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Victor

Member Since: 07 May 2005
Location: Luxembourg
Posts: 12

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Manual Zambezi Silver

No more gas!!!

I went completely out of gas last week on the motorway. Do you think this could have caused any damage to the engine or the catalyser?

Thanks for your feedback Discovery TDV6 HSE 01/2005

29th Dec 2005 12:14 am

Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
Posts: 26775

Have you got it going again yet?

29th Dec 2005 12:18 am

Victor

Member Since: 07 May 2005
Location: Luxembourg
Posts: 12

Yes I had to walk to the next gas station and get 5L (approx. 1 gallon). The engine started immediately but I had no engine power for approx. 1km. Everything went back to normal after that. No engine noise or any other problem. I still have some engine jolts (not sure this is the right word) when I decelerate but this was already the case before. Discovery TDV6 HSE 01/2005

29th Dec 2005 12:33 am

BN

Member Since: 18 Mar 2005
Location: Here
Posts: 6463

Victor wrote:
Yes I had to walk to the next gas station and get 5L (approx. 1 gallon). The engine started immediately but I had no engine power for approx. 1km. Everything went back to normal after that. No engine noise or any other problem. I still have some engine jolts (not sure this is the right word) when I decelerate but this was already the case before.

Assuming your car is diesel, it is self priming and would perform slowly to ensure the system is full before allowing faster speeds.

29th Dec 2005 6:14 am

marc

Member Since: 21 Feb 2005
Location: Nottingham
Posts: 169

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 S Manual Adriatic Blue

Victor,

I was told by a LR mechanic that the D3 will not run out of gas as such.

He said that when the fuel gets very low the engine will only run on three cylinders and then if it isn't filled up it will actually cut out before it runs out so that the car can be refilled without needing the air purging out of it.

So to cut a long story short, you would not have done any damage to your D3.

Its a very cleaver car the D3

Cheers

Marc Disco 3 now gone!!

Discovery 3 S spec 2.7 V6 Diesel.

Previous Car to D3: Seat Leon Cupra R with a nice 280 bhp...... Sad to see it go

30th Dec 2005 8:09 pm

simon

Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296

2011 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Fuji White

marc wrote:

Its a very cleaver car the D3

Well Jaguar are as its their engine

30th Dec 2005 9:07 pm

Victor

Member Since: 07 May 2005
Location: Luxembourg
Posts: 12

marc wrote:
Victor,

I was told by a LR mechanic that the D3 will not run out of gas as such.

He said that when the fuel gets very low the engine will only run on three cylinders and then if it isn't filled up it will actually cut out before it runs out so that the car can be refilled without needing the air purging out of it.

So to cut a long story short, you would not have done any damage to your D3.

Its a very cleaver car the D3

Cheers

Marc

Thanks Marc, this is very useful info indeed. This makes me definitely less nervous. Discovery TDV6 HSE 01/2005

3rd Jan 2006 1:29 am

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