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97 land rover disco delayed or rough start

Hi, I JUST bought a 1997 alpine white discovery, the thing runs perfect, looks perfect inside and out but there is one seemingly major problem, when starting it, it cranks for about 4 seconds before it fires up. Sometimes I wonder if it will start. I changed the battery, changed the plugs, but after speaking to someone else, they told me it sounded like a fuel issue, theres also a smell of gasoline once it is started. Please could someone tell me what I need to do to fix this, I want to get on it ASAP.
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Cassie
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Cassie
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tidester, host
When it runs and you floor it, will it pull hard until you lift your foot? If so then it's probably not the pump or filter. Then look at the fuel rail in the vee of the engine, and the injectors... perhaps a leak there.
See if you can have someone start it with the hood up and determine where the fuel smell is coming from.
Good luck!
i have this 97 one, was running great until 2 days ago, when suddenly started go sideways. when i was over 2000 rpm, it's going to die , shaking and no power,
i have changed the spark plugs and the high tension leads, but no results.
Could be there a problem like plugged exhaust? Or converter?.
Any help or suggestion?
thanks in advance
-Eric