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Given that the motorhome has stood for a long time, has the garage ruled out diesel algae, or even thought about it?
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Given that the motorhome has stood for a long time, has the garage ruled out diesel algae, or even thought about it?
Andrew
Thanks for all that useful information. Brilliant. I am beginning to think the technician is now just starting to throw parts at the van rather than methodically investigate. All at my expense and exactly what I feared. However I am to an extent stuck with it as the van is not drivable. There is a Fiat Professional dealer about 7 miles away and I am planning to check whether they have facilities to breakdown me in. Whether they would be an improvement I don’t know.
Armed with your info I also plan to tackle the techie if I can think of doing it in a way that wont offend him otherwise I could be well and truly in the lurch.
I’m also beginning to not care if the remap is lost, but thanks for the warning.
My understanding was the remap affected the volumes and length of air and fuel, and very little to the pressure. It also affected the turbo, but not sure in what way.
Again I’m indebted.
Richard
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OK
Sorry been working this morning so just called into garage for an update.
History wise I purchased th van in Feb this year 2021.
Previous keeper did about 1500 miles between mot which was approx April 2019 to 2020.
Only 200 miles recorded between April 2020 and me having the van this year. At some point in 2020 the van was put into dealer to sell on owners behalf.
Dealer delivered vehicle to me, about 120 miles and had about a third fuel in it. Since Feb I have refuelled three times before journeys filling up on each occasion, and done about 1000 miles. I always fill up before a trip so tank never went below a third if not more. The remap was done back in Feb and no problems.
I suspect the vehicle may have been left at the dealers for several months with little fuel before delivery.
On my last trip I did not refuel before the journey which is unusual, and I remember thinking I’d do it on the way home and it would be close to the red, about 80 miles remaining, so this is the lowest I’ve let it go. The fill up before this was premium.
I think it had regular services before purchase, but I know they were not full spec services, as it should have had a cam belt change at 5 years, and it didn’t. The dealer did a full service and cam belt change for me.
He has checked the fuel filter as he’s aware that they are suspect.
He has now changed the FPR, but the problem is still there. This morning it has been difficult to start, which it always is after it’s cut out, but it turns over well and eventually started. The problem of cutting out initially is when the vehicle is under load, but once the problem starts, it then either won’t start or if it does, can only be driven a short distance before cutting out.
He did pick up on one thing today. Apparently he took the pipes off the fuel filter and it appeared fuel supply was either intermittent or non existent. Not sure exacltly what he did but he is noW adamant that the fuel tank pump is the problem. He’s going to drop the tank and investigate. He has checked and their is power to the pump but it appears fuel may not be getting through consistently. I think he said there’s a filter in the tank but not sure.
It could be that the pump is picking stuff up from the bottom as I’ve let it get low.
Bear in mind that I am unable to drive the vehicle as it dies , especially under any load.
I’m in his hands at the moment.
Ive spoken with Fiat professional but they are only just starting up and cannot take any brakedowns as they have no room for storing vehicles.
Think that’s all for now.
Cheers
Richard
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Andrew
How would you test the rail pressure sensor, or would it just be a replacement.
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Wow . Wished I’d suggested that at the beginning. You never know I might have to resort to trying that in the end, Do you have the same model and year as I believe there was a problem with harness length on an earlier model.
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Don't say that, lol, we all know what happened with LOD, i.e. we never quite achieved a satisfactory conclusion and it now needs a seventh series........ It is like watching Line of Duty.
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Would be nice if they could bench test the pump to demonstrate it's faulty. It's all too common these days to fix things by changing random things until the problem appears to go away... only for it to reoccur later. Or worse, new problems pop up that confuse matters because they've 'tried' things.Andrew
I have just picked up the van from the garage. The technician was confident that the fuel pump had cured the problem. He said it had been getting harder and harder to start it every day and that yesterday they had to push it into the workshop.
Having fitted the pump he could hear it priming and it fired up straightaway. I have taken it for a short 15 mile run and it appears fine even under load. It will have a longer run next Wednesday. I need to build confidence in it again as I am constantly waiting for the ping of the warning light !!!
He said the tank was clean, and could only put the failure down to a faulty part and bad luck at such a low mileage.
Hopefully the fact that I have only replaced the one injector, and that the pump was the real problem, will have no bearing on the life of the remaining injector.
Thanks for all you help. It’s kept me sane over the last week,
If anyone has been entertained following this thread, placing it on a par with line of duty, all contributions to the garage bill are welcome.
Richard
Andrew
I have just picked up the van from the garage. The technician was confident that the fuel pump had cured the problem. He said it had been getting harder and harder to start it every day and that yesterday they had to push it into the workshop.
Having fitted the pump he could hear it priming and it fired up straightaway. I have taken it for a short 15 mile run and it appears fine even under load. It will have a longer run next Wednesday. I need to build confidence in it again as I am constantly waiting for the ping of the warning light !!!
He said the tank was clean, and could only put the failure down to a faulty part and bad luck at such a low mileage.
Hopefully the fact that I have only replaced the one injector, and that the pump was the real problem, will have no bearing on the life of the remaining injector.
Thanks for all you help. It’s kept me sane over the last week,
If anyone has been entertained following this thread, placing it on a par with line of duty, all contributions to the garage bill are welcome.
Richard
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