Picked up my new tdv8 Sunday...... Been 6 months since last rrs but foot on brake and start button pressed seems to take a good few seconds before she fires up....

Anyone else have this or something n nothing???

Thx tt  2010 TDV8 Bali Blue........ "Alive Tuned"

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mines exactly the same,,,,, its puts the fear of god into you sometines until you get used to it. Its a lot dependant on temperature as the delay you talk about is the heater plugs warming through. Mine is garaged each night so is kept quite warm and after the dash lights up the engine fires up within a second or two.

When i first bought it we had a few days in the lakes and the car stood unused for the time we were there, it had been a bit fresh during our stay and when it was time to depart i honestly thought it was not going to start, it seemd to take forever to actually fire up, even though in real terms was not probably that long ,,,,, but it was long enough for me to start reaching for another pair of boxers !!  2010 RRS, TDV8
bali Blue / colour coded
side steps / flappy paddles
black perforated leather
22" overfinch
heated everything, TV,fridge ...... now with gold calipers and mud flaps !( black mud flaps that is) !!
Many years ago,,,,, 1955 series 1 landie , sometimes wish I had kept it

Thanks very much phew 2010 TDV8 Bali Blue........ "Alive Tuned"

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Mine churns for a couple of seconds before starting. Did it that way before and after the starter was changed so I guess it's a "feature". 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

It's more of press the starter button and literally nothing for a couple of seconds then it'll turn the fire  2010 TDV8 Bali Blue........ "Alive Tuned"

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as TT said, its not the fact the engine spins over for while it's a case of nothing happening for a while, all you get is lights on the dash and a "cold start in progress" message ,,,,, thats if you notice it inbetween the panic attacks and pressing every button you can find  2010 RRS, TDV8
bali Blue / colour coded
side steps / flappy paddles
black perforated leather
22" overfinch
heated everything, TV,fridge ...... now with gold calipers and mud flaps !( black mud flaps that is) !!
Many years ago,,,,, 1955 series 1 landie , sometimes wish I had kept it

The sensor that contiols the delay is the engine coolant sensor so the delay is not dependent on air temperature. I can't remember the exact figures but if you leave the car out on a very cold night, say -2deg and then a warm front moves through and the air temperatures warms up to say 4deg, when you press the button you will still get a long delay before cranking as the engine block is muich colder than the air termperature. It can be disconcerting and makes you prod the button, but actually it indicates that the system is working.

tonytiger wrote:

It's more of press the starter button and literally nothing for a couple of seconds then it'll turn the fire

My mk4 Golf used to activate the glow plugs when you unlocked the door. When you got in you could just turn the key as if it were a petrol engine. Transparent in operation and worked very well.

Shame Land Rover spend so much effort on "apps" and not so much on useful things. Sign of the times I suppose... 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Something more sinister is going on!!

It was a couple of minutes of the wife trying to get her started?? Could it be the battery?? I'll check voltage tonight

If not back to dealers to check 2010 TDV8 Bali Blue........ "Alive Tuned"

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Just a thought but is your wife pressing the brake pedal hard enough? It needs a bit of welly and I know we had this issue in our house at the start.

First time it happened 4am she got
Me up.... Not a nice sight in my dressing gown at 4am) but I pressed it hard and she fired up ok so I told her then maybe foot harder on brake.... Could be a dodgy brake switch??

Got a few days off now so ill do some male probing lol

Thx for all the replies and thoughts tho  2010 TDV8 Bali Blue........ "Alive Tuned"

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First time it happened 4am she got
Me up.... Not a nice sight in my dressing gown at 4am) but I pressed it hard and she fired up ok so I told her then maybe foot harder on brake.... Could be a dodgy brake switch??

Got a few days off now so ill do some male probing lol

Thx for all the replies and thoughts tho  2010 TDV8 Bali Blue........ "Alive Tuned"

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Can't see any issues here!!



I'll keep you posted, but think it's swmbo  2010 TDV8 Bali Blue........ "Alive Tuned"

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Agreed tony, that's pretty much what mine does. It does need some pressure on the brake.