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
Organizations ASA IATN NPPA PPA
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 Hello John, My Disco cut out on the highway last night, all readings are normal, the motor just died but everything else works. The engine warning light came on. After about 30 minutes it starts and runs perfectly for a few minutes and then cuts out again. This cycle then repeats itself. Is there something obvious to look for please?
Thank you,
Paul.
Answer The only thing that comes to mind is a crank sensor failure. When they fail, the engine management computer can no longer tell that the motor is running, so it shuts down. If I were to guess on the failure, that would be my choice.
However, there are other possibilities, and you might get a more positive diagnosis by connecting a land rover test system, and driving the vehicle while watching the data stream until it failed. Then you could actually see what was happening.
