unleaded in my diesel car

[simon tompkins]

thanks mate i will ask them to do that,also i will let you no how i get on thanks for your help.

top class forum
regards to all simon

 

[ALFIEBEARD]

A good tip I was given a few years ago by a relative who put petrol in his Renault DCI, was to add a ltr of two stroke oil to the first tank full of diesel after draining.
This gives the injector pump added lubrication should there be any residue of petrol left in the tank.


Alfie B

 

[simon tompkins]

new update the garage today has done some more checks and found out there is no power going to the fuel pump (just like television said) its getting to the relays in the tank but stops there,he has said that they are limited in there knowledge of auto electrics (which i prefer honesty)so they are getting an auto electrician in tomm.


thanks simon

 

[television]

I am pleased about that,,I feel this is a man made fault ,,they should double check their first work

 

[simon tompkins]

what do you reckon when they emptied the fuel out of the system they've managed to do something to cause this problem ?


simon

 

[psmart]

Maybe a silly question, but is there an impact switch on these pumps (ie. to stop the pump spewing out fuel in a collision)? Normally its just a button press to reset.

 

[television]

what do you reckon when they emptied the fuel out of the system they've managed to do something to cause this problem ?


simon

Yes either there or around the filter,, these pumps usually take a signal from the CPS as they must not run all of the time

 

[simon tompkins]

hi guys when you say around the pump do you mean its on the pump or near it,also you mentioned near the filter do you mean the fuel filter.



thanks simon

 

[Cole@MBS]

Ask them to check the plug out of the rear Sam to the fuel pump, these heat up and melt!!

 

[simon tompkins]

hi guys well they have found the problem,it turned out to be the fuel pipe leaking and the ecu not allowing the fuel pump to work i should have the car back by tomm,i am cheesed off with the fasct it took the auto electrician 3 hours to find the fault,but at least it will be sorted now,thanks to everyone who posted as i said before a great forum.


regards simon

 

[television]

Pleased that you will soon be mobile again

 

[simon tompkins]

hi guys well the saga continues and so does the bashing to my wallet,after fiting new fuel pipes i got the car back all running fine,the mrs went shopping and i got another phone call the car has just stopped again,called the aa out he checked the fuel filter put a hand vacum pump on it primed it and it started for a moment,he said its not priming,it was running fine for three days so i cant see how it could be the fuel pump in the tank,has anybody got any ideas or should i just bite the bullet and put it in mercs.iv'e already spent £460 trying to get this back on the road,do you think i should give it to a merc specialist and pull it away from my local garage ?





thanks simon

 

[television]

What lousy news,,where are you based Simon

 

[Alex Crow]

it would be worth checking the output from the rear sam as colin, aka sam unit suggests. an easy thing to check and possibly a cheap fix.

the explanation you were given for the fault does not add up at all, more like they fiddled for a while and it started to work...........

if you are in or near suffolk simon then get in touch.

 

[simon tompkins]

hi guys what is the sam,also i live in kent

 

[television]

The SAM is a signal acquisition module , a device that monitors all of the cars electrics.

I agree Alex,, it does not add up at all on what was a simple every day occurrence

 

[simon tompkins]

hi guys the garage was given an ultimatem today by my mrs either fix the car or give us back our money,They rang this afternoon and said they are refunding the labour costs and washing their hands of the car,the owner said i think its the fuel pump but if it doesnt work you probably be unhappy about it (what an idiot) strangly enough when my daughter went down to collect the keys they drove it out of the garage,so i think they did just get lucky when they looked at it, as said above,im now going to take it to an independant tommorow morning,armed with some of your ideas this is definately an itermittant fault and probably the sam unit as said.

(dont mess with my mrs)

 

[television]

hi guys the garage was given an ultimatem today by my mrs either fix the car or give us back our money,They rang this afternoon and said they are refunding the labour costs and washing their hands of the car,the owner said i think its the fuel pump but if it doesnt work you probably be unhappy about it (what an idiot) strangly enough when my daughter went down to collect the keys they drove it out of the garage,so i think they did just get lucky when they looked at it, as said above,im now going to take it to an independant tommorow morning,armed with some of your ideas this is definately an itermittant fault and probably the sam unit as said.

(dont mess with my mrs)

Well that is some good news,,I have not got a mrs

 

[Cole@MBS]

hi guys the garage was given an ultimatem today by my mrs either fix the car or give us back our money,They rang this afternoon and said they are refunding the labour costs and washing their hands of the car,the owner said i think its the fuel pump but if it doesnt work you probably be unhappy about it (what an idiot) strangly enough when my daughter went down to collect the keys they drove it out of the garage,so i think they did just get lucky when they looked at it, as said above,im now going to take it to an independant tommorow morning,armed with some of your ideas this is definately an itermittant fault and probably the sam unit as said.

(dont mess with my mrs)

Get it recovered down here, we will find the fault!! and not rip you off with excuses!

 

[simon tompkins]

if the sam unit was faulty would it be intermittant ie when it gets hot would it fail to send a positive signal,also if its not that do you think i should look at the in tank fuel pump.sorry for the questions and i no its like asking how long is a piece of string.




thanks simon