Stalled. Now won't start

[synthium]

Hi everyone,
I stalled my defender 130 300tdi and now it won't start. Does nothing when I turn the key - only turns on the radio. No attempt at cranking. Have dual batteries so I do not think it is a power thing (+ radio starts).
Has about 40lts of diesel in it. Was running fine until the stall - which was my fault, didn't realise i was pushing up onto the curb.
Any ideas?
Thanks

[OLD]

Hi synthium

Have you had any difficulty starting before this? If you're sure about battery power, and there's definitely no attempt to turn over, I'd be looking at the wiring to the solenoid and starter motor. Had a wire come loose on my solenoid once before - who needs an immobilizer ?😳

[roobar_and_custard]

I had this on mine once and turned out to be a loose wire to the solenoid. Was easily fixed by plugging it back on. Surprisingly, I lived with that for several years, having to re-attach, before finally resolving it by crushing the connector slightly with pliers...
I hope that is your problem. Otherwise, I suggest you get the voltmeter out.
Ian

[synthium]

Thanks for that. Will check it out. Still it seems strange that that would just happen but I guess that is the joys of being a land rover owner!

[synthium]

Ok - strangely enough the deefer started no problem when I went back to it after work - 3 hours later. Started first go no problem or hesitation. Took it home turned it off and was able to start it again no problem. So a bit confused as to why this is? Any ideas?

[blue_mini]

Earth on the starter motor? If it was the solenoid then it would still turn over, just not fire.

Or a loose connection on the back of the ignition switch?

[synthium]

I will have to look at the wiring and see. Thanks

[TeamFA]

Just checking that you turned the ignition completely off before trying to restart after stalling? It' a "feature" that if you stall, you can't just turn the key to the starter position to restart the engine, you have to turn the ignition completely off.

Sorry if you've done this or it's obvious... it wasn't obvious to me the first time I stalled...

[synthium]

Hi TeamFA,
yeah I worked that out previously and completly removed the key and put it back in.
I have started it a few times since with no problems. Hopefully the problem never raises its head again!

[bigdog]

Hi TeamFA,
yeah I worked that out previously and completly removed the key and put it back in.
I have started it a few times since with no problems. Hopefully the problem never raises its head again!

I suspect that you may get a repeat of this problem on an intermittent basis. Did you hear the solenoid clicking when you turned the key?

This happened on both my Rangie and my Landcruiser. I took the solenoid apart and cleaned it up and the problem has not occured since. Not sure if it was poor connections or if it was just getting so worn the gaps were getting too large to make a circuit when the engine was hot?