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TomCobbly



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United Kingdom 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE TDV8 Baltic Blue
Earth Mystery - help needed

I have a 2011 TDV8 L322 and have had numerous problems over the years regarding engine cranking and suffering from the dreaded solenoid click.

I have replaced starter motors, run a larger wire from the fuse box to the solenoid, taken the solenoid apart and cleaned and shimmed the copper contacts and replaced batteries.

The only thing I haven't been able to do is find how the engine is bonded to earth/ground/negative.

The wiring harness diagram only shows a short length of cable from the negative battery terminal which appears to be only bonded to the bodywork. I have read on this forum that you can see the engine bonding by removing the nearside wheel arch protector which I have done but I can't see anything.

Can anyone please tell me where the engine earth bond attaches to the engine as this is driving me nuts. 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE
1993 Discovery 1 3.5 V8i

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Weegie



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Scotland 2008 Range Rover Vogue TDV8 Stornoway Grey

There is a main one under the front right wing behind the plastic liner. It's responsable for the chassis to body earth. John
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cass



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For diagnosing the fault I would just make a new earth cable and fit it somewhere easy on the engine. If it doesn’t solve your problem it’s pointless chewing on finding and fixing the factory fitted earth.

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TomCobbly



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United Kingdom 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE TDV8 Baltic Blue

HI john thanks for that I will take a look.

When you say it connects from body to chassis I'm not sure what you mean as I don't have a chassis only a subframe and I imagine that is isolated from the engine because of the engine mounts.

Does it bolt directly to the engine? 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE
1993 Discovery 1 3.5 V8i

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TomCobbly



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United Kingdom 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE TDV8 Baltic Blue

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For diagnosing the fault I would just make a new earth cable and fit it somewhere easy on the engine. If it doesn’t solve your problem it’s pointless chewing on finding and fixing the factory fitted earth.


Hi Cass, I thought of that and tried it with a jump lead but wasn't convinced I could get a good enough connection to prove anything. I might make up a cable with proper lugs on the ends and give that a try. 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE
1993 Discovery 1 3.5 V8i

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nicedayforit



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England 2004 Range Rover Vogue Td6 Giverny Green

Why not simply fit a second earth cable from the engine / gearbox to a good accessible earth point in the engine bay and be done with the problem. Years ago l fitted a cable from a gearbox bolt to the earth stud in the engine bay using welding cable for flexibility and needless to say never had an issue since.

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cass



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"I might make up a cable with proper lugs on the ends and give that a try."
You can get a decent length insulated cable already made up for about a fiver from Halfords, I've had one for years in my toolbox, it's a simple way to check things.

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Shaun_



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United Kingdom 2012 Range Rover Westminster 4.4 V8 Santorini Black

Have you replaced the starter button? Once they start to let go they will give very similar symptoms. A cheap one from Amazon or Ebay will allow you to test the theory at least. 2012 TDV8 Westminster in the New Forest

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