ihana_barry Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Hi folks, planning on driving from Switzerland back to the UK on thursday but having a bit of trouble firing the old girl up. car hasn't moved for over a year but was running fine before. the solenoid clicks. the engine turns over but dosn't fire. . air is getting sucked in thru the snorkel (can hear it). we tried spraying some wd40 in thru the air intake and the engine *almost* fired and some white smoke appeared. this is making me think its a fuel delivery problem although we loosened the injectors and fuel seeped out (when being towed along). did hear that spraying some petrol in thru the air intake works well.. but didn't quite have the nerve to try that any little tricks? thanks! Barry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark90 Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 You could try some 'easy start' if you can get it over there. Oh and is it new fuel or old stuff that has sat in the tank for a year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonk Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 check your lift pump is working, loosen off the pipes at the injectors and turn engine over til u're convinced there is fuel there, if it doesn't get there then check lift pump and fuel shut off valve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihana Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 check your lift pump is working, loosen off the pipes at the injectors and turn engine over til u're convinced there is fuel there, if it doesn't get there then check lift pump and fuel shut off valve When it was being towed with the injector pipe connectors loose there was fuel leaking out so I presume it reached there at least. The lift pump seems to work as I pumped it manually to bleed the system through to the pump. Its got 20L of fresh diesel in it and maybe had 10L of old diesel before. Next step is to pull out the injectors and try and see if they squirt when motor is being turned over... pretty frustrating though! it got towed round the block about 10 times last night in the rain! Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollythelw Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 check the filters ok and filled, check the lift pump, a section of clear pipe put in between the filter housing and the distributor to check for bubbles caused by leaky lines to rule that out, crack the injectors and make sure they are bled, check the return line to make sure fuel is being returned, check there is voltage to the fuel stop solenoid and check the solenoid is pulling in when power is supplied, nice healthy charged battery and away it should go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonk Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 might just wanna check your heat plugs too, the old n/a are a good old engine and should fire up, they can be a bitch to bleed sometimes though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Get a nice beaffy V8 to drag it till it starts thats what we used to do. it sounds like you have checked every thing else Check for water in the filter and drain it if needed. then just towing around till she goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRecklessEngineer Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 2.5 n/a diesel is pretty bullet proof. 99% it is something simple...fuel cutoff, glow plugs. Make sure its turning over QUICKLY with your foot on the floor! Even year old diesel with suspended water should start it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihana Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Took out the plunger of the solenoid valve and it fired up instantly! Thought it couldn't be that as fuel was still getting through to the injectors.. Even had a spare lying around in the back so everything fixed. thanks for all the suggestions.... Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihana Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Update - Poor Barry set off from Zurich to UK yesterday afternoon - got to somewhere like Toule in France and the engine stopped - not sure what it is, could be timing belt. His phone is out of power and credit! Lucky the roof tent is still on there.... Hope he can join the RAC quick! Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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