Thread: WONT START TD5

Originally Posted by Jordos D2

help needed i cleaned my MAF, MAP, and changed my fuel filter today it started up fine and idle for a minute then i took it up the road and it died just winds over now and wont start ??? dont know what to do any advise would be great

Did you bleed it 3 to 4 times BEFORE driving it? If not, it will be VERY airated. Turn key to 'on' pos and wait till fuel pump times out, repeat 4 to 5 times, then try cranking WITH FOOT ON ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR while cranking.

Battery MUST be in good nick.

JC

Originally Posted by justinc

Did you bleed it 3 to 4 times BEFORE driving it? If not, it will be VERY airated. Turn key to 'on' pos and wait till fuel pump times out, repeat 4 to 5 times, then try cranking WITH FOOT ON ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR while cranking.

Battery MUST be in good nick.

JC

no i didnt bleed how do i go about it now tryed cranking with foot flat to floor no start.

Bleeding these is as easy as turning key 'on' until fuel pump times out, usually 25 to 30 seconds. Some early Disco and Defender don't time out until about a minute or more.

If you have access to a jump start vehicle, I would rest the battery for a while, and connect the vehicle up to yours for about 15 minutes to give your battery a surface charge. The quicker they crank over the better. Don't worry, they can sometimes take ages to restart after running them without bleeding. Main things are Battery must be in good nick, and accelerator must be on the floor.

JC

key to pos2,, pump accelorator till engine light flashs, the pump will run for about 5 mins, when it stops do it agen maby 2-3times,

and then try starting with foot flat

ok i will try this now it has been puffing a little smoke while cranking this is normal yes ? it sounds like it wants to go just wont

Yes whitish grey smoke is normal, poor fuel spray as fuel rail is full of air, low pressures = poor spray patterns= no atomisation = smoke.

Keep going it'l go soon.

JC

From the owners book(Had to do this to mine as I did the same thing on my first filter change also).

1..Turn ign. key off for 15sec.
2..Turn to position II and wait 30sec.
3...Repeat steps 1 and 2 six times
4...After the final 30sec. period, fully depress the accelerater pedal.
5..Keeping the pedal depresed,start cranking the engine.
6..Continue cranking the engine and as soon as the engine is firing smoothly,ease the accelartor pedal back to approximately halfway through it's travel,and release the starter key. The engine should now be running.
7...If the engine fails to start,repeat the process.

Did this to mine and she ran OK.

ok i have tryd this a few times now and still no go it blows smoke and sounds like it wants togo then goes to a nice smoth cranking and the check engine light comes on ?? wtf