cellutron
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- CDi SE/2003/2.2
The other day, I did it for the second time! Not to the same car though! The first time was in Spain and I was driving an Audi A4 1.9TDi, a very nice car I remember! I filled it with unleaded only to realise, just before the nozzle-auto stop kicked in! It was actually the smell that made me realise there was something not dieselly! There was no damge, as I didn't drive it, well, just about 10 meters to move away from the pump (to save myself additional embarrassment!). recovered to a back garage, the Spaniards were happy to get their hands on my hard earned contaminated fuel- some 50 ltres of it- and charge me a hefty E150 to drain it as well! The contaminated fuel ended up in the recovery truck's tank right there and then!
This time however, my 10 year old 220CDi Coupe SE, a non compromising beast, which has suffered for many unknown 'time- units' of a saddle-tank- syndrome, doesn't want to know! I did drive it for about 100 meters befor it died! Since I have drained the tank, both sides, almost 50 ltrs, put in 15 ltrs of freshly milked diesel, emptied the filter and primed it, drained all pipes that could be drained, primed the fuel line, etc, etc, etc. It started , quite easily, for a bout 60 seconds, but then died, perhaps when the priming- diesel was exhausted. During the running of the engine, I took the oportunity to check out the return- to- tank, in a jar, and it seemed a good flow, so have no reason to believe any of the bits have been damaged or are malfunctioning. I am just wondering if the slightest contamination in the fuel that might exist, still has something to do with the reluctance to start again! What is detected and where and how that occurs? Does the stop valve have anything to do with this? Or perhaps it needs to be cranked the ....out of it before it starts again, at the expense of killing the battery?
Can anyone help, please?
This time however, my 10 year old 220CDi Coupe SE, a non compromising beast, which has suffered for many unknown 'time- units' of a saddle-tank- syndrome, doesn't want to know! I did drive it for about 100 meters befor it died! Since I have drained the tank, both sides, almost 50 ltrs, put in 15 ltrs of freshly milked diesel, emptied the filter and primed it, drained all pipes that could be drained, primed the fuel line, etc, etc, etc. It started , quite easily, for a bout 60 seconds, but then died, perhaps when the priming- diesel was exhausted. During the running of the engine, I took the oportunity to check out the return- to- tank, in a jar, and it seemed a good flow, so have no reason to believe any of the bits have been damaged or are malfunctioning. I am just wondering if the slightest contamination in the fuel that might exist, still has something to do with the reluctance to start again! What is detected and where and how that occurs? Does the stop valve have anything to do with this? Or perhaps it needs to be cranked the ....out of it before it starts again, at the expense of killing the battery?
Can anyone help, please?