Having a issue with your motor vehicle is common, because sadly recent automobiles are more and more difficult and consequently be subject to more and more possible breakdowns. Today we’re going to try to help you to solve an injection problem on your Land Rover Discovery . This is a issue that is especially frustrating because it can sooner or later bring your car to non starting or damaged engine. To get this done, first we will find out how injection functions, then, what are the different problems that can exist on a Land Rover Discovery injectors , and finally, how to solve them.

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What is the intent of the injection of a Land Rover Discovery?

So we commence our content page by quickly detailing how an injection system functions so that you have all the info you need to discover the failures connected with it. < br>
The injection system of a Land Rover Discovery manages the fuel intake into the engine , it replaces the old carburettors. It has the benefit to be far more precise and to come, under pressure, to launch the fuel in the engine. The injection pump takes care of pressurizing the fuel and transferring it to the injectors, and the injectors will release the fuel in the form of micro-drops into the cylinders of your Land Rover Discovery. The benefit of fuel injection is to have a much more precise dosage than a carburettor and to enable a better air/fuel mixture and consequently a better combustion.

What are the different injection problems on Land Rover Discovery?

Now in this second component, we are going to discover the different injection problems and their symptoms that you may possibly encounter on your Land Rover Discovery .

Injection pump problems Land Rover Discovery

To start, we will find out the injection pump problems on your Land Rover Discovery, there are not many of them, they are often chronic but we will highlight them below:

  • Electronic issue of the high pressure pump: If you have an electronic issue, the pressure in your injection system might be too high or too low which will bring about a bad air/fuel mixture and consequently a bad combustion and thus alter the behavior of the engine of your Land Rover Discovery.
  • Leakage from the injection pump of your Land Rover Discovery: If you have a major leakage problem, the consequence will be much the same as if you have a lack of pressure, you will not have enough pressure and consequently the combustion of your fuel will not be good

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Concerning the results and symptoms of a fuel pump issue on a Land Rover Discovery , you will obviously experience, a lack of power, your engine grazing, dark smoke emissions…

Injectors problems Land Rover Discovery

Now we move on to the injector problems on Land Rover Discovery . Injectors are the end of your injection system, here are the different problems you may possibly encounter:

  • Dirty Land Rover Discovery injectors: This can happen due to poor fuel quality, they will let less fuel through or more if they are totally clogged. So you will potentially have one or more cylinders that are not working properly.
  • Leaky Land Rover Discovery injector: It’s often at the high pressure seals that an injector can leak, it can also, more rarely, be cracked or broken.
  • Injector Land Rover Discovery HS: This is the circumstance when your injectors are totally clogged or when you have an electronic problem, it will not let anything go.

Regarding the signs of illness of injector problems on your Land Rover Discovery it is about the same as for a defective injection pump. You may possibly encounter problems with starting, throttle response, power loss, and smoke emission.

How to get rid of an injection issue on a Land Rover Discovery?

To conclude our content on the injection problems on Land Rover Discovery , we will try to give you the solutions that exist to solve these problems.
If after a precise analysis it’s your injection pump that is the cause of your problems, it will sadly be very complicated to intervene on the trouble without replacing the component, this change often goes with the replacement of the injectors, and in some cases the tank, it will take between 2000 and 3000 euros for the whole, try to get some diagnostics and estimates before starting any repair.
Concerning a issue with an injector there are different solutions depending on your concerns, here they are:

  • Dirty injector: You can clean the injectors of your Land Rover Discovery, do not hesitate to seek advice from our content page on this subject to get the process. If it doesn’t work, you will have to replace them.
  • Leaky injector: The change and the purchase of a joint kit will only cost you a few tens of euros, but you still need to have the ability to change it, do not think twice to seek advice from our content page on the injectors that leak on Land Rover Discovery, to have all the solutions available to you.
  • Injector HS: Finally, last solution, your injector is broken or doesn’t work anymore, generally, the replacement of an injector costs around 500 euros labor included.

If you need more tutorials on the Land Rover Discovery, go to our Land Rover Discovery category.