stuck on the side of the road ,Defender 300tdi

[jamesmoon007]

My good lady was driving home tonight on the highway 110km and the defender was cutting out ,no power but the engine kept running.. got in to town to a T junction..and stopped.. I went to get her the engine turns over sounds like it isn't getting any fuel..? ( A guess!!)... nothing flowing out the bottom... replaced the fuel lift pump about 3 months ago due to it leaking ,no worries with restarting it etc.... have no idea when the fuel filter (front left of engine compartment) was changed........The landy was just on the red of the fuel gauge.........To top my wonderful evening off the Subaru L series i picked them up in has green fluid leaking in to both foot-wells from the rear of the AC unit and the battery charge light is illuminated (very faint) on tick over... and i cant get any wine to help me!! ahhhhhhh!!!!!:)

[jamesmoon007]

just got the new update from the lady! it apparently had like a splutter before it cut out then she said she pumped the pedal while free wheeling until it went again.. this happened a number of times....

[LandyAndy]

Simply out of fuel????
My good Lady managed to do it with her Rangie once on BOTH fuels,she was lucky that the LPG tang had enough to get her 200m up the road under reduced power to a Servo:p:p:p:p

"HONESTLY,ITS ONLY JUST GONE INTO THE RED";);););)
I hope that its as simple as that to sort!!!
The Suby sounds like a bigger headache!!!!
GOODLUCK
Andrew

[jamesmoon007]

possible but it is only just touching the red...it has been a lot lower......

[d@rk51d3]

Better than touching the red on the temp gauge. ;)

[abaddonxi]

I had a bad load of fuel that clogged everything. One final symptom was intermittent start-stop. At the end it'd go fine for a few hundred metres and then fuel starvation and no power. New fuel filter, cleaned out gauze filter on top of lift pump, there also a filter in the inlet to the fuel injection pump.

And after that I replaced the fuel injection pump.

From what I could work out, the diesel was having so much trouble getting to the engine that every time I put my foot on the accelerator the fuel filter would drain of diesel, then the engine would die. Then I'd let it idle and the fuel filter would fill up again and I could go again, and so on.

[jamesmoon007]

Thanks people... have a plan.... going to buy a new filter tmw..... put 20 liters of good derv in a jerry can..... and pray...lol i have a new lift pump on there didn't look like you could take it apart... looked pressed together...?

[abaddonxi]

There's a big screw on the top. Under that is the gauze filter.

[rar110]

Water separator need cleaning?

[trog]

try a taking some fuses as well I once had the soliniod fuse break but not visibly from the side view once replaced all good it may have been a ten amp but not sure now

[jamesmoon007]

have no fuses lying around... so i put 20 liters ,changed the filter and tried.... managed to get fuel coming out of the filter bleed screw by cranking the engine.... no luck with it firing , i cracked the injectors... couldn't get fuel coming out of them... im stumped!
fuel lift pump has no screw on the top looks pressed together.. must be a cheepy from British off road...

[Xtreme]

Check electrical lead going to solenoid on rear of injector pump.
How about giving us a hint as to your location - maybe someone in area could offer assistance.

[Pierre]

In secret location? Every probability it will be the cutoff solenoid lead on the rear casing of the injector pump. Check for broken or loose lead. Should have 12V on it when you turn on the ignition switch.

HTH

Pete

[jamesmoon007]

thanks people... im in cooroy sunshine coast.... going to have another look in the morning... will check the cutoff solenoid! will let you know!! thanks again...

[2stroke]

I've often wondered is there a roadside fix for the cut off solenoid?

[jamesmoon007]

thanks people it was the wire on the back of the solenoid..... connection had crumbled to nothing..... couldn't of fixed it without you!! thanks again

[langy]

For 2-stroke:

Remove said solenoid and take stopper and spring out. Replace solenoid and use clutch/brakes to stall engine.

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