Disco td5 won't start
Submitted: Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:13
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A Friends 2005 Disco td5 won't start,
He tells me that it will turn over ok but he gets the self level/traction control/off road lights on. Also the alarm sounds.
Any body got any ideas
Reply By: Member - Kiwi Kia - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:36
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 16:36
I had a car a few years ago that had intermittent start problems. I checked all the usual stuff - spark, fuel flow etc but no go. Leave it a while and it would start ok. After a non-start episode I towed it to the agent one time and they found nothing but changed a small in-tank fuel filter and I had no more problems.
When I checked for fuel flow everything looked ok as fuel gushed out of the hose when cranking. Seems that the fuel pump was working ok but the pressure was not quite up to what the computer was looking for so the computer would not switch on the injectors ! There was a fuel pressure transducer some place that I never did find.
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Follow Up By: Member - Christopher P (NSW) - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 17:05
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 17:05
it would be probaly a pressure switch connected near or in the tank pick up, might even be on the back of the pumps, near motor, as a suggestion. for example 3 wires into a pump could mean a resistance wire, or measures volyage used by pump for a trigger!
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Follow Up By: Member - Kiwi Kia - Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 18:30
Sunday, Mar 23, 2008 at 18:30
Hi Christopher, Never would have thought of that. I am used to strain gauge type solid state technology but simplicity is good ! Thanks.
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