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5th February 2015, 21:50 | #1 |
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Rover 75 switch off while driving uphill
Hi everyone, I'm new here. I am from Austria and my english is maybe not the best but i hope you understand me
When I found this forum, I was very happy because in a german rover forum the user are inactiv. Yesterday my dad bought a Rover 75 and we have a problem. When you drive the car uphill few kilometers, the car switch off and the warning flashes and the interior light goes on. I hope you guys can help me out. When we bought the car we have many problems with the car-dealer becaus he reset the Kilometers and conceleaded the defects. The car-dealer leave and I cant contact him more. I found the previous car-owner and he tell me about the car problems and the real kilometers. He told me about the switch off problem and now my dad and I dont now what to do. I hope you can help me |
5th February 2015, 21:54 | #2 |
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welcome along, you need to check the plenum chamber, sounds like the ECU is under water
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5th February 2015, 22:01 | #3 |
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I guess this is the diesel. I'm sure you'll get a lot of help here, there are plenty of diesel owners with lots of experience to diagnose your problems. Be ready to answer lots of questions about technical matters. The diesel engine is very robust, so I doubt there's anything seriously wrong. I'd suggest you start reading some of the threads covering the cooling (radiator/aircon) fan and the thermostat (use the search system). And welcome to the forum.
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The previous owner said, when he drove uphill with 150km/h and he want to accelerate, the car switch off. That happened 5 times during 3 months. EDIT: The car have a manual gearbox |
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Welcome to the Club.
As stated previously, it will do no harm to check the plenums See my signature links for more information
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5th February 2015, 22:27 | #6 |
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Sounds like it could be injector leakback, so worth carrying out a leakback test.
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This is a strange problem as you state that the interior light comes on when the malfunction happens, have you two keys? if you do try using the key that you know as not in use when the problem happened. The interior light usually comes on when the ignition key is switched off assuming the ignition switch is not playing up. Worth checking, it sounds strange, but start with the basics and move steadily on from there before jumping to too many conclusions.
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