AboutJohn Robison Expertise I own J E Robison Service in Springfield, MA. We are Bosch Car Service for Land Rover, BMW, Mercedes, and other European lines. I can answer most questions about Land Rover service or repair. I'm known as a car enthusiast, machine aficianado, photographer, writer, and speaker. I've been around Land Rovers and British cars most of my life. Visit me at my car business, www.robisonservice.com or my author website, www.johnrobison.com. Check out my autism and writing blog at jerobison.blogspot.com or my photos on www.pbase.com/robisonphoto
John Elder Robison
Experience I have been a Land Rover service manager since Land Rover returned to North America in 1987. My company is a four-star Bosch Car Service facility, known nationwide for Land Rover service, overhaul, customization, and restoration. We're a dealer and service agent for APCO, backer of the Land Rover Assured and Certified dealer service contracts and Easycare independent service contracts.
In addition to Land Rover our company services BMW, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, Rolls_Royce, and Bentley motorcars. We have factory-plus-level service capability for all makes.
Visit my company online at www.robisonservice.com > service > land rover Also visit my blog at robisonservice.blogspot.com
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Publications In the Land Rover world, my writing can be found in Land Rover Lifestyle, Land Rover Monthly, The Rover News, The Rover Log, The Rover Reference. In the wider publishing world, my work is published by 20 publishers in over 50 countries. Look Me in the Eye is a New York Times bestseller and an international bestseller.
Education/Credentials I am ASE certified, Bosch Trained, and trained by Omnitec/T4 and Autologic on their Land Rover test systems.
Question I was driving and noticed the engine light started flashing and then the car became sluggish like I lost a spark plug. I opened the hood and seen that a black plastic hose with a rubber hose at the end and connected to the top of the enginehad broke and exhaust was escaping but the exhaust was coming out like a lawn mower (sputtering). I had enough hose to cut the end and reinsert it into the rubber hose and clamped it, but I still feel the car being sluggish but not as bad and the engine light still flashes periodically espcially when I first drive it then it doesn't happen as much. I also noticed that at times there is a lot of exhaust smoke coming out of the tailpipe few a moments then it goes away.
Answer Based on your description it sounds like you have a serious misfire, and you will damage your truck if you continue to drive it that way. When the check engine light flashes you are damaging the vehicle and you should never drive that way.
It's hard to tell from here what may be wrong but I certainly urge you to find a qualified Land Rover mechanic to address it.
Good luck with your repair.
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