Starting issues

[smilson]

Had the dreaded battery failure the other night. 12 hour day shift up from 5am, go to the shop on the way home and car would not re start, tried to get jumped off to no avail... Waited till 9:30 for the man in the big orange van to come and jump me off. Drove it around for about 20 minutes to get some juice back into the battery.

Next morning cold again and struggled to start. Went out of work and got a new battery. All well, well not quite. Car is turning over really well but struggling to start like its lack of fuel or air in the system?!?

I changed the glow plugs only a few weeks ago, car is serviced recently with new filters, banjo filters is all fine. Full bottle of injector cleaner last time I filled the tank. Car cranks and cranks for 5/6 goes till it fires. grey smoke after it has fired so plenty of fuel getting into engine.

Been reading and suspect cheap fuel filter letting air in? Anything else I should be looking at before I go buy "another" fuel filter. This is the 2nd new one in as many months as last dragged a load of crap into it when I let the fuel tank run a little too low

Cheers Steve

 

[glen]

Maybe fuel still

When mine was doing similer Small pin hole in fuel line near back wheel arch twice this has happened to me,and I did have white smoke Air getting in with fuel. check for damp wettness near wheel arch.

Glen

 

[supergnome]

What colour smoke before it starts??

 

[smilson]

I will start parking in the back yard in the same place to see if I can see any damp patches, smoke is grey/white when it starts I think....

 

[Banshee]

Try priming the fuel filter with the drainage cap open and making sure only pure fuel is coming out and there is no air, close the cap, keep pumping until firm and try again

 

[geoffdown]

Try priming the fuel filter with the drainage cap open and making sure only pure fuel is coming out and there is no air, close the cap, keep pumping until firm and try again

that pump on top of fuel filter has been known to allow air in aswell:thumb2

 

[Banshee]

that pump on top of fuel filter has been known to allow air in aswell:thumb2

Exactly

 

[smilson]

Will have a good look on my 4 days off, when every I lift the bonnet I prime the fuel filter and it always lets me put a pump or two into it...

 

[Banshee]

Will have a good look on my 4 days off, when every I lift the bonnet I prime the fuel filter and it always lets me put a pump or two into it...

There you go then matey, I think you've just diagnosed it, sounds like there is air in there somewhere, take the cap off and pump it until pure fuel comes out.

Take it for a run, let it stand overnight, come back in the morn and try and prime it again, if it lets you prime it again you've got air leaking into the system somewhere