Continuing saga. I have a y reg 2001 picasso 2000HDI diesel that will not start. And the story goes like this. I have run out of diesel several times over the last couple of months. Stupid i no. But ever time it did run out. It put diesel back in and it started ok with out bleeding the system. But last week i drove home and the car was running fine. Only to find that i could not park. And yes the diesel was low. Then i found a space. Started the car went first time. Parked the car turned it of. Went to start it up the following morning. Did not start. It did go to fire at first. But then it was just turning over. So i put some fuel in it and it did not want to no. I have checked that fuel is getting to the injectors. And it seems to be. And i was givern some advise about changing the burners. Done that. and it still will not start. What am i missing. I'm no mechanic. Can some1 please help. I need good helpfull advise.
I have now spent to weekends on this car. And i have had enough.
2007-01-13 04:18:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
what a ****, put bloody fuel in your motor.
you have Diesel Common Rail, if you have slackened the pipes to see if its fueling then they need top be replaced, running out of fuel one of these days you will have air in the system, you have been lucky maybe this time un-lucky but you deserve this.
BURNERS? you mean GLOW PLUGS, they work via a glow plug relay and with the difficulties you are creating id get it checked as they do fail.get someone that can check ALL this out and who has the diagnostics and knowledge, they can then charge you a fortune for being a tight fisted fool.
2007-01-13 05:53:04 · answer #1 · answered by george m 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the fuel pump is famous for going faulty in those cars, it is an hdi so it will have a fuel pump in the top of the fuel tank, lift up the back seat and there will be a small hatch, open this and the top of the fuel pump is showing circular and about 4 inches in diameter, unscrew this and disconnect all wires and pipes, the screw thread part is very brittle and you must take care not to break it. older diesels only have an injecter pump for fuel but the HDI is a common rail injection system and they use a high pressure electric fuel pump almost like a petrol car. I hope this helps you
2007-01-13 10:39:26 · answer #2 · answered by D McC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to get some proper advise, common rail diesel fuel systems are really hard to diagnose without the proper equipment ,it wont be your glow plugs .this is a direct injection engine and they will not even work unless it is below -10c thats why you don't see your heater sign come on on the dash, you just start the car straight away without waiting,By running out of fuel you can do damage to the high pressure pump,but you should never disturb the fuel pipes to check, the pressure on cranking alone is 4000 psi citroen and peugeot had a lot a trouble in about 2000 with the low pressure pump in the tank going wrong you really do need professional advice
2007-01-13 07:33:25 · answer #3 · answered by alipali 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK you have had enough then it's time to call in the professionals
If you belong to AA RAC etc and have homestart then give them a call
If not then call out a local independant garage that can investigate this for you
Many weekend mechanics will give you sound advise and it could all be wrong like the "burners" he really meant the pre-heat plugs and it still don't go.
So fitting all these parts that would be do gooders tell you to fit will end up more that covering the garages diagnostic time.
Do yourself a favour and call them in, tell them exactly what you have done (and I mean all of it) and ask them for an estimated cost
One more bit of advise
FILL IT UP A BIT EARLIER FROM NOW ON
2007-01-13 09:23:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hello, are you sure the fuel is getting to the injectors? i had a 206 2.0, i think its prolly about the same engine, once ran it out of fuel and would it go? the thing was that fuel was going out the injector pump, great, but then the air in the injector pipe was just "bouncing" it against the injector cutoff, result - no fuel at the injector. loosen the injector pipes at the injector end and then tighten them while someone cranks the engine.
other thing is have you had the injectors out? if you have, and you touched the ends then boy are you going to be robbed, they cost a fortune for what they are, and touching the end with your finger is pretty much enough to knacker them.
best of luck with it, i hope you have somewhere warm to work, working on machines is horrible when its cold outside :-(
2007-01-13 04:37:54 · answer #5 · answered by peppypop 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As you've had enough, I'd get a mechanic to look at it, otherwise you might be fiddling for ever with no result.
2007-01-13 04:24:19 · answer #6 · answered by champer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