300 tdi dies

hello all

I think this has been covered before... but can anybody give me some
guidance please

My 90 300 tdi very intermittently (about once a week) will just die on me
for about 10 minutes, the gauges all work, engine turns over, 10 mins later
all fine,

there seems no rhyme nor reason for this

It has a new HD battery, the alarm/immobiliser seems to be ok (no leds on at
strange times)

I am not sure where to start.

TIA Eddie

Eddie Morgan wrote:
> hello all
>
> I think this has been covered before... but can anybody give me some
> guidance please
>
> My 90 300 tdi very intermittently (about once a week) will just die on me
> for about 10 minutes, the gauges all work, engine turns over, 10 mins later
> all fine,

Stop solenoid on injection pump ?

Steve

In message <[email protected]>
"Eddie Morgan" <[email protected]> wrote:

> hello all
>
> I think this has been covered before... but can anybody give me some
> guidance please
>
> My 90 300 tdi very intermittently (about once a week) will just die on me
> for about 10 minutes, the gauges all work, engine turns over, 10 mins later
> all fine,
>
> there seems no rhyme nor reason for this
>
> It has a new HD battery, the alarm/immobiliser seems to be ok (no leds on at
> strange times)
>
> I am not sure where to start.
>
> TIA Eddie
>
>

Check the connections to the fuel stop solenoid on the injector
pump, if that's ok then have a look at the ignition switch.

Richard
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On 2006-07-06, Steve Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:

> Stop solenoid on injection pump ?

I'd have thought that if the ignition is on, pulling the lead off and
putting it back on should results in a click from it, or is it not
that audible? Never tried it myself. Just trying to figure out how
he can best check it.

--
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I would concur with the above suggestion.

I have had the embarrasment of stopping in a lot of traffic and not
being too much of a diesel guru, sat like a pillock. My mechanic
friend who had just overhauled the enigne, squezeed up the spade
connector, refitted and no problems since.

Regards
Stephen

On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 16:05:38 +0100, Ian Rawlings <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On 2006-07-06, Steve Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Stop solenoid on injection pump ?
>
>I'd have thought that if the ignition is on, pulling the lead off and
>putting it back on should results in a click from it, or is it not
>that audible? Never tried it myself. Just trying to figure out how
>he can best check it.

On or around Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:32:43 +0200, fanie
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>I would concur with the above suggestion.
>
>I have had the embarrasment of stopping in a lot of traffic and not
>being too much of a diesel guru, sat like a pillock. My mechanic
>friend who had just overhauled the enigne, squezeed up the spade
>connector, refitted and no problems since.
>

If it's got an immobiliser it could be related to that, as well.

How about a temporary indicator light wired in parallel with the stop
solenoid? That'd show that it was live, or more especially, if it's not
live when the engine stops.

that's if checking the connections doesn't reveal anything. ISTR one of the
101s at the shakespeare unofficial having a simialr intermittent failure
caused by a loose terminal on the gas system.

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Good wine, a friend, or being dry, Or lest we should be by and by;
Or any other reason why. - Henry Aldrich (1647 - 1710)

thanks chaps I will chk the connection


"Eddie Morgan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> hello all
>
> I think this has been covered before... but can anybody give me some
> guidance please
>
> My 90 300 tdi very intermittently (about once a week) will just die on me
> for about 10 minutes, the gauges all work, engine turns over, 10 mins
> later all fine,
>
> there seems no rhyme nor reason for this
>
> It has a new HD battery, the alarm/immobiliser seems to be ok (no leds on
> at strange times)
>
> I am not sure where to start.
>
> TIA Eddie
>