neilly
Well-Known Member
OK,
So i expect a lot of us have seen issues with D2 TD5's
Well it appears it is now my turn...LOl
For the last few weeks I have noticed my normally very reliable on the tunr of a key starting D2 2003 MY Td5 has been intermittently getting hesistant to start. Sometimes on the turn of a key, sometimes a few cranks, and on 3 rare occasions having to do a purge cycle , then start with the foot flat down.
BUT, here is the kicker once running it is fine and it is completely inconsistent, going from first thing in the morning, to just stopped for fuel, plus straight after it will again revert to being on the button.
Have checked oil for the last few weeks and there is no sign of any diesel in it, not raising, no smell of diesel.
Also, over the last few days / week the pump which is normally nice and quiet has decided to whine on start up and also to a lesser extent when running.
I changed the fuel filter last week , for a coopers , made no difference.
Here is the real kicker, on the way yesterday down the motorway to work on the old mans D1 's clutch and also spend an hour or two looking at the filter housing and pump on the D2. I thought I had a flat as it started giving a bit of rough riding, declutched and the feel went away, but also the engine died. The old girl decided to stop good and proper. Tried restarting and no joy, pump whines but no go.
Had the RAC come and collect me, The RAC man asked if it would start to get it on the low loader, after a few goes at cranking it started and ran, on arrival att he services where I was going to change to another loader it started on the first turn and purred like a kitten. I decided in my optimism and also plain bl88dy minededness that I would drive it the remaining 15 miles.
Well surprise surprise, it proceeded to stop approx every 4 miles , needed leaving for 10 minutes and then would restart with cranking and a bootful of gas plus also engaging the purge cycle. A puff of smoke . and away we go. It felt like it was stopping due to fuel starvation, as at the lower speeds a misfire was noticeable just before dying.
Checked pump pressure at the FPR temp sender port , found 4 bar, but , and here is the interesting point is jumps up to 3.7 Bar and then is lazy going to 4 Bar.
Pulled the pump and it appears the bottom of the pump gauze filter section was not fully attached, in inspection I found some small pits of rubbish in the pump, but no slime and the filter was not blocked.
The filter head appears to be sound, however at least one of the brass connectors feels like it is not going to come off without a fight. The "white" air bleed valve appears to not let any air thru either way when tryng to blow through it in either direction. The orange ducks bill has a small gap on its front edge so is nor fully closed. So due to the air valve being questionable and not having another one to check against and the state of the brass connectors I have ordered an new one.
As of this morning, I have still got a whining pump, but it started after being sat for 15 hours on the turn of the key twice. When I get the filter housing I will see things improve.
Next stage is to fit the injector seals and washers I have If I see no improvement. And then look at pulling the FPR to see if the gauze filter there is slightly blocked.
Finally to wrap up this longwinded post. Nanocom shows no faults, except a crank speed alarm when the fuel temp sender is disconnected (EDIT: However when cold no error when temp sender is connected or disconnected) may be an aberration. Just trying to emulate again now.
Will also replace the CPS next week as well.
Cheers
So i expect a lot of us have seen issues with D2 TD5's
Well it appears it is now my turn...LOl
For the last few weeks I have noticed my normally very reliable on the tunr of a key starting D2 2003 MY Td5 has been intermittently getting hesistant to start. Sometimes on the turn of a key, sometimes a few cranks, and on 3 rare occasions having to do a purge cycle , then start with the foot flat down.
BUT, here is the kicker once running it is fine and it is completely inconsistent, going from first thing in the morning, to just stopped for fuel, plus straight after it will again revert to being on the button.
Have checked oil for the last few weeks and there is no sign of any diesel in it, not raising, no smell of diesel.
Also, over the last few days / week the pump which is normally nice and quiet has decided to whine on start up and also to a lesser extent when running.
I changed the fuel filter last week , for a coopers , made no difference.
Here is the real kicker, on the way yesterday down the motorway to work on the old mans D1 's clutch and also spend an hour or two looking at the filter housing and pump on the D2. I thought I had a flat as it started giving a bit of rough riding, declutched and the feel went away, but also the engine died. The old girl decided to stop good and proper. Tried restarting and no joy, pump whines but no go.
Had the RAC come and collect me, The RAC man asked if it would start to get it on the low loader, after a few goes at cranking it started and ran, on arrival att he services where I was going to change to another loader it started on the first turn and purred like a kitten. I decided in my optimism and also plain bl88dy minededness that I would drive it the remaining 15 miles.
Well surprise surprise, it proceeded to stop approx every 4 miles , needed leaving for 10 minutes and then would restart with cranking and a bootful of gas plus also engaging the purge cycle. A puff of smoke . and away we go. It felt like it was stopping due to fuel starvation, as at the lower speeds a misfire was noticeable just before dying.
Checked pump pressure at the FPR temp sender port , found 4 bar, but , and here is the interesting point is jumps up to 3.7 Bar and then is lazy going to 4 Bar.
Pulled the pump and it appears the bottom of the pump gauze filter section was not fully attached, in inspection I found some small pits of rubbish in the pump, but no slime and the filter was not blocked.
The filter head appears to be sound, however at least one of the brass connectors feels like it is not going to come off without a fight. The "white" air bleed valve appears to not let any air thru either way when tryng to blow through it in either direction. The orange ducks bill has a small gap on its front edge so is nor fully closed. So due to the air valve being questionable and not having another one to check against and the state of the brass connectors I have ordered an new one.
As of this morning, I have still got a whining pump, but it started after being sat for 15 hours on the turn of the key twice. When I get the filter housing I will see things improve.
Next stage is to fit the injector seals and washers I have If I see no improvement. And then look at pulling the FPR to see if the gauze filter there is slightly blocked.
Finally to wrap up this longwinded post. Nanocom shows no faults, except a crank speed alarm when the fuel temp sender is disconnected (EDIT: However when cold no error when temp sender is connected or disconnected) may be an aberration. Just trying to emulate again now.
Will also replace the CPS next week as well.
Cheers
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