bradw Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 The car has recently had issues cold starting. It woould crank but nor fire. It went for a service on Thursday, and friday morning wouldnt start again. So it went back in for investigation. It came back that the in-tank fuel pump was buggered. When they changed the fuel filter it couldnt reprime. Fair enough I thought. So I came to pick it up from the garage on sat am and it started fine. This morning- it would'nt start. My RAC man neighbour came round and asked for sypmtoms- he then unscrewed the air intake pipe and sprayed some carb cleaner right in to it whilst I was turning it over. Finally it caught and started noisily. So he concluded that there is air getting drawn in somehow but oddly no fuel is leaking out- so its a one way issue. SO could this be: cracked pipe? dodgy fuel filter? maybe the garage didnt bleed something when swapping the fuel filter/pump? All advice greatly appreciated. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Do you have the problem only when it is cold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradw Posted October 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 I'd say so. I figured that cold weather means that any air leaking in is denser- exacerbating the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradw Posted October 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Can anyone support a possible theory that it's the diesel injection pump (replaced last year) going t1ts up again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 I presume you have cleaned the MAF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kite Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Are the glow plugs working. Try operating them 2 or 3 times before starting the car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Are the glow plugs working. Try operating them 2 or 3 times before starting the car [/ QUOTE ] Hence the problem with the cold air.......rather than when the weather was warmer and glow-plugs not being required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradw Posted October 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 well; glow plugs have been changed, and it STILL wont start. There's fuel coming from the tank pump, thru the filter- but no further.. It's worringly looking like the injection pump could be a fault (again ) I'm really beginning to regret buying this car now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kite Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 [ QUOTE ] well; glow plugs have been changed, and it STILL wont start. There's fuel coming from the tank pump, thru the filter- but no further.. It's worringly looking like the injection pump could be a fault (again ) I'm really beginning to regret buying this car now. [/ QUOTE ] So fuel not getting to the injectors. You could try bleeding at the injectors, maybe airlocked Just had a thought, is the electric stop on the pump oparating correctly.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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