Dannyboy201062
Senior Member
Fully serviced......past the NCT ( Irish MOT ) ......happy trouble free motoring here we come ..........and .......the fecking thing won`t start. SWMBO , who drives it daily, is left up the creek without a paddle !......aaaaagh.
Told her over the phone to keep cranking......battery ran flat and no start.
I was convinced she had put petrol in it .....she couldn`t say.....gave the guy 20 euros and asked for diesel..Checked it out when i got home .....no smell of pertol. Tried a jump start from a pug 106.......didn`t really have the oomph. ...no go.
As SWMBO advised the battery was good and it cranked it over for 6 or 7 attempts it has to be a fuel snag. Normally starts instantly. I put the battery on charge and attended to other commitments that evening.
During the recent fuel filter change ( tank low ) I had terrible trouble bleeding the system............had to crank an awful long time before it started. Ran o.k then. ....air in fuel issue ?
Reading the forum, ( tank 1/4 full ) my best bet seems to be to jack up the car ( wheel ramps at the rear ) , check the fuel filter is full ( with diesel ) make sure there is no smell of petrol and check for loose connections at the fuel pipes and crank like hell on the freshly charged battery. . If I get it started......bring it straight down to the petrol station and fill up with diesel to the brim. Then buy a set of fuel pipes for the engine and replace them.
I`m hoping my fuel pump is not kaput but it seems from the forum that you can replace the seals within. .....next step perhaps.
Any better ideas from the experts ?...........tks in advance.....Dannyboy
Told her over the phone to keep cranking......battery ran flat and no start.
I was convinced she had put petrol in it .....she couldn`t say.....gave the guy 20 euros and asked for diesel..Checked it out when i got home .....no smell of pertol. Tried a jump start from a pug 106.......didn`t really have the oomph. ...no go.
As SWMBO advised the battery was good and it cranked it over for 6 or 7 attempts it has to be a fuel snag. Normally starts instantly. I put the battery on charge and attended to other commitments that evening.
During the recent fuel filter change ( tank low ) I had terrible trouble bleeding the system............had to crank an awful long time before it started. Ran o.k then. ....air in fuel issue ?
Reading the forum, ( tank 1/4 full ) my best bet seems to be to jack up the car ( wheel ramps at the rear ) , check the fuel filter is full ( with diesel ) make sure there is no smell of petrol and check for loose connections at the fuel pipes and crank like hell on the freshly charged battery. . If I get it started......bring it straight down to the petrol station and fill up with diesel to the brim. Then buy a set of fuel pipes for the engine and replace them.
I`m hoping my fuel pump is not kaput but it seems from the forum that you can replace the seals within. .....next step perhaps.
Any better ideas from the experts ?...........tks in advance.....Dannyboy