engine fuel temperature sensor (EFT Sensor) This is another resistive sensor. Located on the fuel rail it measures temperature of the rail rather than the fuel. The resistance varies with changes in temperature. The signal is used to increase the injection pulse time when undergoing hot restarts. When the fuel is hot, vapourisation occurs in the rail and bubbles can occur in the injectors. Increasing the pulse time flushes the bubbles away, and cools the fuel rail with fuel from the tank. The fault may not be evident to the driver, there may be a hot restart problem. The fault is indicated by illumination of the malfunction indicator light (MIL) on North American specification vehicles. Hope this helps | ||
| J A Cabrera (Jcabrera) Member Username: Jcabrera Post Number: 186 Registered: 02-2002 |
Joey, many thanks for your comments. I will check/replace the EFT sensor over the weekend. |
