My fuel filter sensor warning light recently came on. I drained the filter slightly and no water drained. As such I figured a faulty sensor.

I've bought a new one, unscrewed the old letting the diesel drain into a pan then fitted the new. Unfortunately I didn't know to prime it and started ignition it ran for 1-2s before cutting out.

After a quick Google I came across priming instructions (1m in ignition position 2, 30s off, further 1m in position 2. Then turn to position 3 with thottle depressed. After 2 attempts it has failed to turn over.

Have I knackered it? Is there any way to salvage it or does it require (another) trip to the garage?

Thanks in advance

Did it not turn over at all or just fail to fire up. You did not prime the fuel system correctly, you have to turn on ignition and pump the accelerator 5 times to the floor.

Scooby22 said:

Did it not turn over at all or just fail to fire up. You did not prime the fuel system correctly, you have to turn on ignition and pump the accelerator 5 times to the floor.

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Tried that turning to position 2 and pumping 5 times. It is turning but not still not firing up

Purge the fuel system a few times, ensure the battery is fully charged and try again. If your battery is not able to spin the engine over fast enough it will not start.

The self bleeding thing on the TD5 is a right pain in the arse. Either I pour diesel into the new filter and then screw it into the housing or if the bleeding thing doesnt work I just give it a tow and let the clutch out, it will fire up after about 3 or 4 seconds.

Probably not the text book way but it works for me

I find that my TD5 needs around two full purge cycles to be in a fit state to start and run reliably. Let the purge cycle complete - you'll hear the pump start and stop several times whilst the engine light flashes. It feels like it takes ages but is probably only three or four minutes. Then when it has finished, start another one.

If a TD5 is going to fire, it'll generally do so fairly quickly once that starter starts turning it over. If not, there's no point running the battery down with endless churning. Pause and do some fault diagnosis.