Land Rover Repair: 1997 landrover discovery, spark plug wires, landrover discovery


Question
my car will not start.i have fuel going into the injection bar.have spark but will not start.it when it happen i started in the morning there was no problem,but when i went to started later on in the day it would not start sounds like it's not firing at all but can smell petrol from the exhaust

Answer
Hi Graeme,

if you smell fuel and your engine is not 'firing', most likely its spark related.  It could be your coilpack, it could also be a HT lead wire or wires that are shorting out.

When was the last time you replaced your HT spark plug wires?

Best of luck,

JohnMc