I have just had the identical issue, went through all the checks, couldnt believe no earth when tester showed voltage, introduced an earth direct to starter and she started straight away. The earth had corroded in the same place as yours and I made a short lead and fitted it as you had. Thank you
Hi, how did you connect the negative to the starter motor as I cannot reach the threaded terminal to attach a lead onto. Like you I have the same problem and want to bypass the earth strap as mine was like yours ?
For testing, anywhere on the body of the starter. When I sorted the earth strap I only made a short one to replace the faulty part and left the other parts as they are
I put 4 videos on as I am not up to speed with video editing, sorry for the confusion. The last video shows the issue being fixed and the car has started perfect ever since. It also seems to hold charge in the battery better than before 🤷🏼♂️
Thank you so veryyyy much for the fantastic video !!! you are a Legend 💪🫡, I want your help and advice,,, my Discovery 4 TDV6 3.0 L , I bought a cheap car for my wife , car it’s not running for the last 4 months so I take some risk everything in the car so great so I bought, this LR4 always serviced on time by previous owner, full logbooks paperwork everything all history shows, story being so while he pulling his camper coming from very long distance about a 1000 kms and some how he find his car started leaks coolant then overheated engine in the way back so he was so close to his home about 40-60 kms drive it until arrived home , it has new AGM battery car won’t crank no click it just heard funny sound as it turn on like an electric motor similar to winch motor ? Oil level under full a bit two notch and oil cap has smell bit burn Do You reckon engine gone 😢? Then I used my scanner ATOFIX pro , I plugged it it OBD port in LR4 it shows me that I have only two faults -1 DDM (Driver Door Module) -2 PCM (Powertrain Control Module) then under the rest it says no response . When I did the scan battery was 13.8 it’s new 4 weeks old. I use a long plastic cable tight as a snack to check between the oil filter and the oil cooler if there is any oil spread because of the high temperature/pressure it might go faulty but I find all dry no oil leaks or trace all around engine very clean nothing u find only the red coolant bit track , the famous top thermostat it’s split when I just pump the hose/pipe it makes a hissing and water go through it ,, I checked the water bottle have no trace of milky liquid or in the oil and front thermostat there is a trace of red coolant and on some pipes this was before a week , and today before you send me your reply I took the fan out and I tried to crank the engine manually because I thought it might piston jammed or coked the engine or crank might be snapped who knows , but thanks God , cranked it freely I moved it both ways front and back nothing jammed or anything sounds funny? Then I tried to go searching all around the engine and I found out on the top thermostat that’s it’s sitting on the top of the oil cooler top thermostat was split damage I replaced it with new then I checked the engine oil take the screw sump to see how the oil looks like then first what came out is a pure clean water about a 2 big mugs and then a dark black oil was smells bad burned it didn’t left the constant of oil it’s still oil not oily waterish- I think because it’s been sitting too long after this incident he had with his car overheated the engine cools and oil burn cooked oil so for long it’s hold all the dehydration inside some how as no coolant all gone no oil inside coolant and no coolant in oil 🤷♂️. It seems head gasket I’m in it now , I’m thinking it might be a thermostat cause all this or water pump gone was faulty I don’t know 🤷♂️ … then I add water to the new bottle fill it up put all hoses back new thermostat battery new then i put oil from my last week oil service was done to my Td5 idea to wash the engine out with Td5 old oil then I’ll add new oil and filter…I give then put everything back together I start car won’t start engine but it’s cranking all smooth the message I see on screen is low key battery and low coolant and the water bottle is full and red yellow triangle message says Restricted Performance ?? what do u think plzzzzz I need your advice 🙏🏻🙏🏻🫡🫡 Many thanks again To youuu really you are a Legend 🙏🏻💪🫡 Cheers Matt
@@matthapaq9618 start with the low battery in key, just to rule it out. Find one of the low pipes on the coolant and squeeze it a few times while the cap is off the expansion tank to make sure no air locks are causing a low coolant fault. Is the car turning over with the key now but not starting? You have spent some time on this haven’t you!
@ Hi mate thanks for ur answer, Yes I did work on it , car battery are new AGM , I did replaced the plastic jacket the top thermostat with new one , put all back together and I add normal water I squeeze like you told me on expansion tank is replaced with another as pressure from the previous one make it faulty, and I checked there is no air in diesel too it’s cranking but no starts like no this feeling of Will firing up?
@@jeromeleech3420 I will check that too ,, you reckon I can save the engine with my explanation to you , I apologise to give you a headache ☺️ with my LR ,,, I find there were two red and yellow triangles on dash when I cracked it go smooth cranking but there is no ignition you know what I mean it won’t ignite there is no light for the Glow plugs as should see on dash when u want to start all lights on ,, I don’t know really?
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I have just had the identical issue, went through all the checks, couldnt believe no earth when tester showed voltage, introduced an earth direct to starter and she started straight away. The earth had corroded in the same place as yours and I made a short lead and fitted it as you had. Thank you
Many thanks had exactly the same problem. thank you for making the video.
