Thread: Defender TD5 won't Start??????

I am not the expert here but I would be looking at the fuel filter. Have you been changing the filter regularly? You might have picked up some dirty fuel.

I would remove the filter and drain it to see if any rubbish would come out and the take it from there.

Cheers.

Scott - have you, just for the sake of it, tried to reset the safety inertia switch on the firewall? You may have thumped it inadvertantly. Press the top of the switch down to reset and try it all again.

Just another silly question - you haven't run out of juice have you? You suggest that it started a few weeks ago and now it doesn't You might also have air in the fuel lines. Follow this procedure to see if it helps:

1. Shut off

2. Wait 15 seconds

3. Turn key to position 2 (contact)

4. Wait 30 seconds

5. Shut off for 5 seconds

Repeat this 4-5 times so the air gets purged out

Thankyou both for the replys, I haven't changed the fuel filter since purchasing the truck, but only use on farm fuel which is pre filtered at my tank. I will check the safety switch first, dumb question, where is it exactly, is it mentioned in the manual? I will also try purgeing the fuel lines as well, and then if that doesn't work, check the fuel filter.
Thankyou again for the replies.

Originally Posted by Scott

Thankyou both for the replys, I haven't changed the fuel filter since purchasing the truck, but only use on farm fuel which is pre filtered at my tank. I will check the safety switch first, dumb question, where is it exactly, is it mentioned in the manual? I will also try purgeing the fuel lines as well, and then if that doesn't work, check the fuel filter.
Thankyou again for the replies.

It's smack in the centre of the firewall Scott.

Thanks, I will now go and see what I can do with it. Have to put another battery in first as the old one is now flat from trying to start it yesterday.
Cheers Scott

another option for you... how old is the 'farm fuel'?
it could be off...
Deisel doesn't last forever and does grow some nasty stuff in it

http://sierrachem.com.au/html/fuel_fix.html

especially if you have some water in the tank (quite common) no comment on the dubious claims made on the website - personally I'd drain out the water at the bottom of the tank, not expect it to be absorbed into the fuel

I do work in a fuel analysis lab - in Singapore and have seen some shocking results of deisel, kero, avgas etc when stored for 6 months (or longer).

filter and or injectors could be blocked if you have this kind of problem...

THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU
its now running and I restarted it 5 times no problems. I did both ie reset and purged the air. I don't know what was the problem but its fixed now. It never ran out of fuel though, and I had been using it every day.

Just a question there seems to be a lot about the wiring looms going wrong, I will do a search on it but i was wondering is it something I should be concerned about and if so is there anything I can do to prevent me having to replace the looms.

Thanks agains
Scott
The truck has been going very well so far and I am averinging about 450-500 km per tank till the light comes on mostly highway kms. I assume this is ok, I do drive it fairly fast ie 110 mostly. It does seem to use a lot more if I push it faster again.

Good to hear that you're on your way mate.

Looms? There are a couple of problems with them on a Td5 - the main one being oil in the injector harness, being propagated via a capilliary action throughout the harness. It tends to make your engine stutter at low revs - particularly in low range. Is this a problem you have? Otherwise - it just sounds like you had air in the lines.

Also - I notice that you're from Inverell. It's getting as cold there as it does in Cooma overnight. Are you running alpine diesel at this time of year? You may have just waited long enough this morning for the fuel in the line's temp to rise to above freezing - and go back to liquid form from the gelled state it gets into when very cold. Try pouring a few litres of kerosene into your tank and run it through for a while.

Cheers
Chris