dazwell24 Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 hey there hope some of you guys can help me i have recently bought a 300tdi disco and all was fine apart from leaking oil like a sive lol but i have encounted a fuelling problem its intermitant when it happens it sends the engine into stall and just stays there you can put your foot on the gas and does nothing u just have to wait for it to either cut out or stop please help me as its becoming more and more common i have checked derv filters and pipes for any air getting in and nothing its driving me nuts ANY IDEAS AND REMEDIES please guys many thanks dazwell24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discofan Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 hey there hope some of you guys can help me i have recently bought a 300tdi disco and all was fine apart from leaking oil like a sive lol but i have encounted a fuelling problem its intermitant when it happens it sends the engine into stall and just stays there you can put your foot on the gas and does nothing u just have to wait for it to either cut out or stop please help me as its becoming more and more common i have checked derv filters and pipes for any air getting in and nothing its driving me nuts ANY IDEAS AND REMEDIES please guys many thanks dazwell24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discofan Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Many years ago i had a similar problem with a car which turned out to be, wait for this, A sweet wrapper in the fuel tank !! and intermittently would block the fuel outlet. When the car had been stopped it floated free and then the car would start again, only to occur again at some random time, sometimes once a month, sometimes twice a day... Just an off the wall Idea which it may well be, a blockage... Hope you find the problem, i know it drove me mad.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ches Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 fuel sedimenter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazwell24 Posted May 26, 2010 Author Share Posted May 26, 2010 lol sweet wrapper thats very unlucky but i will have to take the tank off and have a look when she is almost empty i thinks many thanks discofan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazwell24 Posted May 26, 2010 Author Share Posted May 26, 2010 cheers ches i have already checked and ruled out the sed bowl it really is driving me nuts lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ches Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 fuel solonoid? (spider) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il-bob Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Try to remove fuel line from filter and from lift pump and crack. see if diesel is coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbs Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Or try looking at the fuel filter and see if it has the rubber gasket where the fuel filter screws onto the fuel filter housing (there should be two one large and one small)-when you take the fuel filter off you have to unscrew it from the housing attached to the bulkhead once you've unscrewed it look at the top centre of fuel filter-in the middle when you look at it from the top of the filter there should be what looks like a rubber ring attached to the centre hole if this is not there then check where it screws onto the housing on the threaded part if it's not there that will cause an air leak into the fuel system HTH John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 lol sweet wrapper thats very unlucky but i will have to take the tank off and have a look when she is almost empty i thinks many thanks discofan No need if i remember right. There should be a round panel that unscrews from the boot floor & you can then lift out the fuel pick up from the tank & inspect it. At least I'm sure that was right on the 200Tdi I used to have. I have heard of fuel lines up near the tank rotting away & causing airleaks into the fuel. They never seem to leak due to the suction so hard to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazwell24 Posted June 4, 2010 Author Share Posted June 4, 2010 many thanks guys am going through it this week end with a fine tooth combe as cant go on like this thanks everyone for your input Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birty1 Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Hi, If you've ruled out the fuel system being air locked then i think it could be the spider going faulty, this will throw in the immobliser randomly, all you can do is wait? If these are the symptoms then look there. I hope it helps Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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