Thank you, not great at videos but posted to try and help others as it drove me mad trying to find it.
Really helpful video.. Will know how to fix mine in the future 😉
Hi, how did you connect the negative to the starter motor as I cannot reach the threaded terminal to attach a lead onto. Like you I have the same problem and want to bypass the earth strap as mine was like yours ?
For testing, anywhere on the body of the starter. When I sorted the earth strap I only made a short one to replace the faulty part and left the other parts as they are
So how did you fix it ? The car never started
I put 4 videos on as I am not up to speed with video editing, sorry for the confusion. The last video shows the issue being fixed and the car has started perfect ever since. It also seems to hold charge in the battery better than before 🤷🏼♂️
@@jeromeleech3420 ok just saw the other videos thank you so much..
Thank you so veryyyy much for the fantastic video !!! you are a Legend 💪🫡, I want your help and advice,,, my Discovery 4 TDV6 3.0 L , I bought a cheap car for my wife , car it’s not running for the last 4 months so I take some risk everything in the car so great so I bought, this LR4 always serviced on time by previous owner, full logbooks paperwork everything all history shows, story being so while he pulling his camper coming from very long distance about a 1000 kms and some how he find his car started leaks coolant then overheated engine in the way back so he was so close to his home about 40-60 kms drive it until arrived home , it has new AGM battery car won’t crank no click it just heard funny sound as it turn on like an electric motor similar to winch motor ? Oil level under full a bit two notch and oil cap has smell bit burn Do You reckon engine gone 😢?
Then I used my scanner ATOFIX pro , I plugged it it OBD port in LR4 it shows me that I have only two faults -1 DDM (Driver Door Module) -2 PCM (Powertrain Control Module) then under the rest it says no response . When I did the scan battery was 13.8 it’s new 4 weeks old. I use a long plastic cable tight as a snack to check between the oil filter and the oil cooler if there is any oil spread because of the high temperature/pressure it might go faulty but I find all dry no oil leaks or trace all around engine very clean nothing u find only the red coolant bit track , the famous top thermostat it’s split when I just pump the hose/pipe it makes a hissing and water go through it ,, I checked the water bottle have no trace of milky liquid or in the oil and front thermostat there is a trace of red coolant and on some pipes this was before a week , and today before you send me your reply I took the fan out and I tried to crank the engine manually because I thought it might piston jammed or coked the engine or crank might be snapped who knows , but thanks God , cranked it freely I moved it both ways front and back nothing jammed or anything sounds funny?
Then I tried to go searching all around the engine and I found out on the top thermostat that’s it’s sitting on the top of the oil cooler top thermostat was split damage I replaced it with new then I checked the engine oil take the screw sump to see how the oil looks like then first what came out is a pure clean water about a 2 big mugs and then a dark black oil was smells bad burned it didn’t left the constant of oil it’s still oil not oily waterish- I think because it’s been sitting too long after this incident he had with his car overheated the engine cools and oil burn cooked oil so for long it’s hold all the dehydration inside some how as no coolant all gone no oil inside coolant and no coolant in oil 🤷♂️.
It seems head gasket I’m in it now , I’m thinking it might be a thermostat cause all this or water pump gone was faulty I don’t know 🤷♂️ … then I add water to the new bottle fill it up put all hoses back new thermostat battery new then i put oil from my last week oil service was done to my Td5 idea to wash the engine out with Td5 old oil then I’ll add new oil and filter…I give then put everything back together I start car won’t start engine but it’s cranking all smooth the message I see on screen is low key battery and low coolant and the water bottle is full and red yellow triangle message says Restricted
Performance ?? what do u think plzzzzz I need your advice 🙏🏻🙏🏻🫡🫡
Many thanks again To youuu really you are a Legend 🙏🏻💪🫡
Cheers
Matt
@@matthapaq9618 start with the low battery in key, just to rule it out. Find one of the low pipes on the coolant and squeeze it a few times while the cap is off the expansion tank to make sure no air locks are causing a low coolant fault. Is the car turning over with the key now but not starting? You have spent some time on this haven’t you!
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Hi mate thanks for ur answer, Yes I did work on it , car battery are new AGM , I did replaced the plastic jacket the top thermostat with new one , put all back together and I add normal water I squeeze like you told me on expansion tank is replaced with another as pressure from the previous one make it faulty, and I checked there is no air in diesel too it’s cranking but no starts like no this feeling of Will firing up?
@@matthapaq9618 immobiliser?
@@jeromeleech3420
I will check that too ,, you reckon I can save the engine with my explanation to you , I apologise to give you a headache ☺️ with my LR ,,,
I find there were two red and yellow triangles on dash when I cracked it go smooth cranking but there is no ignition you know what I mean it won’t ignite there is no light for the Glow plugs as should see on dash when u want to start all lights on ,, I don’t know really?