Hello,

Fairly new to the LR game -- but loving my Disco 2 (Basic 2000-year model) TD5, which I picked up about a month ago. It runs great, once it gets going. As the weather has been turning nippier in the past 3 days, it is getting harder to get it cranking though. Not sure if there is a correlation. It is not cold enough to warrant the diesel to need heating up.

At this point, if I let the vehicle sit in ACC/II key mode for 2-3-5 minutes every time I am to start it up, it works just fine. While it is sitting in ACC/II mode, the battery and oil light will be solidly lit up; as it should.

If I don't give it a few minutes after trying to get it started in ACC/II mode it does not seem to start at all.

At first I thought it was the battery, but I checked and not only is the battery fairly fresh (manufactured in August 2018) it seems to charge and discharge just fine.

Otherwise the vehicle works great, except for that I have had to put a bit of coolant in every week, left speaker is busted, and it makes me feel like I am lording over all the peasants on the road in their BMW sedans.

 

Does the fuel pump run with the key in that position? If so, I would be looking at low fuel pressure. Running it for a couple of minutes might be allowing the pressure to build to an acceptable level.

 

Define nippy....

Check fuel pressure while cold and check to see if it bleeds down overnight. may be a regulator issue.

If its fine, my guess would be glow plugs. who many miles and whats your ambient temperature on startup ?

TD5's have a regulator so that needs to be factored in as well.