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Rather then having these scattered around the “What did you do today“ thread I thought I’d put them all in one place.
4th Jan
New toy arrived today. It was delivered to me as it had a misfire. I also didn’t fancy trailer it 250 miles and trying to cross into England when Wee Nippy it claiming she’s shut the border.
Welcome my new to me 2007 Range Rover Supercharged.
I spoke to the seller who said that his LR specialist had diagnosed a misfire on one cylinder but refused to work on the car due to it having LPG. The LPG specialist had told him that it would be valve seat recession and it would cost him 3-4 grand so the car was placed on eBay.
A deal was done that saw me purchasing the car for a third of the price of a running one, I paid £287 for it to be delivered and this afternoon had a rummage. I read the fault codes and found a misfire logged for cylinder 1. I whipped the covers off the coils and instantly saw the problem.
Whilst playing guess the fault on eBay last week I found a used coil for £10 that I thought might help diagnose the fault. Thankfully it was delivered on New Years Eve so it was promptly fitted and the car is purring on all 8 again.
I now have a very tidy Supercharged Range Rover and enough change from 3 grand for a night away and a nice meal.
I’m going to give it a full service now, rebuild the Supercharger, and de-pimp it before getting the paint corrected. Should be a decent enough winter bus.
David.
4th Jan
New toy arrived today. It was delivered to me as it had a misfire. I also didn’t fancy trailer it 250 miles and trying to cross into England when Wee Nippy it claiming she’s shut the border.
Welcome my new to me 2007 Range Rover Supercharged.



I spoke to the seller who said that his LR specialist had diagnosed a misfire on one cylinder but refused to work on the car due to it having LPG. The LPG specialist had told him that it would be valve seat recession and it would cost him 3-4 grand so the car was placed on eBay.
A deal was done that saw me purchasing the car for a third of the price of a running one, I paid £287 for it to be delivered and this afternoon had a rummage. I read the fault codes and found a misfire logged for cylinder 1. I whipped the covers off the coils and instantly saw the problem.


Whilst playing guess the fault on eBay last week I found a used coil for £10 that I thought might help diagnose the fault. Thankfully it was delivered on New Years Eve so it was promptly fitted and the car is purring on all 8 again.
I now have a very tidy Supercharged Range Rover and enough change from 3 grand for a night away and a nice meal.
I’m going to give it a full service now, rebuild the Supercharger, and de-pimp it before getting the paint corrected. Should be a decent enough winter bus.
David.