300tdi not starting after defender rebuild

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defenderdean

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• Jun 21, 2015

• #1

Over the past 2 years I have completely stripped down my defender and rebuilt it. This weekend was the time to turn her over. However it didn't not run. During the rebuild I replaced the timing belt.

Steps ive taken:

• Primed the fuel system with bleed screw open on fuel filter
• Cracked of injectors till signs of diesel and tightened
• Checked the stop solenoid has 12v
• Double checked timing and all is correct and aligned

Could someone now recommend the next steps for diagnosis? The engine cranks over but does not fire up.

 

Kwakerman

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• Jun 21, 2015

• #2

Worth removing the stop solenoid, take out the plunger and spring and refit the body. If it starts now you need a new solenoid, you will also need to stall stop it

 

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defenderdean

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• Jun 21, 2015

• #3

You can hear the stop solenoid click when you turn ignition on. Also I have diesel out of the pipes by the injectors to which when I cracked the injector pipe nuts diesel spat out.

 

Kwakerman

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• Jun 21, 2015

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Sounds fairly ok then, I once had a case of a bad stop solenoid on a friends car, opened enough to allow a small amount of fuel through so it would weep from the injector union but not enough flow to allow it to start.

 

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defenderdean

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• Jun 21, 2015

• #5

Will replace it tomorrow and see if it fixes it. Only other thing could be injector issues I guess.

 

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defenderdean

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• Jun 22, 2015

• #6

I've just changed the stop solenoid for a new one and still no luck. There's 12v to it on position 2 of ignition but on crank it goes down to 8.5v. Would this cause an issue and make the pin drop back into original position?

 

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• Jun 22, 2015

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defenderdean said:

I've just changed the stop solenoid for a new one and still no luck. There's 12v to it on position 2 of ignition but on crank it goes down to 8.5v. Would this cause an issue and make the pin drop back into original position?

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