Thread: TD5 giving me the squirts

I should say that the above vehicle is a 05/2003 Diesel gas

When you replaced the fuel filter did you fit the rubber o seal in the centre. They sometimes come separately. It would course a back flow of fuel and a lack of fuel pressure. Worth a check!

Cheers

Sounds like you are sucking air into the fuel system, have you replaced the fuel filter lately, sometimes the filter gasket from the old filter gets stuck up in the filter housing, so when you fit the old filter it won't seal as there are now two gaskets.

Also you may have a dodgey injector

Fuel pump again.

Baz.

Full throttle crank then start seems to indicate that the fuel system is drinking air somewhere, losing prime. As above for seal positioning and perhaps check the fuel lines between the tank and the filter for chafing or rub through.


Is the fuel regulator dry? Any sign of leaking dieso from the fuel pressure regulator?


Maybe crank position sensor as a longer shot? Check the cabling to it.


HTH and good luck


Pete

The easy way to prime ignition on press throttle fully 5 times engine check light flash,s and listen to it prime its self.
Your probs sound like air or fuel pump dying , Id be thinking more like air as you have just changed the filter as others have said check if the old gasket isnt still there
Good luck

Is there any residual oil at the red plug of the ECU after your injector harness change?
A little oil in there can cause some odd running.

There have been a few cases as hinted by previous replies of the fuel lines rubbing over the top of the fuel tank.
This could draw a little air into the system

Thanks for all the hints. When I replaced the original injector harness it hadn't leaked, it had broken a wire on number 1 injector so I never had the oil leaking down the line to the pc issues. I will have another look tomorrow however. I did notice that the priming on start up only really happened after the second last filter change. From that time on it seemed to take ages to get rid of the air noise. I have done a couple of filters since then but will pull that one back off tomorrow just to have a double take on the "o" ring situation to make sure that I haven't missed one.
Checking the lines above the tank, do I need to drop the whole take out to do that or can I view them easily? Probably a silly question, nothing seems to be built on these things with the mechanic in mind.
I did have a look at the pressure reg the other day and couldn't see any signs of leaks or fuel but will have another look tomorrow.
The more it does it, the more I have been looking at fuel issues but not any luck so far. I went and pushed all the fuel fittings onto the lines and fuel connections the other day but it still has that 3 or 4 seconds on initial key on that will have the whirr and you can hear the aerated fuel running through the lines and returning to the tank etc. It does go nice and quiet very quickly but then on next key on, will do the same.
I have been using the five depressions of the accelerator to get it going when it stops and that seems to do the trick.
I will keep you posted.
Thanks again for all the help.

Have seen similar to what you are explaining and my fix washer injector washers and o rings as it was compression from the cylinders getting into the fuel system causing airating cutting out, hard starting. Just a thought.