Td5 Won't start!

Had the squealing pump a couple of weeks back,,,,was quotred 438.00 for new pump from Forest Glenn... a mate came round to give us a clew or two and we fitted his pump ,squealed same as mine... I had read about air getting back via the injectors....was very hard to start....The battery is only a few months old and whilst it drives the starter crazy seedmes that no power was getting to the heaters , as when we put it on charge engine started just fine???
Replaced injector seals and copper washers ....pump still squealed ...removed fuel filter ...only 2 months old and poured fuel into glass jar there was much black stuff in fuel Carbon I Guess...replaced filter and hey presto no sqealling ...engine fires up just fine runs very well

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Originally Posted by Graeme

I suggest you check that the fuel lines at the pump are on the correct pipes and properly connected.

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if this has been done and all is well have you tried the non return and bleed valves in the filter housing ?
worked for me and was cheap

Get it sorted Luke????

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Originally Posted by trog

if this has been done and all is well have you tried the non return and bleed valves in the filter housing ?
worked for me and was cheap

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Thanks mate, off to Romsey land rover it goes. I'll post on what becomes of it.

Cheers
bronson

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Originally Posted by Vern

Get it sorted Luke????

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Hey Mate, nah no time and cant deal with the headaches,will be soon hopefully. Bit hard to advertise a car that wont start:)

Luke

Well as Ive found out 40 litres of unleaded into a td5 doesnt mix to well,neither does the fuel pump like it.

Enough said.

bronson

I would suggest an air leak somewhere, common places are

The pipes from the pump to the filter housing, they chaff on the chassis on top of the rear cross member.

The fuel filter housing it's self can allow air to leak in and the non return valves can allow fuel to leak back over time giving effective low fuel pressure and hard starting.

The fuel pressure regulator can leak giving rise to low fuel pressure and hard starting.

There are 10-12 joints on the fuel lines depending on the year all of which have the potential to allow air to leak in.

I hope you get it sorted soon and cheaply!
Colin