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    Rangie just stopped! Engine no go!

    I am stuck (off the middle of a peak hour intersection now thank god)! Rangie was idling away nicely at a red light then just died! Won't start. I have plenty of power - the car has no signs of problem cranking, just won't fire.

    Faultmate shows no fault codes.

    Any ideas?

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    Given that it just "died" while idling, but cranks over OK without starting ...my first thought is fuel ... dead pump?

    Check relays/fuses for petrol pump... listed in the driver's handbook (do you have it there? )
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    update

    Fuse #26 20A Engine Management system

    Fuse #37 30A EMS

    Fuse #39 20A Fuel Pump

    Maxi Fuse 50A EMS

    EDIT: Fuel pump relay is #12 which is the yellow one in the front row (closest to radiator) on the LHS (closest to middle of vehicle) ...
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    Cheers fellas! I checked the fuses and they are all ok. I even swapped a few relays over just in case!

    Fuel pump or crank angle sensor eh... Will plug the laptop in and see what it shows while cranking. I can at least check the fuel pump that way too!

    How's this for a bad day - tomorrow is my birthday! Today out D-max battery died, so we took the Rangie and now this haha! Lucky for me I was within a km of home (and on the way home).

    Things don't just happen randomly at my house, when one car is sick it passes it on to the other!

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    Oh, and did I mention I'm on holidays too!

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    FWIW: Same thing happened to Gazza123 in Jan2012 Fuel Pump replacement.
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    Symptoms are the same - stopped dead. No spluttering or anything. Had been driven approx. 50km today. I have no fuel smell, never been able to hear the pump running the whole time I've owned the Rangie. Very quiet pump.

    I just went to the garage and it started without hesitation. The car is still 'warm' and was not what I would say 'hot' to begin with - normal conditions, it had seen much hotter days than this.

    One thing I will mention, every time I drive this particular hill at my fav camp spot the engine hesitates (loses power but does not stop) at the exact same point on the hill every time I drive the hill. It is not a massively severe hill - it drives much steeper climbs with no dramas, and the fuel level is over half a tank each time I drive the hill...

    Could the two be linked?

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    Crank sensor is behind the crank pulley yeah? The one that generally cops anything oily or muddy?

    Maybe I should give the engine bay a bath and give the sensor contacts a birthday?

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    Happy birthday for tomorrow. Sounds very much like the fuel pump is on its last legs. Same thing happened to me although I was cruising at 100kph a long way from home towing a trailer up a very long hill. After 15 mins by the side of the road it just started again. Had one other no start a while after which was cured by wacking the underside of the fuel tank. No more dramas after fitting new pump

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