Thread: TD6 Service / Now wont START

Gary thats good news, any further ideas how the pump had no fuel ?

Laurie

Daniel

Your comment is concerning! Dont EVER continually crank the starter for long periods of time...

There is a simple priming sequence for starting a TD5 that has run out of fuel.

Extended cranking will damage the Starter.


BTW - A better suited oil for a TD6 is 5W-40 or 10W-40 you aren't doing your engine any favours (or your economy).

Sorry Laurie NFI about thefuel issue. Except it had been awhile since last driven & tank was down to about 1/8 full. Probably enough if I hadn't chanced fuel filters.

As for oil Tombie I used 0W-40.

And No didn't continually crank starter

Thanks to all for your encouragement & help

Gary

PS Tombie though you had left us

Originally Posted by Tombie

Daniel

Your comment is concerning! Dont EVER continually crank the starter for long periods of time...

There is a simple priming sequence for starting a TD5 that has run out of fuel.

Extended cranking will damage the Starter.


BTW - A better suited oil for a TD6 is 5W-40 or 10W-40 you aren't doing your engine any favours (or your economy).

cranking - of course - you had me worried, I looked at my post again and read 20s - I don't consider that a long period! BTW what is the "td5 priming sequence"?

td6 oil - Initial LR dealer service at 25k included synthetic 5W-40 oil and it made no diff at all to anything inc "economy" hence I just went back to the basic corner shop td15W-40. I have 185k on the truck and change oil at 22k-25k and filters every second oil change.

Originally Posted by Daniel

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BTW what is the "td5 priming sequence"?
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Quote Land Rover. (td5 Discovery / Defender)

If the vehicle runs out of fuel, or the fuel level is so low that the fuel system draws air into the fuel rail, the fuel rail will need to be purged before the engine will start. This can be achieved by following the procedure below.

If this procedure is carried out on a vehicle that has not run out of fuel or otherwise drawn air into
the fuel rail, it can lead to the engine flooding and failing to start.

Purge

1. Turn the ignition switch off and wait 15 seconds.

2. Turn the ignition switch to position II and wait 3 minutes (this ensures that the fuel system purges all the air from the fuel rail within the cylinder head).

3. Fully depress the throttle pedal.

4. Keeping the throttle pedal fully depressed, crank the engine.

5. As soon as engine speed exceeds 600 rev/min, release the throttle pedal and the ignition switch. The engine must not be cranked continuously for more than 30 seconds at any one time.

6. If the engine fails to start, repeat the above procedure.

Originally Posted by harlie

Quote Land Rover. (td5 Discovery / Defender)
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Thanks for that = this is just common sense procedure for any diesel engine anyway and is what I had posted as my procedure other than I said 20s and not 30s. Tombie took issue with me and told me to follow the correct procedure......

Just goes to show that common sense usually works just as good as ......

Some people just want to tell others how to do the @!@!#!#$ obvious! yet another symptom of the nanny state that we live in today - that we call Australia.

Hey Garry, was the engine cold, I image it’s not real warm down in Vic.

Based on what I observed while replacing the inline pump. The inline won’t pump air. If the tank is very low the fuel level is below the mounting height of the inline.

During & after cold start the fuel temp controller actually directs the return fuel directly back to the inline pump (not tank), there is a manifold just behind the inline pump – it's a function that aids in warm up by directing warm fuel straight back to the engine. Air is usually purged through the injectors (engine is not smooth for several sec) or back to the tank via the return. This may be how the inline has been left full of air. Or the fuel line may have just completely drained back to the tank….

Good to see you're back on the road…

Hi Harlie

Thanks you probably hit it in one. When I first tried to start the car fuel tank was down to about 1/8 full. Outside temp was about 12 degrees. Not like the warm days your having. When it wouldn't start was getting bl***y pi##ed off with it to say the least.

Wasn't till I force fed the fuel lines from near the fuel filter that it started. Didn't even run rough. Started as if nothing had happened. Grrrr.

O well something new every day

Only problem now is the mixture of F & C temps on the dash & touch screen. Both units the same "53 " Tried to change it but only C on touch screen changes.
Gary