Ok, so I just bought (with-in the past week) my first Land Rover, and we are not getting off to a good start. Its a 1997 Discovery 1, and this weekend while driving is started "missing" and acting like it was not getting enough fuel. I took it to a mechanic (non-dealer) today, as I have no Land Rover experience, and he told me it was definately the fuel pump because after testing they were only getting around 8 psi. After reading the repair manual this evening I came across the fuel pump relay, any chance that if this was bad it could cause the same problem or am I stuck with the expensive repair for the fuel pump? I appreciate any input you guys could give me.

 

Pull out the fuel pump and housing, replace the "pump" with a new Airtek from Autozone or your favorite auto parts store or ebay, and drive. Look for threads on this, there may even be a sticky on it. I did it in my DI and it has worked great ever since. I have a DI '99 with AEL so a new pump and assembly was some $450, the replacement Airtek pump was some $80 if I recall correctly. Good luck. Phil

 

There is a write up under the "How To" stickie. I was reading through it the other day and it will walk you through the entire process. It was for a '97 Disco so it will be exactly what you are up against. Antichrist suggested an AC Delco EP241 for the pump. I just looked one up using google and looks like it will run you 80.00. He also gives the part number for the strainer if you need it too. Good luck.

 

I replaced mine two wks ago, I bought an air tex e3270 off of ebay $50 new, usually around $70 (my understanding is they make the ac-delco)

Took about two hrs, because I diddled around with it.

It runs about 40-42psi @ idle. -- luv it

luck,greg

 

The Delco EP241 fits the 94 nad 95 Discos, I don't know about later models if it will or not.

 

First, replace the fuel filter, many forget to do this and it can cause you problems.

Tom,
Won't the vin. make a difference on the older D1's?

 

Not that anyone has reported, which isn't to say it doesn't.
Land Rover doesn't address replacing just the pump anywhere, so it might be difficult to identify a VIN dependency.

 

Just checked with Roverlandparts and they show the 97-99 D1 have a push on fuel line and I believe they also are different based on the evap system up-grade.

 

I was talking about the fuel pump (they all have fuel lines held in place by high pressure hose clamps)


not the fuel pump assembly.

 

The VIN is how they determine if it is AEL or non-AEL. I have an "early" 97 that was manufactured in 96. It is non-AEL. Which means you can buy the entire fuel pump assembly (like in the second picture) from Rovers North, their ProLine version for $105 , the rubber gasket is another 13 or so. That's what I did, and it is an exact drop-in unit. The AEL version is much more.