Car broke down today.
Sitting at some lights, lights turn green, engine cuts out. I tried restarting it but it didn't want to know, engine just kept turning over but wouldn't fire at first.
I got it started, coughing, spluttering and misfiring as soon as I put load on it cut out again. Managed to get it to the side of the road. I had a look around the engine bay but couldn't see anything a miss so call the RAC out.
While waiting I tried starting it to get some heat in the cabin but the car wouldn't idle and I had to have my foot on the gas to keep the revs around the 1k mark. I turned it off when the RAC called to say he was going to be 20 mins.
The guy arrived and the car started fine went to pull off and it stalled, again. Started it up and gave it more revs to get it going but it didn't like revving over 1500.
The RAC man thought it was a sticky injector but I was thinking it's the FPR. It sounded horrible when running.
The RAC guy asked if I wanted him to tow it or if I'd be ok to limp it home and I really for some strange reason didn't want it towed so I struggled to get it home. One stage I was going a long at 50 and when I gave it more gas there would be a pop and puff of black smoke out the back. There wasn't loads just a little. It cut out a few times on the way back, but I kept restarting it on the fly.
I lost the RAC man at some lights as he was following me back in case it did need it towing. I got home and plugged in PP as I read the codes the RAC man came round the corner. He was surprised to see what I was using. Well it came back low fuel pressure. The rail pressure was 400bar below what the ECU was asking.
I tried starting it again when the car was cold and it sounded awful, idled ok but there was loads of piston slap noise. It sounded like and old derv on a cold morning.
I'm going to try changing the FPR in the morning as I have one on a spare pump.
Is there anything else you guys can think it could be? When it first cut out I thought in might of been the low pressure pump as I could hardly hear it prime.
Sitting at some lights, lights turn green, engine cuts out. I tried restarting it but it didn't want to know, engine just kept turning over but wouldn't fire at first.
I got it started, coughing, spluttering and misfiring as soon as I put load on it cut out again. Managed to get it to the side of the road. I had a look around the engine bay but couldn't see anything a miss so call the RAC out.
While waiting I tried starting it to get some heat in the cabin but the car wouldn't idle and I had to have my foot on the gas to keep the revs around the 1k mark. I turned it off when the RAC called to say he was going to be 20 mins.
The guy arrived and the car started fine went to pull off and it stalled, again. Started it up and gave it more revs to get it going but it didn't like revving over 1500.
The RAC man thought it was a sticky injector but I was thinking it's the FPR. It sounded horrible when running.
The RAC guy asked if I wanted him to tow it or if I'd be ok to limp it home and I really for some strange reason didn't want it towed so I struggled to get it home. One stage I was going a long at 50 and when I gave it more gas there would be a pop and puff of black smoke out the back. There wasn't loads just a little. It cut out a few times on the way back, but I kept restarting it on the fly.
I lost the RAC man at some lights as he was following me back in case it did need it towing. I got home and plugged in PP as I read the codes the RAC man came round the corner. He was surprised to see what I was using. Well it came back low fuel pressure. The rail pressure was 400bar below what the ECU was asking.
I tried starting it again when the car was cold and it sounded awful, idled ok but there was loads of piston slap noise. It sounded like and old derv on a cold morning.
I'm going to try changing the FPR in the morning as I have one on a spare pump.
Is there anything else you guys can think it could be? When it first cut out I thought in might of been the low pressure pump as I could hardly hear it prime.