mediaseller
Member
Hi.
I've seen many posts on this forum relating to this problem and forgive me if I'm adding another thread on the same subject so here I go.
I have a 2002 TD4 (BMW engine), and I took it out yesterday from my house to Leeds and stopped and started it a few times on the way without no issues however on my return home I stopped to fill up with Deisel, (it was quite low), and when I got back in the car and turned the key the starter turned the engine OK but the engine wouldn't fire up.
I called Green Flag and the guy who came did all the checks as follows:
Checked that fuel was being pumped, pumped the priming button, listened for the fuel pump working OK. All appeared to be normal then he got the Easy Start out, removed the air intake pipe and squirted ethanol in the air intake while I cranked the engine. Hey presto it fired up and I was able to get home.
He advised me before he departed that when I got home I should leave the car for 30 mins and try again. I forgot to do the check but when I tried to start the car this afternoon it wouldn't again.
Having walked 6000 steps the the nearest auto spares shop I brought home a can of Easy Start and tried the trick again. All worked well so left it running for a while then stopped the engine. Left it for 30 seconds and the car started but took about 30 seconds before it would kick in. Left it for a minute and it took 45 seconds to start. Left it for 2 minutes and it wouldn't start at all.
So in summary the longer the car is left parked up the longer it takes the car if at all.
It seems like there may be some back flow somehow perhaps an air lock though the rescue man did take a fuel line off in the engine bay and pumped fuel out OK.
Given that the car can be started after 30 seconds the pump, injectors, glow plugs must be working. The fuel filter was changed in April this year following accidentally filling with petrol.
I havn't been able to get any fault codes using my cheap eBay bluetooth diagnostic tool.
I hope someone has the answer.
Thanks in anticipation.
I've seen many posts on this forum relating to this problem and forgive me if I'm adding another thread on the same subject so here I go.
I have a 2002 TD4 (BMW engine), and I took it out yesterday from my house to Leeds and stopped and started it a few times on the way without no issues however on my return home I stopped to fill up with Deisel, (it was quite low), and when I got back in the car and turned the key the starter turned the engine OK but the engine wouldn't fire up.
I called Green Flag and the guy who came did all the checks as follows:
Checked that fuel was being pumped, pumped the priming button, listened for the fuel pump working OK. All appeared to be normal then he got the Easy Start out, removed the air intake pipe and squirted ethanol in the air intake while I cranked the engine. Hey presto it fired up and I was able to get home.
He advised me before he departed that when I got home I should leave the car for 30 mins and try again. I forgot to do the check but when I tried to start the car this afternoon it wouldn't again.
Having walked 6000 steps the the nearest auto spares shop I brought home a can of Easy Start and tried the trick again. All worked well so left it running for a while then stopped the engine. Left it for 30 seconds and the car started but took about 30 seconds before it would kick in. Left it for a minute and it took 45 seconds to start. Left it for 2 minutes and it wouldn't start at all.
So in summary the longer the car is left parked up the longer it takes the car if at all.
It seems like there may be some back flow somehow perhaps an air lock though the rescue man did take a fuel line off in the engine bay and pumped fuel out OK.
Given that the car can be started after 30 seconds the pump, injectors, glow plugs must be working. The fuel filter was changed in April this year following accidentally filling with petrol.
I havn't been able to get any fault codes using my cheap eBay bluetooth diagnostic tool.
I hope someone has the answer.
Thanks in anticipation.