Thread: Diesel engine question

Does the fault have a number or any description other than "fault"?

Couple of things which come to mind are:

In a modern diesel, injector operation is controlled by the ECU. Piezo injectors may be squirted several times during a single compression stroke depending on the position of the piston in the cylinder, rather than a single squirt... so it's doubtful you will get it to squirt just by turning it over...

when the timing belt broke, the ECU would immediately have registered a cam sensor fault and shut down. That fault , unless you've cleared it is still in the ECU memory. I suspect it's probably reading the fault and refusing to fire. You need to clear the fault from the memory of the engine ECU, and then try to restart it.

double check the continuity of the lead from the cam sensor...i.e. that the sensor is properly connected to whatever..

seems like you were lucky not to have any damage from pistons connecting with valves

Hope this helps

Did you clear the fault codes after the belt broke?

It has registered a cam sensor fault, will have to see if it is still registered.

Cheers Ean

Is the fault registering on a scan tool or dash display? Do you have any means of clearing the message?
cheers