General bravo 1.9 td100 help

[gkirk26]

First of all sorry for opening this thread because theres already info here on this subject. but im confused.

i have a bravo 1.9td100 with the abarth kit (pic will be on soon),. its been running great untill a few week ago. i went on hols for a week to come back to a none runner. i turn the key, all lights come on, glow plug light comes on then off. it turns over but wont start. it will crank all day long but wont fire up. i thought it would the plugs but the light goes off. which is y im confused.

any help will be great.

thanks graham.

 

[JoskeJTD]

First of all sorry for opening this thread because theres already info here on this subject. but im confused.

i have a bravo 1.9td100 with the abarth kit (pic will be on soon),. its been running great untill a few week ago. i went on hols for a week to come back to a none runner. i turn the key, all lights come on, glow plug light comes on then off. it turns over but wont start. it will crank all day long but wont fire up. i thought it would the plugs but the light goes off. which is y im confused.

any help will be great.

thanks graham.

Try the cut off switch under the passengers seat. Also have a look and see if you can hear the fuel pump working when you turn the key once.

 

[gkirk26]

thanks i will have a look in the morning. why would it be the cut off swith.. it has to have a bang doesnt it.

 

[stylers]

firstly, does the key (code) light go off ?. If so, is there any sign of exhaust smoke when cranking ?. If not, check for diesel at the top of the filter (loosen the bleed screw and squeeze the hand pump on the fuel line a few times - you should get diesel from the bleed screw). If it takes a while to get diesel to the filter, there may be a small leak somewhere causing an air lock, and allowing the diesel to flow back to the tank. also, there is no in-tank electric fuel pump in the TD100 (not in any I've seen anyway), the injector pump pulls the diesel from the tank.

If there is diesel at the bleed screw, take the engine cover off, and listen closely to the injector pump while someone turns on the ignition. you should hear a click and then a buzzing sound.. check all this and report your findings

 

[JoskeJTD]

no it doesn't need a bang.

 

[gkirk26]

no it doesn't need a bang.

no i mean will it ativate if its banged, i.e big bump, door slammed big time.

the key light goes out, which tells me the immobizer is turning off.

 

[gkirk26]

update..... the car bump starts but wont fire if using starter. the engine turns over.... i think its the glow plugs. am i right.....22 quid for 4.

 

[jug]

try a different battery first, a week on holiday followed by a starting problem is usually the battery, and since your car bump starts the battery is even more likely.

a glow plug problem would keep the light switched on, so i would not expect there to be a glow plug problem.

 

[JoskeJTD]

:yeahthat:

 

[gkirk26]

try a different battery first, a week on holiday followed by a starting problem is usually the battery, and since your car bump starts the battery is even more likely.

a glow plug problem would keep the light switched on, so i would not expect there to be a glow plug problem.

its become hard to jump when cold now and the plug light is flashing when started from cold. glow plug ordered tomoz along with MOT. wish me up.

 

[gkirk26]

fix turned out to be a flat battery. would you beleve it. thanks for the help