A long shot!

jayartibee · Feb 6th, 2011, 19:32

In the hope that you good people can give me a shortlist of solutions, here is my problem.

I have a rather unique Land rover with a D24T sourced from a 740TD, by a friend who emigrated (doh!). The engine uses all the ancilliaries from the Volvo; there's nothing extra or weird.

Today it was running fine and suddenly stopped whilst manoeuvring. It was as if I'd knocked the key- that was my first thought.

Won't start. Has fuel (and anyway if it was fuel starvation it wouldn't have stopped so suddenly). When cranking, vapour from exhaust is not fuel- or carbon- smelly; when this motor cranks normally it is pretty black. As an experiment, a tiny half second squirt of easy-start made the engine fire for a second. So it's mechanically sound.

I am not a diesel expert. A petrol vehicle wouldn't worry me much in these circumstances. Any ideas gents?

jor · Feb 7th, 2011, 22:32

The blind leading the blind.
But as a start you will want to make sure that diesel is getting to the injectors by loosening a couple of the connectors. Need to be careful doing this as the metal pipes are easily mangled. That will tell you if the pump is working, which one might suspect is the cause of your trouble. If fuel does not dribble out, it is possible to check if the problem is due to non pick up by rigging a jerry can on the roof. There is some seal down there that needs to be replaced if doing this works, I think this happened to craig8661, so have a look through his posts using the advanced search feature.

jor

jor

zetor160 · Feb 7th, 2011, 22:55

Positive feed disconnected from fuel pump on-off solenoid??

Clan · Feb 7th, 2011, 23:00

crank pulley come loose?

jayartibee · Feb 19th, 2011, 16:15

it was the +ve to the solenoid. Fuse blew. Don't know why. Fine now.

J

Feb 6th, 2011, 19:32	#1
jayartibee New Member Last Online: Feb 19th, 2011 16:16 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ludlow	A long shot! In the hope that you good people can give me a shortlist of solutions, here is my problem. I have a rather unique Land rover with a D24T sourced from a 740TD, by a friend who emigrated (doh!). The engine uses all the ancilliaries from the Volvo; there's nothing extra or weird. Today it was running fine and suddenly stopped whilst manoeuvring. It was as if I'd knocked the key- that was my first thought. Won't start. Has fuel (and anyway if it was fuel starvation it wouldn't have stopped so suddenly). When cranking, vapour from exhaust is not fuel- or carbon- smelly; when this motor cranks normally it is pretty black. As an experiment, a tiny half second squirt of easy-start made the engine fire for a second. So it's mechanically sound. I am not a diesel expert. A petrol vehicle wouldn't worry me much in these circumstances. Any ideas gents?

Feb 7th, 2011, 22:32	#2
jor VOC 20573 Last Online: Jul 10th, 2023 22:14 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: wembley	The blind leading the blind. But as a start you will want to make sure that diesel is getting to the injectors by loosening a couple of the connectors. Need to be careful doing this as the metal pipes are easily mangled. That will tell you if the pump is working, which one might suspect is the cause of your trouble. If fuel does not dribble out, it is possible to check if the problem is due to non pick up by rigging a jerry can on the roof. There is some seal down there that needs to be replaced if doing this works, I think this happened to craig8661, so have a look through his posts using the advanced search feature. jor jor __________________ Volvo 940 SE 1994 D24Tic. BMW C1 85 mpg Last edited by jor; Feb 7th, 2011 at 22:35.

Feb 7th, 2011, 23:00	#4
Clan Experienced Member Last Online: Today 00:18 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: L/H side	crank pulley come loose? __________________ My comments are only based on my opinions and vast experience .

Feb 7th, 2011, 22:55	#3
zetor160 Senior Member Last Online: May 4th, 2013 23:35 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Swansea	Positive feed disconnected from fuel pump on-off solenoid??

Feb 19th, 2011, 16:15	#5
jayartibee New Member Last Online: Feb 19th, 2011 16:16 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ludlow	it was the +ve to the solenoid. Fuse blew. Don't know why. Fine now. J

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