Hi guys!
Long time lurker - this place has been a godsend for keeping my GP on the road so far, hopefully you can help with this issue too. Had a look through the search results and couldn't find a similar problem or solution so thought I'd post.
I've got a 56 plate GP with the 1.9JTD 130bhp engine in it. I've had knee surgery recently, so has been standing for around 3 months. I started fine first time and was able to use it a couple of days before flooding in my area. The car wasn't flooded, but had to drive through some pretty big puddles. (middle of wheels in some places). the next day the car wouldn't start - the starter motor would work, but the solenoid wasn't kicking in.
To make sure it was the solenoid, we tried;
-the classic of hitting it with a wood block
-bump starting (To check fuel delivery & compression - worked)
-cranking engine manually (To check timing belt - not snapped)
-jumping & charging battery up (sufficient charge, didn't help)
-Manually earthing battery (no difference, so earth good)
Subsequently replaced the starter as the only obvious fault & had a new earth cable about 3 years ago (starter motor was killed by it then and replaced at the same time.)
Now when trying to start, the solenoid engages correctly & the engine cranks, but doesn't actually fire itself. The system makes the priming noises & lights as you'd expect.
I've checked the fuel line to the engine, which is pumping fine, put the battery on charge & cleaned terminals.
Tried connecting a mate's diagnostic system up to see if any error codes need clearing, but it won't even connect, just cycles connection modes.
Hill Holder doesn't work (Hasn't for years), but ABS, Power Steering & ESR warnings came up too. Glow plug fault shows on dash - but that's a reoccurring fault & was there when it started before.
I'm going to try updating the diagnostic system today and see if that helps, If not I'll see if I can get someone to help me bump it again - can't see why this would have changed from befor, was on jackstands for a 5 days whilst the part arrived.
If anyone knows what to work through next, or ideas of what this could be that would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Long time lurker - this place has been a godsend for keeping my GP on the road so far, hopefully you can help with this issue too. Had a look through the search results and couldn't find a similar problem or solution so thought I'd post.
I've got a 56 plate GP with the 1.9JTD 130bhp engine in it. I've had knee surgery recently, so has been standing for around 3 months. I started fine first time and was able to use it a couple of days before flooding in my area. The car wasn't flooded, but had to drive through some pretty big puddles. (middle of wheels in some places). the next day the car wouldn't start - the starter motor would work, but the solenoid wasn't kicking in.
To make sure it was the solenoid, we tried;
-the classic of hitting it with a wood block
-bump starting (To check fuel delivery & compression - worked)
-cranking engine manually (To check timing belt - not snapped)
-jumping & charging battery up (sufficient charge, didn't help)
-Manually earthing battery (no difference, so earth good)
Subsequently replaced the starter as the only obvious fault & had a new earth cable about 3 years ago (starter motor was killed by it then and replaced at the same time.)
Now when trying to start, the solenoid engages correctly & the engine cranks, but doesn't actually fire itself. The system makes the priming noises & lights as you'd expect.
I've checked the fuel line to the engine, which is pumping fine, put the battery on charge & cleaned terminals.
Tried connecting a mate's diagnostic system up to see if any error codes need clearing, but it won't even connect, just cycles connection modes.
Hill Holder doesn't work (Hasn't for years), but ABS, Power Steering & ESR warnings came up too. Glow plug fault shows on dash - but that's a reoccurring fault & was there when it started before.
I'm going to try updating the diagnostic system today and see if that helps, If not I'll see if I can get someone to help me bump it again - can't see why this would have changed from befor, was on jackstands for a 5 days whilst the part arrived.
If anyone knows what to work through next, or ideas of what this could be that would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.