I have just changed the cam belt on my uno diesel and now the car won't start. Unfortunately the vehicle did run momentarily when the belt slipped as I had not tightened it up correctly but now I have definitely set the belt up correctly. When I start it up the engine sounds right but just will not fire I have taken off the injector pipes to make sure diesel is being injected - it is - just a tiny spurt and if I block the feed pipe with my finger the fuel spurts out under pressure, but if I put a drop of diesel into the air intakes and start the engine it starts up briefly, sounds right but then dies - presumably from lack of fuel. Have I broken the injector pump or have I got myself airlocked? I am in England and when I was doing the repair I was caught in a terrible downpour which would have soaked the engine I did notice that when I was setting up the various wheels for the timing belt the pump wheel was very easy to spin around. I dont know if this is normal

If anyone has any suggestions they would be gratefully received. It will be a shame if I have knackered the engine as the car will have to be scrapped as it isn't worth that much now (131,000 miles)

There must be a few diesel experts out there I know this forum is populated by nice people who know their stuff

thanks for reading
Tom

Hope So...

Hi Tom

I know virtually nothing about the Diesel engine. - Goes for Porter manual...

Speak Soon eace:.

Porter...

Louie Bee
thanks very much for the reply...........I had a nightmare of a time with this job.........done loads of timing belts before but still ended up taking it to a good local repairman who fixed it in 10 minutes - I was fitting it one tooth out on the injection pump every time.....anyway now back up and running
thanks a load
Tom