28-03-2016, 05:54 PM
Hi all
I recently fitted a replacement engine into my old DTurbo which my friend now owns - it was all going well but he filled it with veg last week (has bosch fitted) and set off for Edinburgh. Unfortunately he forgot to take a spare fuel filter with him and it clogged up on the way - he then limped 150+ miles with it in that state. Amazingly he got to Edinburgh, got a new filter and stuck it on - it then started up and he moved it to a different space in the car park.
After this it wouldn't start again so I went up this weekend (armed with a trailer) bled the fuel system, cleaned the in tank strainer, checked the filter housing was ok, tested the solenoids, put a known good replacement bosch pump on but that all made very little difference. It does just about fire but only for about a second - the glow plugs are all brand new. I've got some spare injectors - is it worth putting them on?
Cheers
Mike
I recently fitted a replacement engine into my old DTurbo which my friend now owns - it was all going well but he filled it with veg last week (has bosch fitted) and set off for Edinburgh. Unfortunately he forgot to take a spare fuel filter with him and it clogged up on the way - he then limped 150+ miles with it in that state. Amazingly he got to Edinburgh, got a new filter and stuck it on - it then started up and he moved it to a different space in the car park.
After this it wouldn't start again so I went up this weekend (armed with a trailer) bled the fuel system, cleaned the in tank strainer, checked the filter housing was ok, tested the solenoids, put a known good replacement bosch pump on but that all made very little difference. It does just about fire but only for about a second - the glow plugs are all brand new. I've got some spare injectors - is it worth putting them on?
Cheers
Mike
