rekab69 Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Hi All, Parked up my TD5 last week, was driving fine. Went out to her the next morning lots of snow and it just spun over and over.. till it ran out of battery. Couldn't get it off of my drive do to ice / snow so left it till today. Tow started no problem, drove it around for a while turned off and started ok. Left it a little while to load some tools and it started after a struggle...?? Need it for work in the morning and feel it won't start and have my trailer hitched up too now so tow starting will be fun.. Any ideas as to what to check...? Cheers Dave.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1G UP Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 diesel frozen up? has warmed up a little, could have some water in the filter that froze? spray all the connectors with wd40 etc to expel any moisture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicksmelly Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Could have been that the diesel was waxy and the fuel pump overloaded by the thick diesel? Now fuel pump on it's way out? Does it run for 10 seconds while it purges? Is it nisier than it used to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiFonics Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Sounds like you have a flat battery now I had this on my 90 once on a cold night when I had parked with the fuel pump facing the prevailing wind so I put it down to that. Once the temperature rose it started on the key. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekab69 Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 Could have been that the diesel was waxy and the fuel pump overloaded by the thick diesel? Now fuel pump on it's way out? Does it run for 10 seconds while it purges? Is it nisier than it used to be? Hi Nick, It's always have a very noisy fuel pump the 2x years I've owned it, and I'd say it does seem louder... It didn't start yesterday morning and I haven't had time to have a look as yet.. I've ordered a set of glow plugs, think I'll replace the fuel filter too. Then onto a replacment fuel pump... cheers Dave.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekab69 Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 Hi All, Changed all 4x glow plugs, not one of the old ones worked.. Still didn't start..! Changed fuel filter.. Still no go...!! Turns out it was the battery after all, strange though as it turned over good n strong, I believe it has a low cell so voltage was to low for the ecu...? So all is well and I love the old girl again..... Hope this may be of help to some one in the future... Cheers Dave.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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